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Alkmaar – Full of History and Cheese

February 22, 2012 by
Alkmaar Waag, Waagplein

There's More to Alkmaar Than Its Kaasmarkt (Cheese Market): Alkmaar is a historic city and municipality located in the province of Noord Holland. Whilst most tourists come to Alkmaar to enjoy its traditional kaasmarkt (cheese market), one of the four traditional cheese markets remaining in the Netherlands, the city has 399 listed rijksmonuments (national heritage sites), most of which are situated along the city's old canals. Victory Begins at Alkmaar! Alkmaar's existence can be traced … [Read more...]

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Alkmaar Cheese Market – A Traditional Dutch Cheese Market

February 13, 2012 by
Traditional Cheese Market

See Cheese Traded the Traditional Way at The Alkmaar Cheese Market: Alkmaar is a medieval city with many attractions, but the one thing that brings visitors here in droves in summer is its traditional cheese market. The Alkmaar Cheese Market is one of the four remaining traditional cheese markets in the Netherlands. Alkmaar Cheese Market Although the earliest evidence of a regulation in relation cheese carriers in Alkmaar dates to June 1593, the city was known to have had a cheese weigh … [Read more...]

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