I knew about Edam cheese, so I should not have been surprised that cheese was part of the tour.
The cheese market is no longer the heart of the town. There is a smaller (smaller than the main one in Alkmaar) Cheese Market re-enactment in Edam on Wednesdays in the summer. We were there on Friday in April, so of course did not see it then. The original and actual market in Edam closed in 1922, and the re-enactment for tourists started in 1989. There is a statue of the cheese porters called De Kaasdragers outside of the weigh house which was placed there in 2013 at the celebration of the 25 year jubilee of the Edam cheese market society.
Statue of De Kaasdragers (Cheese porters) - just like they had in Alkmaar+
Old weigh house from 1778
They also had a weigh house with the brightly decorated facade which dates from 1778
I went into the Edam cheese weighing station to get out of the wind. Even if you are not there on Wednesday, the weigh house is open and has an exhibit showing how cheese is made.
Bob's photo of me heading for the Cheese weigh station
There was a description of the process inside
Scale
The brochure for this tour said we were to have a cheese tasting,
but we didn't get to that and Raul, the cruise director said it was just that there were places in Edam where we could taste cheese, but it wasn't actually part of the tour. If I had known that, I would have gone in and done some cheese tasting. But I was waiting for the guide to take us to where we would taste cheese. I was anxious to reach Volendam, so I did not stop or shop in Edam. This shop is located in a listed building which dates from the 16th century. From 1947 is a cheese specialty shop located here and from 1990 it is run by Bessel van Veen, who has a huge passion for everything to do with cheese and wine
Just before we got back to the bus (which drove around and met us on the other side of the town),
Approaching the Grote Kerk on Grote Kerkstraat
Steeple of Grote Kerk
Sign outside the church door
Bob and I saw a cemetery - the Algemene Begraafplaats Edam (which means something like Edam General Cemetery) and went in and took a few photos.
Gate to Algemene Begraafplaats Edam
Graves with the wall of Grote Kerk behind them
We didn't have time to go in the church
The cheese market is no longer the heart of the town. There is a smaller (smaller than the main one in Alkmaar) Cheese Market re-enactment in Edam on Wednesdays in the summer. We were there on Friday in April, so of course did not see it then. The original and actual market in Edam closed in 1922, and the re-enactment for tourists started in 1989. There is a statue of the cheese porters called De Kaasdragers outside of the weigh house which was placed there in 2013 at the celebration of the 25 year jubilee of the Edam cheese market society.
Statue of De Kaasdragers (Cheese porters) - just like they had in Alkmaar+
Old weigh house from 1778
They also had a weigh house with the brightly decorated facade which dates from 1778
I went into the Edam cheese weighing station to get out of the wind. Even if you are not there on Wednesday, the weigh house is open and has an exhibit showing how cheese is made.
Bob's photo of me heading for the Cheese weigh station
There was a description of the process inside
Scale
The brochure for this tour said we were to have a cheese tasting,
but we didn't get to that and Raul, the cruise director said it was just that there were places in Edam where we could taste cheese, but it wasn't actually part of the tour. If I had known that, I would have gone in and done some cheese tasting. But I was waiting for the guide to take us to where we would taste cheese. I was anxious to reach Volendam, so I did not stop or shop in Edam. This shop is located in a listed building which dates from the 16th century. From 1947 is a cheese specialty shop located here and from 1990 it is run by Bessel van Veen, who has a huge passion for everything to do with cheese and wine
Just before we got back to the bus (which drove around and met us on the other side of the town),
Approaching the Grote Kerk on Grote Kerkstraat
Steeple of Grote Kerk
Sign outside the church door
Bob and I saw a cemetery - the Algemene Begraafplaats Edam (which means something like Edam General Cemetery) and went in and took a few photos.
Gate to Algemene Begraafplaats Edam
Graves with the wall of Grote Kerk behind them
We didn't have time to go in the church
- Next entry in the series 'Go to Amsterdam First (1950, 1965, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2022)': Finally getting to Volendam 2016
- Previous entry in the series 'Go to Amsterdam First (1950, 1965, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2022)': Exploring Edam in 2016
