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- Gouda is located in South Holland and has about 72,000 inhabitants.. <9> <9> History <9> <9> * 1000 the area is uninhabitable marshland - beginning of a dam <9> * 1143 first mention of the name Gouda in a document <9> * 1272 city rights, awarded by the Dutch Count Florens V <9> * 1361 and 1438 large city fires <9> * 1572 occupation by the Geusen <9> * 1602 large parts of the population die of the plague <9> * 1830 demolition of the city gate to promote greater growth <9> * 1855 Start of the railway line Gouda-Utrecht <9> <9> Attractions <9> <9> * Town Hall - one of the oldest Dutch town halls in gothic style, built around 1450 after the city fire, reconstruction 1880, last renovation 1996. Facade painting and carillon, market 1 <9> * Waaghaus, with relief depiction of the Käsewiegerei, also located on the market <9> * Sint Janskerk (St. John´s Church) with 123 m the longest Kreuzkirche in the Netherlands.. Famous stained glass windows, Achter de Kerk 16 <9> * City Museum in the former City Hospital with painting collection, Achter de Kerk 14 <9> * Museum De Moriaan, with National Pharmaceutical Museum, Westhaven 29 <9> <9> <121> The Cheese <122 > <9> <9> Nobody knows GOUDA, the cheese, unknown.. Made from pasteurized cow´s milk, it has 48% fat i.. Tr.. , the round or block-shaped loaves weigh 8 to 12 kg.. Inside you can see pea-sized bubbles.. Gouda comes in 3 categories: <9> <9> * young, matured for 4 to 8 weeks with a creamy mild taste <9> * medium-aged, aged from 2 to 6 months from full-bodied to spicy.. <9> * old, at least and over 6 months, sometimes up to 18 months, solid to spicy-nutty <9> <9> <9> <121> Gouda Cheese Market <122> <9> <9> As in In a city producing such a famous cheese, Gouda has a famous cheese market for more than 300 years. <9> Cheese makers have always come to Thursdays to sell their products.. <9> This is how it is today, every Thursday morning (mid-June to the end of August) is the cheese market.. <9> <9> The procedure has not changed either.. The sold cheese wheel is brought to the scale with the cheese tray. <9> Transport to and from the scales, trading and weighing - everything runs as colorful as ever and the visitor can follow everything up close.. <9> <9> Of course there are still the Kaasmeisjes (who does not remember Mrs. Antje ??) and Kaasjongens.. <9> While the Meisjes offer cheese tasting and are happy to have their picture taken with you, the boys are busy loading and unloading the cheese sandwiches.. <9> <9> Preparations for the market start early, the market itself starts at 10am and lasts until 1230pm.. Parallel to the cheese market, there is still a craft market with products from traditional crafts such as pipes, clogs, ceramics and Gouda waffles.. <9> <9> The Cheese Market takes place every Thursday from mid-June to the end of August.
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