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
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Restaurants & Outdoor cafés

There is a large variety of restaurants and cafés on the Waagplein cheese market welcoming you for a drink or bite to eat, and there are various outdoor cafés on the Canadaplein and the Platte Steenen Brug.

Travelling with a group? The VVV will be delighted to arrange a lunch or dinner for you in a variety of locations in and around Alkmaar. You can also book a "Happen & Stappen" tour for parties of 8 persons and above. A well-informed and talkative guide will lead you on a tour of the city, with stop-offs for refreshments at various restaurants along the route. Click here for more information about the "Happen & Stappen" guided tour.