Museum of Dutch Cheese

Arriving in Alkmaar, you can best get to know it by walking through almshouses, monuments and museums. This trip will definitely take you to the old cheese weighing XIV century, where the Museum of Dutch cheese. It is located in Waaggebow (weighing room) at the cheese bazaar. The museum exposition tells in detail about the history of cheese production and trade. Here you can see slides, as well as portraits of Dutch women of the XVI century, a painting that immerses visitors in the history of Holland.

The cheese museum also presents a variety of tools and appliances, which from century to century masters used to make cheese. In the bazaar, located near the museum, you can taste different varieties of cheese. Tasting takes place daily from April to September. A special flavor and historical atmosphere are created by the costumes of cheese suppliers, who are dressed in straw hats and drive antique carts for transporting cheese.