Cheeses of Europe
The great protected names: Parmigiano Reggiano, Roquefort, Comte, Manchego, Feta, Stilton, Gouda and hundreds more. 349 cheeses on EveryCheese so far.
Cheese towns, markets and caves
Basilicata 7Apulia 5Campania 5Normandy 5Sardinia 5Auvergne 4Aveyron 4County Cork 4Crete 4Piedmont 4Savoie 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 5🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4🇧🇬 Bulgaria 5🇭🇷 Croatia 2🇨🇿 Czech Republic 8🇪🇪 Estonia 1🇫🇮 Finland 7🇫🇷 France 95🇩🇪 Germany 17🇬🇷 Greece 16🇭🇺 Hungary 5🇮🇸 Iceland🇮🇪 Ireland 10🇮🇹 Italy 76🇽🇰 Kosovo 1🇱🇻 Latvia 1🇱🇹 Lithuania🇱🇺 Luxembourg 1🇲🇹 Malta 2🇲🇩 Moldova 1🇲🇪 Montenegro🇳🇱 Netherlands 12🇳🇴 Norway 8🇵🇱 Poland 10🇵🇹 Portugal 8🇷🇴 Romania 10🇷🇺 Russia 11🇷🇸 Serbia 7🇸🇰 Slovakia 6🇸🇮 Slovenia🇪🇸 Spain 23🇸🇪 Sweden 9🇨🇭 Switzerland 19🇺🇦 Ukraine 7🇬🇧 United Kingdom 38
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreFetaφέτα
A crumbly Greek brined cheese made from sheep and goat milk.Sheep · Brined · Tangy and lactic
🇹🇷 Turkey and 1 moreBasket cheesesepet peyniri
A fresh, unsalted or lightly salted whey and curd cheese shaped in reed baskets from the Aegean coast.Goat · Fresh · Milky and fresh
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreRicotta
A fresh Italian whey cheese made by reheating leftover proteins from other cheesemaking batches.Sheep · Fresh · Milky and fresh
🇮🇪 IrelandSt Tola
Handmade goat's milk cheese from Inagh, County Clare, ranging from fresh logs to aged wheels.Goat · Fresh · Tangy and lactic
🇫🇷 FranceClochette
A small bell-shaped goat cheese from France with a wrinkled white rind and firm texture.Goat · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇮🇪 IrelandClonmore
A hard, waxed-rind goat's milk cheese from County Cork, IrelandGoat · Hard · Sweet and caramel
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreBlue cheese
A family of cheeses defined by blue-green mold veins created through deliberate inoculation and piercing.Cow · Semi-soft · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 5 moreKashkavalkaşkaval
A semi-hard yellow cheese from cow, sheep, or goat milk, popular across the Balkans and Turkey.Cow · Semi-hard · Milky and fresh
🇬🇷 Greece and 1 moreKefalotyriκεφαλοτύρι
A hard, salty Greek cheese made from sheep or goat milk, aged for grating or frying.Sheep · Hard · Salty
🇬🇷 Greece and 2 moreKasseriκασέρι
A pasta filata sheep's milk cheese aged for at least three months in Greece and Turkey.Sheep · Semi-hard · Savoury and brothy
🇫🇷 FranceRocamadourRòcamador
A small, soft goat's-milk cheese from southwest France with a protected status.Goat · Bloomy rind · Milky and fresh
🇫🇷 FrancePouligny-Saint-Pierre
A pyramidal goat cheese from central France with a mouldy rind and crumbly white paste.Goat · Bloomy rind · Salty
🇫🇷 FranceCrottin de Chavignol
A small French goat cheese from the Loire Valley, aged to develop a white or blue rind.Goat · Bloomy rind · Nutty
🇫🇷 FrancePicodon
A small, spicy goat cheese from southern France with a rind that turns golden as it ages.Goat · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇬🇷 Greece and 1 moreMizithraμυζήθρα
A fresh Greek whey cheese made from sheep or goat milk, eaten soft or dried for grating.Sheep · Fresh · Sweet and caramel
🇫🇷 FranceSelles-sur-Cher
A small cylindrical goat cheese with a grey-blue mould rind from Centre-Val de Loire.Goat · Bloomy rind · Salty
🇫🇷 FrancePélardon
A small, round soft-ripened goat cheese from the Cévennes mountains of southern France.Goat · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇫🇷 FranceSainte-Maure de Touraine
A soft-ripened goat's milk cheese from Touraine, aged with a straw through its center.Goat · Bloomy rind · Milky and fresh
🇮🇹 ItalyBra
A Piedmontese cow's-milk cheese made soft or hard depending on age.Cow · Hard
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreTomme
A low-fat alpine cheese from France and Switzerland, often made from skimmed milk.Cow · Semi-hard · Milky and fresh
🇫🇷 FranceCabécou
A small, soft French goat cheese with a bloomy rind and mild lactic taste.Goat · Bloomy rind
🇪🇸 SpainMató
A fresh, unsalted Catalan cheese from sheep or goat milk, served with honey.Sheep · Fresh · Sweet and caramel
🇫🇷 FranceChevrotin
A soft, washed-rind goat cheese from the Savoy Alps with a reddish rind.Goat · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreCircassian cheeseадыгейский сыр
A fresh, basket-molded cow's milk cheese from the North Caucasus that holds its shape when heated.Cow · Fresh
🇹🇷 TurkeyTulumtulum peyniri
A traditional Turkish goat's milk cheese ripened inside a goatskin casing.Goat · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇫🇷 FranceRigotte de Condrieu
A small, soft goat cheese from the Lyonnaise region with a white mold rind.Goat · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇪🇸 SpainIboresQueso Ibores
A firm, salty goat cheese from Extremadura with a natural or paprika-rubbed rind.Goat · Semi-hard · Salty
🇫🇷 FranceChabichou
A cylindrical French goat cheese with a natural rind, aged for two to three weeks.Goat · Semi-soft · Tangy and lactic
🇫🇷 FranceFaisselle
A fresh, very soft French cheese strained in a faisselle mold, made from cow, goat, or sheep milk.Cow · Fresh · Milky and fresh
🇫🇷 FranceTomme des PyrénéesToma de Pirenèus
A rustic pressed cheese from the French Pyrenees, made from cow, sheep or goat milk.Cow · Semi-hard · Salty
🇬🇷 GreeceAnthotyrosΑνθότυρος
A traditional Greek whey cheese made from sheep or goat milk, available in fresh and dry forms.Sheep · Fresh · Sweet and caramel
🇪🇸 SpainValdeónQueso de Valdeón
A Spanish blue cheese from León wrapped in sycamore or chestnut leavesCow · Semi-soft · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇪🇸 SpainMajorero
A semi-hard goat milk cheese from Fuerteventura with a nutty, buttery taste.Goat · Semi-hard · Milky and fresh
🇬🇷 GreeceLadotyri MytilinisΛαδοτύρι Μυτιλήνης
A hard Greek cheese from Lesbos preserved in olive oil since ancient times.Sheep · Hard · Savoury and brothy
🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreRequeijão
A versatile dairy product ranging from whey cheese to creamy spreads across Portugal and Brazil.Cow · Whey · Milky and fresh
🇪🇸 SpainGarrotxa
A semi-soft Catalan goat cheese with a powdery gray rind and earthy flavor.Goat · Semi-soft · Earthy and cellar
🇬🇷 GreeceMetsovoneΜετσοβόνε
A semi-hard smoked pasta filata cheese from the Greek village of Metsovo.Cow · Semi-hard · Savoury and brothy
🇮🇹 ItalyRobiola
A soft-ripened Italian cheese from Piedmont and Lombardy, made from cow, goat, or sheep milk.Cow · Bloomy rind · Sweet and caramel
🇮🇹 ItalyCacioricotta
A southern Italian cheese made from milk and whey using a hybrid method.Sheep · Semi-hard · Savoury and brothy
🇬🇷 GreeceXynomizithraΞινομυζήθρα
A soft, sour Greek whey cheese from Crete made with sheep or goat milk.Sheep · Fresh · Tangy and lactic
🇬🇷 GreeceFormaelaΦορμαέλα
A hard, pungent sheep or goat milk cheese from Arachova, Greece.Sheep · Hard · Pungent and funky
🇳🇱 NetherlandsBoerenkaas
A Dutch semi-hard raw milk cheese with TSG protection, often spiced and farm-made.Cow · Semi-hard · Salty
🇮🇹 ItalyCaciotta
A mild Italian cheese made from cow, sheep, goat, or buffalo milk.Cow · Bloomy rind · Milky and fresh
🇳🇴 NorwaySnøfrisk
A soft, spreadable Norwegian goat cheese with a fresh, sour taste.Goat · Fresh · Tangy and lactic
🇫🇷 FranceCharolais
A soft, natural-rind goat cheese from Burgundy with an AOC and PDO status.Goat · Bloomy rind · Nutty
🇫🇷 FranceCathareCatara
A soft goat cheese from southern France with a charcoal-dusted rind marked by the Occitan cross.Goat · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇪🇸 SpainMallorcaformatge mallorquí
A semi-hard cow, goat or sheep milk cheese from the Balearic Islands with an olive-oiled rind.Cow · Semi-hard · Milky and fresh
🇫🇷 FranceChavroux
A soft goat's milk cheese sold in small pyramid or cylinder containers.Goat · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Charolais: Jackydarne, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bra: F. D. Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pélardon: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rocamadour: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cabécou: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Friesian Clove: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ibores: No machine-readable author provided. Ardo Beltz assumed (based on copy, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Anthotyros: Giorgos ab1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mizithra: grongar, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ricotta: 8w9d, CC0, source
- Crottin de Chavignol: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Circassian cheese: Tetk200, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pouligny-Saint-Pierre: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sainte-Maure de Touraine: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rigotte de Condrieu: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tomme: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Faisselle: Véronique PAGNIER, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mató: Eabayar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chabichou: Mark Baker, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tomme des Pyrénées: Julie333411, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Feta: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Valdeón: Tamorlan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Majorero: Mumumío ( www.mumumío.com ), CC BY 2.0, source
- Basket cheese: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- St Tola: HighKing, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chevrotin: Benoît Prieur, CC0, source
- Picodon: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Blue cheese: No machine-readable author provided. Brookie assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Selles-sur-Cher: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kasseri: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kashkaval: Nnikolce, Public domain, source
- Tulum: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kefalotyri: J.P.Lon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ladotyri Mytilinis: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Metsovone: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Garrotxa: Government of Catalonia, Attribution, source
- Requeijão: Comte0, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Caciotta: Peachyeung316, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Robiola: Andrea Marchisio, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cacioricotta: Andrew Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Chavroux: Tangopaso, Public domain, source
- Mallorca: Tamorlan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cathare: Paul Munhoven, CC BY-SA 3.0, source