Eyssen and Alkmaar are inextricably linked to cheese and to each other. Eyssen, the inventor of cured cheese, which we now know as cheese spread. A wonderful family business that has existed as a brand name since 1883, received the Royal designation in 1905, and has been located in Alkmaar since 1929.
The history of Eyssen and the cured cheese with which they achieved international fame will soon be part of the true story from cow to cheese at the Dutch Cheese Museum. You probably remember those beautiful tubs of cheese spread with colorful labels, those dots of cheese spread in a round box, the rindless block of cheese, and the sausage-shaped smoked cheese. Or that very first STER commercial from 1967. “Eyssen, cheese from the cheese city” can be seen and experienced starting in mid-December 2025.
