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Cheese towns, markets and caves

568 places where cheese is made, aged, traded and eaten, with a trail idea for each.

Europe

Cheese town, Italy, 5 cheesesSardiniaCheese town, Italy, 4 cheesesApuliaCheese town, France, 4 cheesesAuvergneCheese town, Italy, 4 cheesesBasilicataCheese town, Ireland, 4 cheesesCounty CorkCheese town, Greece, 4 cheesesCreteCheese town, France, 4 cheesesNormandyCheese town, Italy, 4 cheesesPiedmontCheese town, France, 4 cheesesSavoieCheese town, Italy, 3 cheesesAosta ValleyCheese town, France, 3 cheesesAveyronCheese town, Italy, 3 cheesesCampaniaCheese town, France, 3 cheesesCantalCheese town, Italy, 3 cheesesCuneoCheese town, Italy, 3 cheesesLazioCheese town, Greece, 3 cheesesLesbosCheese town, Italy, 3 cheesesLombardyCheese town, Poland, 3 cheesesPodhaleCheese town, Italy, 3 cheesesTrevisoCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesAndriaCheese town, France, 2 cheesesAquitaineCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesBellunoCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesBergamoCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesCalabriaCheese town, Turkey, 2 cheesesÇeşmeCheese town, France, 2 cheesesCorsicaCheese town, Netherlands, 2 cheesesEdamA small harbour town on the old Zuiderzee that gave its name to the round, red-waxed cheese shipped around the world.Cheese town, France, 2 cheesesÉpoissesA Burgundy village whose orange, strong-smelling cheese is washed in marc brandy and was saved from extinction in the 1950s.Cheese town, Switzerland, 2 cheesesFribourgCheese town, Spain, 2 cheesesGaliciaCheese town, Switzerland, 2 cheesesGlarusCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesGorgonzolaA town east of Milan that named Italy's best-known blue, first made from the milk of herds coming down from the Alps.Cheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesGrossetoCheese town, Netherlands, 2 cheesesLeidenCheese town, Greece, 2 cheesesMacedoniaCheese town, France, 2 cheesesMeauxCheese town, France, 2 cheesesMidi-PyrénéesCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesMonte GrappaCheese town, United States, 2 cheesesNew YorkCheese town, France, 2 cheesesNouvelle-AquitaineCheese town, France, 2 cheesesPérigordCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesPo ValleyCheese town, France, 2 cheesesQuercyCheese town, Austria, 2 cheesesTyrolCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesVenetoCheese town, Italy, 2 cheesesVicenzaCheese town, Austria, 2 cheesesVorarlbergCheese town, Finland, 1 cheeseÄänekoskiCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseAbergavennyCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAbondanceCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseAgrigentoCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAisy-sous-ThilCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAlbertvilleCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseAlessandriaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAllierCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseAlt UrgellCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAmbertCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseAmfilochiaCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseAndrosCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseApennine MountainsCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseAppenzell AusserrhodenCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseAppenzell InnerrhodenCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseArachovaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAravisCheese town, France, 1 cheeseArdècheCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseArkelCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseArklowCheese town, France, 1 cheeseArly valleyCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseArzúaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseAsiagoCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseAstiCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseAsturiasCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAubeCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseA UlloaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAuvilliersCheese town, France, 1 cheeseAxatCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseAyvalıkCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseBariCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBasque regionCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBaugesCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBeaufortainCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBeauzacCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBelcaireCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseBernCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseBernese OberlandCheese town, Sweden, 1 cheeseBjurholmCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseBoğatepeCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseBolognaCheese town, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 cheeseBosanska KrajinaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBougonCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBoulogne-sur-MerCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseBraA Piedmont town that names its own cheese, where the Slow Food movement began and a big cheese fair is held every other year.Cheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseBrandenburgCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBresseCheese town, France, 1 cheeseBurgundyCheese town, Sweden, 1 cheeseBurträskA small town in northern Sweden that alone makes Västerbotten cheese, the strong, crumbly cheese of the crayfish party.Cheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseBuxtonCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseCáceresCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseCaerphillyA Welsh valleys town with a great castle that gave its name to a mild, crumbly cheese once taken down the mines.Cheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseCaltanissettaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseCamembertA tiny village in the Pays d'Auge whose name went round the world on a small, soft, white-rinded cheese in a wooden box.Cheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseCarnwathCheese town, Poland, 1 cheeseCarpathian regionCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseCarrigalineCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseCasar de CáceresA village near Cáceres whose spoonable sheep's milk cheese, Torta del Casar, is set with wild thistle.Cheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseCasertaCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseCasoCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseCavaleseCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseCelorico da BeiraCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseCentral SwitzerlandCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseCerdanyaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseCévennesCheese town, France, 1 cheeseChablaisCheese town, France, 1 cheeseChampagne-ArdenneCheese town, France, 1 cheeseChamplitteCheese town, France, 1 cheeseChaourceCheese town, France, 1 cheeseCharenteCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseCharlevilleCheese town, France, 1 cheeseCharollesCheese town, France, 1 cheeseChavignolCheese town, Bulgaria, 1 cheeseCherni VitCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseCheshireCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseÇimiCheese town, France, 1 cheeseCondrieuCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseCooleaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseCoulommiersCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseCounty ClareCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseCounty WicklowCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseCourtelaryCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseCremaCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseCuckneyCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseDalfsenCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseDarmstadtCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseDelftCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseDenbighshireCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseDerbyCheese town, France, 1 cheeseDeux-SèvresCheese town, France, 1 cheeseDieulefitCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseDivleCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseDomodossolaCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseDomokosCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseDorsetCheese town, France, 1 cheeseDrômeCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseDunlopCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseDymockCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseEast AyrshireCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseEmmentalCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseEmme ValleyCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseEnnaCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseErzurumCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseExtremaduraCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseFilianoCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseFlensburgCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseFlintshireCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseFoggiaCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseFornos de AlgodresCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseFrankfurt am MainCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseFrieslandCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseFuerteventuraCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseGamonéuCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseGargano peninsulaCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseGarrotxaCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseGarstangCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseGenoaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseGérardmerCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseGipuzkoaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseGiudicarieCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseGloucestershireCheese town, Kosovo, 1 cheeseGoraCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseGouveiaCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseGrauCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseGravinaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseGressoney ValleyCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseGruyèresA hilltop medieval town in Fribourg that gave its name to Gruyère, with a demonstration dairy below the walls.Cheese town, Norway, 1 cheeseGudbrandsdalenCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseHarzCheese town, France, 1 cheeseHaut-DoubsCheese town, France, 1 cheeseHaute-SavoieCheese town, Belgium, 1 cheeseHerveCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseHuizenCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseIdiazabalA Basque village that gave its name to the shepherds' cheese of Latxa sheep, often lightly smoked.Cheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseInaghCheese town, France, 1 cheeseIndre-et-LoireCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseIonian IslandsCheese town, France, 1 cheeseIsèreCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseİzmirCheese town, France, 1 cheeseJuraCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseJuraCheese town, France, 1 cheeseJura MountainsCheese town, Finland, 1 cheeseKainuuCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseKaraburunCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseKargıCheese town, Czech Republic, 1 cheeseKarlovy VaryCheese town, Albania, 1 cheeseKelmendCheese town, Israel, 1 cheeseKfar KamaCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseLajes do PicoCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseLancashireCheese town, Belgium, 1 cheeseLand of HerveCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseLangenCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseLangheCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLangresCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLanguedoc-RoussillonCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseLeccoCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseLeerdamA glass-making town on the river Linge that gave its name to Leerdammer, a mild Dutch cheese with large holes.Cheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseLeeuwardenCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLe Grand-AbergementCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseLeicesterCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseLeicestershireCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseLeónCheese town, Albania, 1 cheeseLepushëCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseLesbos PrefectureCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseLes RegueresCheese town, Croatia, 1 cheeseLikaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLilleCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLimagneCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLimousinCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLivarotA Pays d'Auge town whose washed-rind cheese wears five strips of sedge and is nicknamed the Colonel.Cheese town, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 cheeseLivnoCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLoireCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLoire ValleyCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseLongfordCheese town, France, 1 cheeseLorraineCheese town, Czech Republic, 1 cheeseLošticeCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseLusatiaCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseMaasdamCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseMahónCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseMallorcaCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseMangualdeCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseManteigasCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseMantuaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseMateraCheese town, France, 1 cheeseMaurienneCheese town, Russia, 1 cheeseMaykopCheese town, France, 1 cheeseMelunCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseMelzoCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseMenorcaCheese town, Georgia, 1 cheeseMeskhetiCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseMetsovoCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseMilanCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseModenaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseMoliseCheese town, Austria, 1 cheeseMontafonCheese town, France, 1 cheeseMontbrisonCheese town, France, 1 cheeseMonts du VelayCheese town, France, 1 cheeseMorbierCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseMorcínCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseMoutierCheese town, France, 1 cheeseMunsterCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseMykonosCheese town, Romania, 1 cheeseNăsalCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseNelasCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseNeuchâtelCheese town, France, 1 cheeseNeufchâtel-en-BrayCheese town, Canada, 1 cheeseNew HamburgCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseNieheimA small Westphalian town known for Nieheimer, a sour-milk cheese with caraway aged in hops, and a cheese market every two years.Cheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseNisaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseNordCheese town, Finland, 1 cheeseNorthern FinlandCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseNorthern Rhenish HesseCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseNorth HollandCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseNorth YorkshireCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseNottinghamshireCheese town, Uruguay, 1 cheeseNueva HelveciaCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseOffenbach am MainCheese town, Kosovo, 1 cheeseOpoljeCheese town, Slovakia, 1 cheeseOravaCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseOrkney IslandsCheese town, Sweden, 1 cheeseÖrnsköldsvikCheese town, France, 1 cheeseOyrièresCheese town, Croatia, 1 cheesePagA bare, windswept Adriatic island whose sheep graze salty sage and make Paški sir, Croatia's best-known cheese.Cheese town, Italy, 1 cheesePalermoCheese town, Spain, 1 cheesePallarsCheese town, France, 1 cheesePas-de-CalaisCheese town, Belgium, 1 cheesePassendaleCheese town, France, 1 cheesePays de la LoireCheese town, Italy, 1 cheesePerticaraCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheesePillingCheese town, Spain, 1 cheesePiloñaCheese town, Serbia, 1 cheesePirotCheese town, France, 1 cheesePoitouCheese town, Italy, 1 cheesePonte di LegnoCheese town, France, 1 cheesePont-l'ÉvêqueA Normandy market town that gave its name to one of France's oldest cheeses, a square washed-rind cow's milk cheese.Cheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheesePorrentruyCheese town, Spain, 1 cheesePosada de ValdeónCheese town, France, 1 cheesePouligny-Saint-PierreCheese town, Spain, 1 cheesePraviaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseProvenceCheese town, Georgia, 1 cheesePshaviCheese town, France, 1 cheesePuy-de-DomeCheese town, Israel, 1 cheeseRehaniyaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseRéparsacCheese town, Russia, 1 cheeseRepublic of AdygheaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseRhôneCheese town, France, 1 cheeseRhône-AlpesCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseRimellaCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseRiosaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseRocamadourCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseRoccaveranoCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseRomagnaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseRouergueCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseSaicourtCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint-Antoine-de-BreuilhCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSainte-Maure-de-TouraineCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint-FélicienCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint-GaudensCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint-Laurent-en-GrandvauxCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint-MarcellinCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint NectaireCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaint-SaviolCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseSalasCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseSalernoCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSalersCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSalignyCheese town, Georgia, 1 cheeseSamtskhe-JavakhetiCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSaône-et-LoireCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSartèneCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSassenageCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSavoyCheese town, Netherlands, 1 cheeseSchoonrewoerdCheese town, Ireland, 1 cheeseSchullCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseScottish HighlandsCheese town, Czech Republic, 1 cheeseSedlčanyCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSeine-et-MarneCheese town, Albania, 1 cheeseSelcëCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSelles-sur-CherCheese town, Portugal, 1 cheeseSerpaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseServasCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseSfakiaCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseShropshireCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseSienaCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseSobrescobioCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseSogliano al RubiconeCheese town, Norway, 1 cheeseSognCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseSomersetCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseSondrioCheese town, Finland, 1 cheeseSouthern OstrobothniaCheese town, Russia, 1 cheeseSovetskCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseStaffordshireCheese town, Slovakia, 1 cheeseStará TuráCheese town, Kosovo, 1 cheeseŠtrpceCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseSturminster NewtonCheese town, France, 1 cheeseSurgèresCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseSyracuseCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseSyrosCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseTainCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseTalamelloCheese town, France, 1 cheeseTarentaise valleyCheese town, Poland, 1 cheeseTatra MountainsCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseThessalyCheese town, France, 1 cheeseThiéracheCheese town, France, 1 cheeseThônesCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseThraceCheese town, Georgia, 1 cheeseTianetiCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseTicinoCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseTierra de CamposCheese town, Norway, 1 cheeseTingvoll MunicipalityCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseTinosCheese town, France, 1 cheeseTouraineCheese town, Romania, 1 cheeseTransylvaniaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseTrapaniCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseTrentinoCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseTrentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseTrentoCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseTrujilloCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseTruroCheese town, Norway, 1 cheeseTrysil MunicipalityCheese town, Georgia, 1 cheeseTushetiCheese town, Russia, 1 cheeseUglichCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseUrbinoCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseVal BedrettoCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseVal d'AosteCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseValle CamonicaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseValsesiaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseVal TaleggioCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseValtellinaCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseVal VigezzoCheese town, Turkey, 1 cheeseVan ProvinceCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseVarzoCheese town, Sweden, 1 cheeseVästerbottenCheese town, Switzerland, 1 cheeseVaudCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseVenafroCheese town, France, 1 cheeseVercors MassifCheese town, Albania, 1 cheeseVermoshCheese town, Italy, 1 cheeseVeronaCheese town, France, 1 cheeseVienneCheese town, Norway, 1 cheeseVikCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseVilalbaCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseVillalón de CamposCheese town, Albania, 1 cheeseVukëlCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseWensleydaleCheese town, United Kingdom, 1 cheeseWiltshireCheese town, Germany, 1 cheeseWürchwitzCheese town, Greece, 1 cheeseXanthiCheese town, France, 1 cheeseYonneCheese town, Spain, 1 cheeseZamoraCheese town, GreeceAetolia-AcarnaniaCheese town, SpainAlbaceteCheese town, United KingdomAlfordCheese town, SpainAlmeríaCheese town, SwitzerlandAppenzellA painted-house village of north-east Switzerland whose cheese is rubbed with a secret herbal brine.Cheese town, ItalyBagolinoCheese town, IrelandBallyvaughanCheese town, FranceBanonCheese town, GermanyBavariaCheese town, FranceBéarnCheese town, FranceBeaufortA Savoie mountain village that gives its name to Beaufort, the concave-sided Alpine wheel called the prince of Gruyères.Cheese town, NetherlandsBeemsterCheese town, FranceBerryCheese town, ItalyCaffaro ValleyCheese town, ItalyCampo LessieCheese town, SpainCantabriaCheese town, IrelandCashelA Tipperary town below the Rock of Cashel, which gave its name to Ireland's first farmhouse blue cheese.Cheese town, ItalyCastelmagnoCheese town, GreeceCentral MacedoniaCheese town, SwitzerlandChâteau-d'ŒxCheese town, United KingdomCheddarCheese town, SpainCiudad RealCheese town, FranceCléronCheese town, ItalyComoCheese town, SpainCuencaCheese town, United KingdomDerbyshireCheese town, FranceDoubsCheese town, SpainEl BosqueCheese town, GreeceEpirusCheese town, GreeceEvrytaniaCheese town, FranceForges-les-EauxCheese town, ItalyFriuli-Venezia GiuliaCheese town, NorwayGålåCheese town, SpainGáldarCheese town, ItalyGemonaCheese town, SpainGranadaCheese town, United KingdomHawes and WensleydaleA Yorkshire Dales market town whose creamery keeps Wensleydale cheese alive, a recipe brought by monks in the Middle Ages.Cheese town, IrelandKanturkCheese town, UkraineKolochavaCheese town, PolandKorycinCheese town, SpainLa AlpujarraCheese town, SpainLa PalmaCheese town, SpainLa SerenaCheese town, FranceLe RoveCheese town, SwitzerlandL'ÉtivazCheese town, SpainLiébana valleyCheese town, United KingdomLincolnshireCheese town, FranceMaroillesCheese town, United KingdomMelton MowbrayA Leicestershire market town at the heart of Stilton country, the only three counties where Stilton may be made.Cheese town, GreeceMetsovo and EpirusA mountain town of the Aromanian Vlachs in Epirus, known for smoked Metsovone and the feta of the Pindus pastures.Cheese town, FranceMimetCheese town, ItalyMoenaCheese town, IrelandMogeelyCheese town, ItalyMonterosso GranaCheese town, SpainMoyaCheese town, FranceMunster valleyAn Alsatian valley in the Vosges, where monks first made Munster and farm-inns still serve it after a marcaire meal.Cheese town, SpainMurciaCheese town, FranceNorthern Basque CountryCheese town, United StatesOhioCheese town, FranceOlivetCheese town, United KingdomOrkneyCheese town, FranceOssau ValleyCheese town, RussiaOssetiaCheese town, FrancePays BasqueCheese town, ItalyPradlevesCheese town, FrancePuimichelCheese town, UkraineRakhivCheese town, United KingdomRichmondCheese town, RomaniaRucăr–Bran PassCheese town, FranceSaint-André-sur-OrneCheese town, SpainSanta María de GuíaCheese town, ItalySessa AuruncaCheese town, ItalySicilyCheese town, SpainSierra de GrazalemaCheese town, FranceSimianeCheese town, NetherlandsSouth HollandCheese town, United KingdomSwaledaleCheese town, GreeceThessaliaCheese town, FranceThônes and the AravisThe market town of the Aravis valleys, home of Reblochon, the soft cheese of the second milking.Cheese town, SpainToledoCheese town, Bosnia and HerzegovinaTravnikCheese town, ItalyVal di FassaCheese town, ItalyVal di FiemmeCheese town, FranceValençayCheese town, ItalyValle di PrimieroCheese town, ItalyValle GranaCheese town, NorwayVestfoldCheese town, SpainVillaluenga del RosarioCheese town, FranceVireCheese town, Bosnia and HerzegovinaVlašićCheese town, GreeceWestern Macedonia

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