Gouda Kaasmarkt 2008 - Gouda Cheese Market

Hello everyone,

Yesterday we went tripping off to Gouda,
Once we found a place to park, which cost about 11,00 Euro per day to park close to the city centrum. After a short and brief walk we we in the center of it all, The kaasmarkt. It all started right here as early as the Middle Ages.

It mainly concerned the authentic farm cheeses produced in the traditional manner on the surrounding district farms. As all these products had to find their ways to the customer, Gouda grew into the center of cheese trade because of its good location and ideal water connections with the surrounding places and the ocean port of Rotterdam. The ancient City Hall of Gouda became the core of the weekly 'Kaasmarkt' cheese market; a fine, bustling trading scene. In 1667 the Gouda city council acquired the right to levy duties on this profitable trade. Can you believe it.. as early as this!


1668 saw the construction of the 'De Waag' weigh house across from the city hall. This was the place where the cheeses supplied and sold were weighed and taxes were determined.

The Goudse Kaas developed into an increasingly important trading product and various cooperatives and trading houses were soon to establish themselves in and around Gouda.

 By now Goudse Kaas is being produced according to its famous recipe all the world over. Still, for real, traditional Gouda farm cheese... the place to be is the Gouda district; places like Stolwijk, Haastrecht and de Krimpenerwaard polder.

Now what makes Gouda so unique ?, it's all the things we've said so far, are still very much alive.

Take a trip to Gouda and feel, smell, taste and witness with your own eyes, the beautifully maintained City Hall in the Markt, the 'Kaaswaag' weighhouse across from the City Hall, the weekly 'Kaasmarkt' traditional cheese and crafts market, held in the summer months.

Check out the cheese farms in the polders surrounding Gouda, the horse drawn wagons 'Cheese Express' city round trips on cheese market days.

The attractive cheese menus offered by the many restaurants and bustling city center pavements.

So many people from all over the world know about Gouda Cheese and they are more than pleased to invite you to come and visit Gouda.

Just experience the source of Gouda Cheese, discover its history and find out that, being an ancient city, Gouda has far, far more to offer for a pleasant single or multi-day stay.

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Also Check out:
* weigh house
* cheese market
* crafts market

and by all means possible get yourself an original stroop waffle.

We hope you enjoy your day as much as we've enjoyed ours and thanks for hanging in there with us !