Cheeses of Europe
The great protected names: Parmigiano Reggiano, Roquefort, Comte, Manchego, Feta, Stilton, Gouda and hundreds more. 355 cheeses on EveryCheese so far.
Cheese towns, markets and caves
Basilicata 7Apulia 5Campania 5Normandy 5Sardinia 5Savoie 5Auvergne 4Aveyron 4County Cork 4Crete 4Piedmont 4Aosta Valley 3Calabria 3Cantal 3Cuneo 3Lazio 3Lesbos 3Lodi 3Lombardy 3Podhale 3Sicily 3Treviso 3Vorarlberg 3Andria 2Aquitaine 2Aubrac 2Belluno 2Bergamo 2Bern 2Brescia 2
Dishes of the region
Swiss cheese fondueRacletteAligotTartifletteCroque monsieurGougèresQuiche LorraineFrench onion soupWelsh rarebitCheese scones
Days
Maslenitsa, Butter WeekTyrini, Cheesefare WeekOrthodox Easter, paskha and flaounesCooper's Hill Cheese-RollingSt David's Day and CaerphillySt Patrick's Day and Irish farmhouse cheeseChristmas and the Stilton boardAlkmaar cheese market season opens
Countries
🇦🇱 Albania 6🇦🇹 Austria 9🇧🇾 Belarus🇧🇪 Belgium 6🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4🇧🇬 Bulgaria 5🇭🇷 Croatia 2🇨🇿 Czech Republic 9🇪🇪 Estonia 1🇫🇮 Finland 7🇫🇷 France 99🇩🇪 Germany 18🇬🇷 Greece 16🇭🇺 Hungary 5🇮🇸 Iceland🇮🇪 Ireland 10🇮🇹 Italy 76🇽🇰 Kosovo 1🇱🇻 Latvia 1🇱🇹 Lithuania🇱🇺 Luxembourg 1🇲🇹 Malta 2🇲🇩 Moldova 1🇲🇪 Montenegro🇳🇱 Netherlands 13🇳🇴 Norway 8🇵🇱 Poland 10🇵🇹 Portugal 8🇷🇴 Romania 10🇷🇺 Russia 11🇷🇸 Serbia 7🇸🇰 Slovakia 6🇸🇮 Slovenia🇪🇸 Spain 24🇸🇪 Sweden 9🇨🇭 Switzerland 21🇺🇦 Ukraine 7🇬🇧 United Kingdom 41
🇫🇷 FranceRoquefortRòcafòrt
A raw sheep's milk blue cheese aged in the Combalou caves of southern France.Sheep · Semi-hard · Tangy and lactic
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 5 moreEdamEdammer
A semi-hard Dutch cow's-milk cheese aged in distinctive red wax spheres.Cow · Semi-hard · Nutty
🇮🇹 Italy and 4 moreProvolone
A semi-hard Italian stretched-curd cheese aged for at least four months.Cow · Semi-hard · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇪🇸 SpainCabralesqueso de Cabrales
A pungent blue cheese from the Picos de Europa mountains of Asturias, Spain.Mixed · Blue · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇫🇷 FrancePicodon
A small, spicy goat cheese from southern France with a rind that turns golden as it ages.Goat · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇮🇹 ItalyRaschera
A semi-hard cow's-milk cheese from Piedmont with a savory taste and ivory paste.Cow · Semi-hard · Salty
🇮🇹 ItalyCastelmagno
A semi-hard Italian cheese from Piedmont with blue veining and a sharp taste.Cow · Semi-hard · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇮🇹 ItalySalvaSalva cremasco
A washed-rind cow's milk cheese from Lombardy, aged for several months.Cow · Washed rind · Savoury and brothy
🇮🇹 ItalyFormaggio di fossa
A sharp Italian cheese aged in sealed underground pits for a distinct anaerobic fermentation.Cow · Semi-hard · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇦🇹 AustriaMondseer
A semi-hard Austrian cow's milk cheese with a washed rind and mild sharp taste.Cow · Semi-hard · Sweet and caramel
🇫🇷 FranceBucheronBûcheron
A semi-aged goat's milk cheese from France shaped like a short log with a white rind.Goat · Bloomy rind · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇬🇧 United KingdomCheddar
A pressed cow's-milk cheese from England, defined by the cheddaring process and long aging.Cow · Semi-hard · Nutty
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Cabrales: PDPhoto.org, Public domain, source
- Formaggio di fossa: Zeugma fr ( talk ) (Antoine FLEURY-GOBERT), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Castelmagno: Marco Plassio, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Edam: Yvwv, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Raschera: F Ceragioli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Roquefort: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Picodon: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Provolone: Lenore Edman, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bucheron: Quinn Dombrowski, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cheddar: Gary Bembridge, CC BY 2.0, source