CHEESE MARKET - KAASMARKT
Market that presents a very popular folk festival, and shows a cheese sale as it was done in the Middle Ages
A very popular folk event, which shows a cheese sale as it was done in the Middle Ages! Real buyers come along to negotiate and buy cheese from the producers. And tourists can have a feast too! It's a joyous weekly spectacle that starts at 10am, when tons of gouda and édam balls pile up in the central square. These balls are not red: this color, not very fashionable in the country, is reserved for cheeses destined for export. Potential buyers roam the square, passing from one vendor to another. They taste, haggle and agree on a price before concluding the deal, all according to a theatrical ritual whose enduring appeal is largely explained by the presence of so many tourists. Once the deal is done, it's the turn of the members of the Cheese Carriers' Guild. Still dressed in their traditional 17th-century white costume and straw hats with distinctive ribbons, they pile the balls on stretchers and carry them to the public scales for weighing. Once the balls have been loaded onto trucks that have replaced the old barges, the whole merry company meets up at the café, where you're not forbidden to follow them. It's a typical and authentic event, not to be missed during a visit to the town.
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Le marché au fromage est une tradition qui se maintient toujours, bien plus authentiques que les magasins attrapes-touristes d'Amsterdam.
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Beaucoup de monde cependant, il faut donc prévoir d'y aller tôt le matin.
A voir absolument.