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Posted: 11 April 2019

Cheese and Tulips, can it be more Dutch? On Friday 12 April there will once again be a colorful cheese market with 25,000 tulips. Afterwards, the cheese girls and boys hand out the tulips to…

Posted: 25 February 2019

If your visit to the Cheese Museum has whetted your appetite for a nice piece of cheese, there are numerous excellent cheese shops in the centre of Alkmaar, not far from the museum.

Posted: 23 January 2019

From 29 March until 27 September, the cheese market will be held on Waagplein every Friday from 10.00 a.m. until 1.00 p.m. In July and August, there will also be cheese markets on Tuesday evening.

Posted: 20 January 2019

The Alkmaar Cheese Carriers’ Guild celebrated its 425th annivesary in 2018. To mark the occasion, it organised an attempt to improve the world record for the biggest cheese tasting event. More than 800 connoisseurs assembled…