The Alkmaar cheese market

• Visit the Cheese market
  • When and where
  • Accessibility and Parking
  • Arriving by public transport
  • Tour coaches
  • Cheese Market for groups
  • Dutch Cheese Museum
  • Cheesefarms in and around Alkmaar
  • Order the Cheese Market Magazine here
• Ins and outs of the cheesemarket
  • History of the cheesemarket
  • Putting up the cheeses
  • Cheese father calls the roll
  • Opening of the market
  • Cheese inspection
  • Price bargaining
  • Weighing the cheese
  • Carrying cheese
  • The end of the cheese market
• Cheese carriers’ guild
  • Alkmaar cheese carriers’ guild
  • The forwarding companies
  • Traditions, customs, and habits
  • Positions of the cheese market and in the guild
  • Cheesemaids
• Cheese in the Netherlands
  • A piece of history
  • From Cow to Cheese
  • Cheese types
• More about Alkmaar
  • City at the water
  • Shopping in Alkmaar & Citymap
  • Restaurants & Outdoor cafés
  • Culture & Museums
  • Overnight stays
  • Out and about with a group
  • VVV / Tourist info
  • Order Cheese and Alkmaar products
  • City photos
• VVV
  • Presse
  • About us
  • Contact
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Order the Cheese Market Magazine here

In the Alkmaar Kaasexpres (Cheese Express) you can find out all about the Cheese Market, the Guild, the history etc. The magazine is packed with photos and is printed in six languages (Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish and Italian).

You can order a copy here