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Gouda cheese market season opens

Thursday mornings in Gouda, from April to August, when farmers' cheese is traded in front of the 1668 weigh house.

The historic city centre of the Dutch city of Gouda in birdview, with the Janskerk and the Markt square.
Photo: ben.fitzgerald on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cheeses for Gouda cheese market season opens

Gouda gave its name to the most famous Dutch cheese because it held the right to weigh and market it. Its summer cheese market is held on Thursday mornings from April to August on the Markt, in front of the Waag, the weigh house built in 1668. Farmers bring boerenkaas, farmhouse Gouda made from raw milk, by cart and trailer, and buyers and sellers strike deals with handjeklap. Stalls around the square sell cheese and local crafts. The Waag itself holds a small cheese museum. The season opens in early April; check the town's calendar for the first Thursday.

The cheeses

BoerenkaasFarmhouse Gouda made from raw milk, the pride of the market.

Also part of it, and being written: Gouda cheese (The town's namesake cheese, sold young or aged.).

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Written by the EveryCheese desk with AI assistance. Background: "Gouda, South Holland" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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

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