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
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VVV / Tourist info

The Tourist Information Office is open from Monday through Saturday. If the shop is closed, refer to the electronic information kiosk at the Waaggebouw for information about events, hotel opportunities, and tourist information.

Info & openinghours click here.