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
  • Links
  • Sitemap

About us

www.kaasmarkt.nl / www.cheesemarket.nl is an initiative of the VVV in Alkmaar and is aimed at providing information about the Alkmaar cheese market. The websites were created with financial support from the municipality of Alkmaar and assistance from the Alkmaar Guild of Cheese Bearers.

Stichting Regio VVV Noord-Hollands Schiereiland Midden, with its legally registered offices at Waagplein 2 in 1811 JP Alkmaar and registered at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 41240685, is responsible for operating this site. BTW nr: NL 8067.24.092.B.01

If you would like to know more about the background of the VVVs then visit our corporate website www.toerismenoordholland.nl. If you would like to advertise on the website please contact the VVV Alkmaar directly or by e-mail at info@vvvalkmaar.nl.