The cheese market at Edam - Holland Holiday
Cheese Market Edam.
Edam is nice traditional place at the Markermeer and belongs to the commune of Volendam and Marken. Enjoy the picturesque facades and small waters with characteristic drawbridges.
Every wednesday in summer Edam organizes a cheese market.
A special gest will open the cheese market by ringing the bell.
And then the show begins.
Watch farmers bringing their products to the market by small boats.
Chees carriers bring them on barrows to the market.
They walk with a special cheese carrier dribble to keep the barrow as stable as possible.
On the market traders inspect the cheeses. They knock on it and take a piece with a special scoop so they can smell and taste it.
Then the price is determined.
Cheese carriers bring the parcel to the Waag where it is weighted.
There after, the cheeses go on transport in a traditional way.
Lovely cheese girls let you taste real Dutch cheese and of course you can buy it.
Edam awaits you on this charming spectacle.
Find out more on HollandHolliday.net
Edam Cheese Market Festival Kaasmarkten Edam | Travel Vlog
Today's video is about the Kaasmarkten Edam(in Dutch) or Edam Cheese Market festival, at The Netherlands. It was a once a year festival and usually around July and August, every Wednesday Morning starting from 10:30 to 12:30 morning. The last day in August usually will be on Saturday and it will be finished around 17:00 noon.
Since year 1526, Edam received the right to 'Waag' from Emperor Charles V and in 1576 William of Orange even entitled 'Eeuwigdurende Waag'. The current Waag was built in 1778. Official cheese markets were held until 1922.
In the cheese markets of today, the tradition lives on. Under the watchful eye of the market master, the Noorwester Edammer is brought to the market by farmers by boat or by horse and cart.
There they let their cheese 'drop' by the cheese maker, who is also a member of the cheese carrier's guild. With a cheese drill the trader takes a sample and inspects the cheese. Then begins the old ritual of praising and offering and the hand clapping. If the party likes it, cheese carriers carry the cheese to the weighing scale in the Waag. After which the cheese is recharged.
TIP: During and after the Cheese Markets and prior to the Evening Cheese Market, the VVV-praam / koeboot sails in which up to 20 people can take a seat. Combine your visit to the Cheese Market with a round trip of about an hour through the beautiful canals of Edam.
Location : Kaasmarkt Edam Jan Nieuwenhuizenplein 1135 WT Edam
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Kaasmarkten Edam
Datum: juli tot augustus elke jaar
Tijd: 10:30 uur - 12:30 uur
Iedere woensdag van 10.30 tot 12.30 uur
Op zaterdag 11 augustus is er vanaf 17.00 uur een Oud Hollandse Streekmarkt en een Avond-Kaasmarkt van 20.30 tot 22.00 uur
Al in 1526 kreeg Edam van keizer Karel V het recht op 'Waag' en in 1576 van Willem van Oranje zelfs het recht op 'Eeuwigdurende Waag'. De huidige Waag werd gebouwd in 1778. Tot 1922 werden er officiële kaasmarkten gehouden.
In de kaasmarkten van nu leeft de traditie voort. Onder het toeziend oog van de marktmeester wordt de Noorwester Edammer door boeren per bootje of met paard en wagen naar de markt gebracht.
Daar laten ze hun kaas 'neerzetten' door de kaaszetter, die ook lid is van het kaasdragersgilde. Met een kaasboor neemt de handelaar een monster en keurt de kaas. Dan begint het oude ritueel van het loven en bieden en het handjeklap. Als de partij in de smaak valt dragen kaasdragers de kaas naar de weegschaal in de Waag. Waarna de kaas weer wordt opgeladen.
TIP: Tijdens en na de Kaasmarkten en voorafgaand aan de Avondkaasmarkt vaart de VVV-praam/koeboot waarin tot 20 mensen kunnen plaatsnemen. Combineer uw bezoek aan de Kaasmarkt met een rondvaart van een klein uur door de schitterende grachten van Edam.
Om teleurstelling te voorkomen is het raadzaam tickets (€ 7,50) van tevoren te boeken via de site van VVV-Edam / Tourist Information.
Locatie: Kaasmarkt Edam Jan Nieuwenhuizenplein 1135 WT Edam
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Edam Cheese Market - Edam Kaasmarkt
The cheese market at Alkmaar - Holland Holiday
Alkmaar Kaasmarkt
When you think of Holland you will probably think of wooden shoes, tulips and old windmills. But also of cheese. It is one of the most important export products of Holland. That is why the Dutch are sometimes nicknamed 'Kaaskoppen', ‘Cheeseheads’.
All over the Netherlands there are cheese markets, but the most famous one you will find in the cozy city of Alkmaar, only about 40 kilometers from Amsterdam.
Alkmaar has an attractive historical center with beautiful canals and old facades.
Every Friday from the end of March till the end of September you can visit the cheese market on the ‘Waagplein’ (check their website on Holland Holiday.net)
Formerly the cheeses were brought in boats.
The market is officially opened by the ringing of a bell.
In this case a special guest, the ambassador of India, had this task.
As soon as the market opens, the samplers and traders inspect the cheeses.
Cheese is knocked on and a special cheese scoop is used to extract a piece, which is then crumbled between the fingers, smelled, and tasted.
The cheeses are loaded onto barrows. 8 Cheeses on a barrow weigh 130 kilos. Carrying such a heavy barrow is not easy.
The carriers walk with a special 'cheese carriers dribble'. Deliberately out of step, ensuring the barrow hangs as still as possible.
First they take the barrow with cheeses to the ‘Waag’ where its is weighed.
Then the cheeses are loaded in a handcart and after that loaded into trucks.
Besides the cheese market Alkmaar is an attractive city to visit.
Watch our video ‘Cheese City Alkmaar’.
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Volendam & Edam, the Netherlands
The picturesque city of Edam offers houses and canals from the 17th and 18th centuries. These can easily be explored from a NOVASOL holiday home in the Netherlands. Both Volendam and Edam are very close to Amsterdam. In Edam there is a cheese market every Wednesday during summertime. The Edam Museum is also very exciting in a very old building made of stone. Volendam has nice shops, beautiful wooden houses and charming streets. You will also find many restaurants and cafés where you can taste Dutch as well as international food. You can also go on a trip to Amsterdam, which is a lovely city. You can visit many museums or maybe the Royal Palace here. If you are traveling with children you can visit the zoo. The Amsterdam Zoo is very fun to visit, especially for children. If you wish to cook yourself then you can visit the Albert Cuip market where you can buy many specialties. Book a NOVASOL holiday cottage, home or apartment in Edam or Volendam in the Netherlands and experience lovely Dutch towns and go on a small trip to Amsterdam. Novasol website:
Edam , the Netherlands- cheese market 2018
The Gouda Cheese Market • Traditional Dutch Market • THE NETHERLANDS
Every summer, Gouda’s old town square goes retro. Monster hunks of cheese, wooden shoes and old-timey traders haggling over the price by slapping hands. It starts with cheese but you’ll also find your week supply of tulip bulbs, fresh fruit & vegetables, fashionable sweaters. (Please don’t forget to give the street organ a tip for playing Tuplen uit Amsterdam”.
If you want to stop by, just note that the Cheese market is only active on a few Thursdays in the summer months, although you can catch Gouda's regular market each Thursday regardless of the season.)
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Cheese city - Edam The Netherlands
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Edam Old Town Walkabout, North Holland Netherlands
Famous for its cheese, Edam dates to a 1230 Ye River dam near the Zuiderzee. Later, cheese overtook ship-building and fishing. It is closely linked with nearby Volendam.
Alkmaar Cheese Market in The Netherlands
Alkmaar in the Netherlands has the world’s biggest, most-visited and best cheese market, There is no prettier or more characteristic Dutch sight than this cheese market, with these guys in white running around carrying these big loads of cheese back and forth. What is going on? You are about to find out.
For centuries the cheese market has been important for the city of Alkmaar and in recent years it has developed into one of the leading visitor attractions in the country. It's an easy day trip from Amsterdam, just about 40 minutes away by train or by guided tour on a bus.
Alkmaar is much more than just cheese. It's a typical small Dutch city which means it has many historic, well-preserved buildings and beautiful canals lots of shops, restaurants, cafés and pedestrian lanes to stroll on. We will see more of the town in a different segment but for now we are focusing attention on the wonderful cheese market.
Almost 700 years ago, Alkmaar was already a cheese town. In 1365 the city was granted weighing rights and got their first cheese scale -- in 1612 this number of scales increased to four.
Over time, the cheese market frequently needed more space. Markets were the economic engine in those days, so houses were sometimes demolished to increase market space. Over the course of two centuries, it was enlarged no fewer than eight times before reaching its current dimensions.
Alkmaar's status as the cheese capital has become increasingly famous over the years and the cheese market became ever more popular, and now it’s the biggest in the country.
In the past, most cheese was transported by boat or horse. And this centuries-old tradition has survived in part to this very day. During every market, cheese laden boats sail from the North Holland Canal to the square, just as they did in the past.
The market is on every Friday from the end of March through September and during July and August it also functions on Tuesday evenings.
The cheese workers are members of the cheese guild, like a union, and they’re divided up into teams as shown by their hat colors, blue, yellow, red and green.
The overall manager is called the Cheese Father and he wears an orange hat.
We had a chance to speak with an official of the group who helped describe the situation for us
My position, is I was the Cheese Father of this guild for many years and now I am the tourist guide.
We’ll hear more from Kees Koopman during the program.
Right before 10.00 AM everyone waits for the market to get under way as the lady speaker welcomes visitors in as many languages as possible. She tells the general public about what they’re about to see at the market.
In a few minutes the bell is ringing and the market is starting.
At 10 am the bell rings (bell sound). It’s the sign indicating the start of the cheese market. The ringing of the bell is often done by a visitor to the market, at the invitation of the council of Alkmaar. For example it might be a famous Dutch person from sports or TV, or a foreign ambassador.
As soon as the market opens, the samplers and traders go to work. Inspecting cheese is more than just looking at its exterior. Cheese is knocked on and a special cheese scoop is used to obtain a piece, which is then crumbled between the fingers and smelled. And, naturally, it is tasted to assess the relation between taste, and the percentages of fat and moisture.
Many lucky people in the audience get a free taste and some of them even get to push that coring tool into the cheese, it's something like an apple corer and pull out a sample for themselves
It will come as no surprise that everybody will have a chance to purchase as much cheese as they want from the vendors who are surrounding the cheese market area — you'll see more of that coming right up.
Cheese is transported on the wooden barrow hanging between two cheese carriers, holding about 8 Gouda cheeses, each of them weighing 13,5 kilos. Carrying a heavy barrow, with a total weight of about 130 kilos.
Walking with that heavy barrow or stretcher appears much easier than it seems. But there is a special technique. In order to facilitate the walking rhythm and to prevent the stretcher from hitting their legs, the men walk 'out of step' in the strange looking cheese bearers' trot. This keeps the stretcher movement to a minimum, ensuring the barrow hangs as still as possible.
[Music plays]
We work you see with four groups, you see four different colors. Each group is seven people. There are six carriers and the seventh works on the scale – that is a very important man because in the early days, he counts the money from the buyers, the ones who have trade, for each kilo that we carry.
We've got the two big factories here in the north of the Netherlands and they make millions of kilos of cheese each year, and it goes around the world.
Edam Town in the Netherlands
Edam is a town in the northwest Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Combined with Volendam, Edam forms the municipality of Edam-Volendam. Approximately 7,380 people live in Edam. The entire municipality of Edam-Volendam has 28,492 inhabitants.
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Edam Cheese market, Jan Nieuwenhuizenplein
Fábrica de quesos en Edam, plaza de Nieuwenhuizenplein
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Edam Cheese
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3D Edam Cheese Market (Top&Bottom Version)
The last Cheese Market at Edam, North Holland in 2011 was sketched in 3D on the way to ISU Meeting held at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland.
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Netherlands: The Town of Edam
Edam is a town in the northwest Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Combined with Volendam, Edam forms the municipality of Edam-Volendam. Approximately 7,380 people live in Edam. The name Edam originates from a dam on the little river E or IJe where the first settlement was located and which was therefore called IJedam.
Edam is famous as the original source of the cheese with the same name.
The old town centre, within the borders of the old city walls, is nowadays protected by the government, both the main structures and architectural details. A number of notable buildings survive in good condition.
Grote Kerk or St. Nicholaaskerk, of cathedral dimensions, was probably built at the beginning of the 15th Century.
Built in 1737 the town hall is on a somewhat larger scale than the rest of Edam. The entrance with its heavy double doors and sandstone surrounds are in the Louis XIV Style and a wooden tower completes the picture. The town hall is still in active use for marriage ceremonies.
Source: Wikipedia
Edam - Olanda
Edam si trova a circa 20 km a nord di Amsterdam
Questa cittadina nacque da un insediamento di contadini e pescatori del dodicesimo secolo e si sviluppò dopo la costruzione di un porto
Anche se il porto è scomparso, l'autenticità del luogo e il fascino che profuma di passato ne fanno una tappa obbligata per il turista. Qui sono rimasti i canali, i ponti mobili, i vicoli lastricati
Come ad Alkmaar, anche ad Edam, ogni mercoledì mattina di luglio e agosto, si organizza il famoso e divertente Mercato del Formaggio nella piazza del mercato.
Il formaggio originale di Edam è un piccolo formaggio rotondo di circa 1,7 chili
E’ uno spettacolo folcloristico con cui gli olandesi fanno rivivere la tradizionale contrattazione di un tempo, quando, i commercianti, eseguivano pubblicamente in piazza l'ispezione e la pesatura delle tante e deliziose forme gialle, mentre i loro infaticabili collaboratori, le sollevavano con una specie di portantina, per spostarle dalla pesa in piazza al magazzino, man mano che si decidevano gli acquisti.
I portatori indossano tute bianche e cappelli di paglia e il colore dei loro cappelli mostra la gilda di appartenenza
Il formaggio veniva portato con barche e con cavalli.
Dalle barche alle portantine e quindi in piazza.
Questa ricostruzione del mercato del formaggio, anche se meno nota rispetto ad Alkmaar, non ha niente da invidiare. Anzi è meno caotica e si riesce a respirare il profumo del tempo
In agosto il mercato del formaggio viene rivissuto anche di sera abbinato al mercato per le vie.
Edam Netherlands
One of the gem of Holland is the town of Edam. Unique with its lake and very colorful houses. Take a bus from the central station for about 30-40min and have a walk around the town. So small that you don't really need a bicycle to do it but if you want then go take one.
Alkmaar Cheese Market, marché aux fromages, Holland
There are five cheese markets operating in the Netherlands. Woerden is a modern working commercial cheese market. Four, Alkmaar, Gouda, Edam and Hoorn, are like traditional merchant cheese markets as operated in the post-medieval period, re-enacted during the summer months for tourists. The shows are today surrounded by stalls selling all things traditional to the Dutch culture, including cheese.
Dutch cheese farmers traditionally brought their cheeses to the market square in town to sell. Teams (vemen) of official guild cheese-porters (kaasdragers), identified by differently coloured straw hats associated with their forwarding company, carried the farmers' cheese on barrows, which typically weighed about 160 kilograms. Buyers then sampled the cheeses and negotiated a price using a ritual system called handjeklap in which buyers and sellers clap each other's hands and shout prices.[1] Once a price is agreed, the porters carry the cheese to the weighing house (Waag), and scale of their company.
Le marché au fromage d'Alkmaar est l'attraction par excellence de la ville. Tous les vendredis, d'avril en septembre, vous pouvez assister au marché traditionnel sur lequel les fromages sont vendus, et ce de la même façon depuis des siècles. Ne manquez pas ce spectacle folklorique et coloré sur la place Waagplein si vous êtes à Alkmaar un vendredi.
Traditions séculaires
En 1365 déjà, avec une seule balance à l'époque, le fromage était vendu sur la place Waagplein. Les fromages sont présentés tôt le matin et les commerçants et les placiers veillent à que les fromages soient « beaux » toute la matinée. Environ 30 000 kilos ou 2 200 fromages attendent les acheteurs.
Porteurs de fromages
Indissociables du marché au fromage, voici les porteurs de fromages. Mais aussi les « présentateurs », les « lanceurs » et les « placiers » sont des personnes qui déterminent la silhouette du marché. Ils sont organisés dans une guilde qui connait énormément de traditions. Le marché au fromage d'Alkmaar est un spectacle fascinant. Renseignez-vous sur place par rapport aux différentes possibilités (visites guidées pour des enfants ou des groupes) et les horaires.
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