Things To Do in Gouda
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Try to come here on a Thursday morning between 10am and 12:30pm from about the third week in June to the first week in September, when the lively Goudse kaasmarkt (Gouda cheese market) brings farmers driving farm wagons painted with bright designs and piled high with round cheeses in orange skins. Walk to the back of the Stadhuis (Town Hall) to sample the Gouda cheese. This gray stone building, with stepped gables and red shutters, is reputed to be Holland's oldest Town Hall, and parts of its Gothic facade date from 1449.
Gouda is noted for its candles. Every year from the middle of December, the Markt and the Town Hall are festively lit by candles.
Smoke It & See -- Gouda has been the center of a thriving clay-pipe industry since the 17th century. One local style of pipe has a pattern on the bowl that's invisible when the pipe is new and only appears as the pipe is smoked and darkens. It's called a "mystery pipe," because the designs vary and buyers never quite know what they're getting.
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The jewel of the collections at this 1665 mansion, a former hospital near Sint Janskerk, is a gold chalice that Countess Jacqueline of Bavaria presented to the Society of Archers in 1465. Its whereabouts were unknown for over a century before it was recovered in the Town Hall's attic… - Religious Site
Sint-Janskerk (Church of St. John)
The church is a step away from Markt and easily identified by its ornate spire peeking above the rooftops. As well as being the longest church in The Netherlands at 23m (76 ft.), this 15th-century Gothic beauty hides some of Europe’s loveliest stained-glass windows, considered so… Waag (Weighing House)
This monumental Weighing House, dating from 1669, is the pride of the town. An exhibit inside tells the story of cheese using interactive audiovisual media. You'll get to know all about the manufacturing process, from grass through cow through milk to cheese, and have a chance to…
