Kaaswaag Edam
Kaaswaag Edam
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In earlier days Edam cheeses were weighed at the Kaaswaag, in the historical heart of Edam. A visit to the Kaaswaag weighing house and the summer cheese market will take you back to the origin of the world-renowned round cheeses. The Kaaswaag has a permanent exhibition about the art of making cheese. It goes without saying that you can also sample and purchase cheese here. Sorry we are closed from October-March.
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Tweenkly
Malaysia370 contributions
Apr 2019 • Friends
The shop is basically handling the tourist group. They allow us to wander inside the shop to watch the movie and the setup anyway.
Outside the shop has a scenery view.
Outside the shop has a scenery view.
Written September 10, 2019
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Ana L
Navan, Ireland2,683 contributions
May 2018 • Couples
Worth to visit, if you haven not tried enough cheese yet! There is a small museum/shop, and you can taste some of the products, even if you do not intend to buy.
Written June 5, 2018
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ndantonio
New York City, NY306 contributions
Sep 2024 • Couples
The museum/gift shop with cheeses to taste is nicely done. There is a video playing inside showing how they make cheese. There are samples of all the cheeses and they seemed to be organic. It was a quiet day when we stopped by. The town of Edam was so laid back and much less touristy that other Cheese Market towns that it would have been easy to spend a week here simply relaxing.
Written September 17, 2024
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johnhouston2
Knaresborough, UK5,330 contributions
Jul 2018 • Couples
As you might gather from the title of my review, you can get cheesed off (literally) with the countless cheese shops and museums that are everywhere in Holland. To give this one its due however, it is in Edam,and it is situated in the Cheese Market, so it might be worth a visit?
Depends on what your current “cheesed off” factor currently is I suppose.
Depends on what your current “cheesed off” factor currently is I suppose.
Written July 5, 2018
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Dear John,
Thank you for your review. I hope you noticed the little museum that is in the Kaas Waag. We try to be more then yet another cheese shop. We hope to educate people on how cheese is made and to let them taste new flavours of cheese. Thanks again for your visit en we hope to meet you again. Take care.
Written July 6, 2018
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Alan P
Truro District, UK812 contributions
May 2018 • Couples
The Henri Willig shop offers an amazing selection of Edam cheeses in many different guises so well worth a visit iof you are a cheeseaholic
Written May 12, 2018
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Bernard Sanet d
Durbanville, South Africa1,587 contributions
Apr 2018 • Friends
Sadly,the day we visited,there were no cheese market.There is a small shop inside and also a small display with cheese making equipment
Written May 10, 2018
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ImmerWandern
Palos Park, IL11,705 contributions
Apr 2017 • Couples
The term "De Kaaswaag" loosely translates at the "the cheese scale" and refers to the weigh station at the main square in Edam, the Jan van Niewenhuisen Square - Jan Nieuwenhuyzenplein - just off the River Ije or E (hence the name "Edam" from the damming of the river). It is a small museum dedicated to the art of Dutch cheese-making. It houses severe pieces equipment formerly used in cheese production, especially the famed Edam cheese. It should be noted that local, small-scale cheese production no longer takes place in Edam, the manufacture of Edam cheese having become industrialized, to the tune of 27 million balls of cheese annually. Naturally the transport of Edam cheese spheres no longer requires uniformed cheeses carriers lifting the sled-like "berries" bearing piles of carefully arranged cheeses. This spectacle of weighing and carrying loads of cheese is re-enacted during the summer months for the benefit of tourists.
No visit here would be complete without sampling the iconic cheese, possibly buying a sphere for later, local consumption.
No visit here would be complete without sampling the iconic cheese, possibly buying a sphere for later, local consumption.
Written April 22, 2017
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