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
🇸🇪 Sweden and 1 moreMoose cheese
A rare cheese made from moose milk, produced in Sweden and Russia.Other · Fresh
🇮🇹 Italy and 2 moreGorgonzola
A creamy Italian blue cheese from Lombardy with two distinct styles.Cow · Bloomy rind · Salty
🇫🇷 FranceRoquefortRòcafòrt
A raw sheep's milk blue cheese aged in the Combalou caves of southern France.Sheep · Semi-hard · Tangy and lactic
🇪🇸 SpainCabralesqueso de Cabrales
A pungent blue cheese from the Picos de Europa mountains of Asturias, Spain.Mixed · Blue · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇫🇷 FranceBleu de Gex
A mild French blue cheese from the Jura mountains made with raw cow's milk.Cow · Semi-soft
🇫🇷 FranceFourme d'AmbertForma d'Embèrt
A narrow cylindrical blue cheese from the Auvergne region of France.Cow · Semi-hard · Savoury and brothy
🇫🇷 FranceBleu des CaussesBlau dels Causses
A raw cow's milk blue cheese aged in the limestone caves of southern France.Cow · Blue · Savoury and brothy
🇫🇷 FranceFourme de MontbrisonFôrma de Montbréson
A mild, cylindrical cow's-milk blue cheese from the Forez mountains of France.Cow · Blue
🇩🇪 GermanyCambozola
A mild German cow's-milk blue cheese with a creamy texture and white rind.Cow · Bloomy rind · Buttery and creamy
🇫🇷 FranceBleu du Vercors-Sassenage
A mild, semi-soft cow's milk blue cheese from the French Alps.Cow · Semi-soft · Sweet and caramel
🇫🇷 FranceBleu de Bresse
A creamy French blue cheese from the Bresse region, aged for a few weeks.Cow · Blue · Earthy and cellar
🇬🇧 United KingdomShropshire Blue
A pasteurised cow's milk blue cheese with an orange rind and sharp flavour.Cow · Blue · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇫🇷 FranceSaint AgurSant Agur
A soft, double-cream French blue cheese with olive-green veins and a mild spicy taste.Cow · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇸🇪 SwedenÄdelost
A pasteurized cow's-milk blue cheese from Sweden with a creamy texture and sharp flavor.Cow · Blue · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇪🇸 SpainValdeónQueso de Valdeón
A Spanish blue cheese from León wrapped in sycamore or chestnut leavesCow · Semi-soft · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇬🇧 United KingdomDorset Blue Vinny
A hard, crumbly cow's-milk blue cheese from Dorset with a strong taste and protected status.Cow · Hard · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇬🇧 United KingdomBuxton Blue
A cylindrical English cow's-milk blue cheese with russet veining, made under PDO rules.Cow · Blue · Savoury and brothy
🇬🇧 United KingdomStichelton
A raw-milk blue cheese made in Nottinghamshire using traditional unpasteurised methods.Cow · Blue · Buttery and creamy
🇬🇧 United KingdomLanark Blue
A semi-hard blue cheese made from raw sheep's milk in Scotland.Sheep · Semi-hard · Savoury and brothy
🇵🇱 PolandRokpol
A pungent, salty Polish blue cheese made from cow's milk.Cow · Blue · Pungent and funky
🇮🇹 ItalyDolcelatte
A mild, sweet Italian blue cheese made from cow's milk with a soft texture.Cow · Bloomy rind · Sweet and caramel
🇫🇮 Finland and 1 moreAura
A Finnish cow's-milk blue cheese aged for six or twelve weeks.Cow · Blue · Salty
🇬🇧 United KingdomDovedale
A soft, brine-dipped cow's milk blue cheese from the English Peak District.Cow · Blue · Savoury and brothy
🇳🇴 NorwayKraftkar
A Norwegian blue cheese made from cow's milk and cream in Nordmøre.Cow · Blue · Salty
🇬🇧 United KingdomCornish Blue
A blue cheese from Cornwall made with cow's milk and awarded top honours in international competitions.Cow · Blue
🇬🇧 United KingdomBeenleigh Blue
A thin-rinded, foil-wrapped English sheep's-milk blue with a sweet, crumbly texture.Sheep · Blue · Sweet and caramel
🇬🇧 United KingdomLymeswold cheese
A short-lived English soft blue cheese with a white rind, made from cow's milk.Cow · Bloomy rind · Savoury and brothy
🇬🇧 United KingdomHarbourne Blue
A firm, spicy British goat's milk blue cheese aged for ten weeks.Goat · Semi-hard · Savoury and brothy
🇬🇧 United KingdomOxford Blue
A soft, creamy English blue cheese with spicy and chocolate notes, made in Oxfordshire.Cow · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇮🇹 Italy and 2 moreGorgonzola
A creamy Italian blue cheese from Lombardy with two distinct styles.Cow · Bloomy rind · Salty
🇫🇷 FranceRoquefortRòcafòrt
A raw sheep's milk blue cheese aged in the Combalou caves of southern France.Sheep · Semi-hard · Tangy and lactic
🇪🇸 SpainCabralesqueso de Cabrales
A pungent blue cheese from the Picos de Europa mountains of Asturias, Spain.Mixed · Blue · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇫🇷 FranceBleu de Gex
A mild French blue cheese from the Jura mountains made with raw cow's milk.Cow · Semi-soft
🇫🇷 FranceFourme d'AmbertForma d'Embèrt
A narrow cylindrical blue cheese from the Auvergne region of France.Cow · Semi-hard · Savoury and brothy
🇫🇷 FranceBleu des CaussesBlau dels Causses
A raw cow's milk blue cheese aged in the limestone caves of southern France.Cow · Blue · Savoury and brothy
🇫🇷 FranceFourme de MontbrisonFôrma de Montbréson
A mild, cylindrical cow's-milk blue cheese from the Forez mountains of France.Cow · Blue
🇩🇪 GermanyCambozola
A mild German cow's-milk blue cheese with a creamy texture and white rind.Cow · Bloomy rind · Buttery and creamy
🇫🇷 FranceBleu du Vercors-Sassenage
A mild, semi-soft cow's milk blue cheese from the French Alps.Cow · Semi-soft · Sweet and caramel
🇫🇷 FranceBleu de Bresse
A creamy French blue cheese from the Bresse region, aged for a few weeks.Cow · Blue · Earthy and cellar
🇬🇧 United KingdomShropshire Blue
A pasteurised cow's milk blue cheese with an orange rind and sharp flavour.Cow · Blue · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇫🇷 FranceSaint AgurSant Agur
A soft, double-cream French blue cheese with olive-green veins and a mild spicy taste.Cow · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇸🇪 SwedenÄdelost
A pasteurized cow's-milk blue cheese from Sweden with a creamy texture and sharp flavor.Cow · Blue · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇪🇸 SpainValdeónQueso de Valdeón
A Spanish blue cheese from León wrapped in sycamore or chestnut leavesCow · Semi-soft · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇬🇧 United KingdomDorset Blue Vinny
A hard, crumbly cow's-milk blue cheese from Dorset with a strong taste and protected status.Cow · Hard · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇬🇧 United KingdomBuxton Blue
A cylindrical English cow's-milk blue cheese with russet veining, made under PDO rules.Cow · Blue · Savoury and brothy
🇬🇧 United KingdomStichelton
A raw-milk blue cheese made in Nottinghamshire using traditional unpasteurised methods.Cow · Blue · Buttery and creamy
🇬🇧 United KingdomLanark Blue
A semi-hard blue cheese made from raw sheep's milk in Scotland.Sheep · Semi-hard · Savoury and brothy
🇵🇱 PolandRokpol
A pungent, salty Polish blue cheese made from cow's milk.Cow · Blue · Pungent and funky
🇮🇹 ItalyDolcelatte
A mild, sweet Italian blue cheese made from cow's milk with a soft texture.Cow · Bloomy rind · Sweet and caramel
🇫🇮 Finland and 1 moreAura
A Finnish cow's-milk blue cheese aged for six or twelve weeks.Cow · Blue · Salty
🇬🇧 United KingdomDovedale
A soft, brine-dipped cow's milk blue cheese from the English Peak District.Cow · Blue · Savoury and brothy
🇳🇴 NorwayKraftkar
A Norwegian blue cheese made from cow's milk and cream in Nordmøre.Cow · Blue · Salty
🇬🇧 United KingdomCornish Blue
A blue cheese from Cornwall made with cow's milk and awarded top honours in international competitions.Cow · Blue
🇬🇧 United KingdomBeenleigh Blue
A thin-rinded, foil-wrapped English sheep's-milk blue with a sweet, crumbly texture.Sheep · Blue · Sweet and caramel
🇬🇧 United KingdomLymeswold cheese
A short-lived English soft blue cheese with a white rind, made from cow's milk.Cow · Bloomy rind · Savoury and brothy
🇬🇧 United KingdomHarbourne Blue
A firm, spicy British goat's milk blue cheese aged for ten weeks.Goat · Semi-hard · Savoury and brothy
🇬🇧 United KingdomOxford Blue
A soft, creamy English blue cheese with spicy and chocolate notes, made in Oxfordshire.Cow · 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.
- Dorset Blue Vinny: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Cabrales: PDPhoto.org, Public domain, source
- Shropshire Blue: Benoît Prieur, CC0, source
- Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage: Damouns, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bleu de Bresse: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saint Agur: Micah Anderson, Public domain, source
- Fourme de Montbrison: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dovedale: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ädelost: Jorchr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Valdeón: Tamorlan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Rokpol: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Roquefort: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bleu de Gex: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fourme d'Ambert: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bleu des Causses: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gorgonzola: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cambozola: Jorchr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dolcelatte: Richard Rutter, CC BY 2.0, source
- Stichelton: Jeremy Keith, CC BY 2.0, source
- Aura: Suvi Korhonen, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kraftkar: Bernt Rostad, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cornish Blue: Haydn Blackey, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lymeswold cheese: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Oxford Blue: Amanda Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0, source