Gouda, South Holland.

It's an incredible adventure in a small friendly town.

Gouda is an incredible adventure in a small friendly town and the namegiver to the famous Dutch cheese. Gouda is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, between Rotterdam and Utrecht, in the province of South Holland. Gouda is a small town but its history is interesting. 

On the main square near old City Hall you can visit the Cheese Market on Thursdays, from April onto the end of August. The traditional market dates back from 1395. You can buy tasty cheese and watch wonderful folkloristic performances. 

There is a modern and free toilet in the central square. Also in the city there are Dutch-style urinals a bit similar to Amsterdam ones.  

You can go outside the city and visit the Reeuwijkse Plassen, or the Goudse Hout, lakes in and around Gouda for a good picnic outside the town. Lakes are in an hour walking away from the centre of the town or even less. A city also famous for its Gouda cheese, stroopwafels (dutch waffles) and candles many grachten (urban shipping canals), historical drawbridges, decorated clay pipes, and its 15th-century city hall. Its array of historic churches and other buildings makes it a very popular tourist destination.

A visit to the city can easily be combined with a visit to the site of Kinderdijk, a collection of historical windmills that still function and are recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage. Visiting this area is a true unique experience, since this part of the Netherlands is a few meters below sea-level and is for 700 years protected by dikes and water management by pumps and windmills.

Gouda, The Netherlands

Gouda's 15th Century Town Hall

Hello Gouda

Dutch Cheese market & Town Hall Gouda

Netherlands cheese market alkmaar

Alkmaar Cheese Market in The Netherlands

Dutch fried fish

Escudo de armas Gouda (Holanda Meridional)

Fashion bench

Flowers for all people in the world

Evening Gouda is great

Morning Gouda

Сity view from the window

Famous canals of the town of Gouda

Amazing architecture

Cheese, canals and cozy streets

Center of the old town

Cute shopping streets

Small but it has everything

Central square

Carefree cyclist

Have a good day, Life !

Dutch canals

Famous channels and one of a kind

City magic

Beauty city of Gouda, Netherlands

Travel and enjoy socializing

Small Town, Big Opportunities

Travel is a necessary addition to our life

The Waag (weigh house)

A city where it is more comfortable without a car

Small houses and large windows. this is a visiting card of the Dutch

Dutch beautiful towns

Feel comfortable in every city

Travels make your life worthwhile

Small town with a huge heart

European greatness

Gouda, South Holland

Walk around the city

New day, new life, new adventure

Town church

As an everywhere, signs and rules

Discover new things and develop

Grow with us. Go travels !

Travelling Awesome

Dutch architecture of indescribable beauty

A Modern Tradition : Backpacks and school books on flagpoles.

Did you know it is a tradition to hang your backpack and school books on a flagpole outside your home when you graduate from high school ? This month tens of thousands of students will get their exam results. Congrats to all graduates !

Holland Alumni Day

In a successful country everyone is fine

Dutch traditions and customs

The backpack on the flag is the end of the school year

It is a tradition of decades-old for Dutch families to announce their son or daughter passed their final exams at the end of high school (eindexamen). So, in the second week of June every year, you can see many of these flagpoles decorated with a backpack to announce the good news.

Fairytale bliss

Let's go crazy !

Flag of a great country, backpack of great people

Say cheese ! Welcome to Gouda !

Gouda forever in my heart

Discover the beauty of Gouda

City with history

In the oldest restaurant - Bar.

I organized tours to Gouda

Original style in everything with cheese filling

As always, I send you positive

Plaza Markt.