The cheese market in Alkmaar at the Waagplein is a unique kind of market that is more than worth visiting. Here cheese is traded in the traditional way by a cheese carrier guild.

The cheese market is a colorful experience, in addition to the yellow color of the cheese, the different colors of the clothes the participants wear, such as: the cheese carriers, cheese fathers, bagmen, servants, provosts and bottlers create a graceful spectacle.

The cheese girls and cheese boys, welcome guests and can give you all the information you need about the course of action and the rules of the game and, of course, the cheeses.

Of course, you can buy your own cheese from the many stalls on the square and there is a cheese museum, which you can visit in the Waag building.

The day concludes with an organ orchestra at the end of the cheese market and is a regular part of the event.

The cheese market can only be visited from April through September.