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The cheese calendar

64 markets, fairs, feasts and fasts of the year, with the cheeses each one calls for. Dates are worked out afresh every day; those marked "about" follow the moon or local calendars and can shift by a day.

Kind of dayAll Festivals and fairs Pasture and transhumance Religious days Seasonal Markets National and cheese days Races and contests

April 2027

about 23 Apr 2027Redyk, the shepherds' season in PodhaleAround St Wojciech's day, Polish highland shepherds bless their flocks and lead them up to the summer pastures.

May 2027

about 2 May 2027Sâmbra Oilor, the measuring of the milkIn Romania's Oaș country, flocks are milked and measured before the climb, to share out the summer's cheese.

September 2027

about 25 Sept 2027Désalpe, the cattle come downSwiss herders bring their flower-crowned cows down from the alpine pastures, with the summer's cheese following.

October 2027

about 2 Oct 2027Almabtrieb in Austria and BavariaLate September to early October, decorated cattle return from the Alm to the valleys of Tyrol, Salzburg and Bavaria.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Desalpe Switzerland: Caumasee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Almabtrieb Austria: Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and if, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Redyk Podhale: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Sambra Oilor: Hans-Peter.Fuchs, CC BY 3.0, source

The weekly digest

Every Monday: seven cheeses you may not know, the cheese days of the week ahead, and one dish explained step by step.