Thousands of tourists come to Alkmaar for the cheese market, a cheese market has been held in Alkmaar for a long time. According to old documents there was already a cheese market in the city in 1622 and from 1593 there is evidence that a cheese carriers guild was founded. In Alkmaar the cheese market is a real spectacle, real cheese is no longer traded like in Gouda and Woerden.

The first cheese market is on Friday, March 29, and every year thereafter Friday until September 27 every from 10:00 am to 13:00 pm.

In addition, every July and August Tuesdayevening from 19:00 PM to 21:00 PM.

In the pleasant town of Edam there is still a cheese market to this day, after the commercial market stopped in 1922, a cheese market / spectacle was set up. Real cheese is therefore no longer traded as in Gouda and Woerden, but it is played out. The cheese market in Edam is therefore a major tourist attraction.

Every Wednesday morning in July and August from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm.
(July 3 to August 21)

The most famous cheese in the Netherlands has been traded in Gouda for centuries, the Gouda Cheese. Nowadays only a cheese market remains as a spectacle in Gouda, on the market in front of the Waag. You will find many stalls around the cheese market and you can see how clogs, buttermilk and candles were made in the past.

Every Thursday from April 4 to August 29 from 10:00 to 12:30

Ascension Day, May 9, no cheese market, but a ceramics market. (Gouda Ceramics Days)

In the cozy fortified town of Woerden you will find a cheese market where real cheese is traded. Also in Woerden you will find the total spectacle of how cheese is traded in a beautiful way.

Every Saturday from May 4, 2024 to August 24 from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30:XNUMX p.m.

Exception: there will be no cheese market on King's Day on April 27.