The Amsterdam Cheese Guide

If you’re visiting Amsterdam and you’d like to get your mits on some of that fine Dutch cheese, then this blog page is for you. The centre of Amsterdam is full of tourist cheese shops that will sell you overpriced mediocre cheese. Honestly, it won’t be the end of the world if you buy your cheese there as ignorance is bliss. But equally, with some local insight (via this very page!) it’s also quite easy to find better (and cheaper) cheese, the sort that Amsterdammers themselves eat.

This blog will detail that and likely add some fun facts and stories related to cheese, and maybe some info on famous cheese-related places like Alkmaar, Edam, and Gouda. This is very much a work in progress…

A wheel of Dutch cheese
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The Alkmaar cheese market
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