Alkmaar is one of the most lovely and historical Tourist Destinations in Netherlands. The city is best known for its cheese market. Alkmaar produces some of the best of cheese in the whole world. Alkmaar has in store about 400 monuments and other sites of historical and cultural significance.
To reach Alkmaar by a car, you can drive from Amsterdam, along the motorways A9 or A10 in northerly direction and then follow the signs to Alkmaar. You can even come to this lovely city of Alkmaar through trains that run regularly from Station Alkmaar to Nijmegen, Maastricht, Schagen, The Hague, Rotterdam, Hoorn, Maastricht and Den Helder. The Noordhollandsch Kanaal canal, opened in the year, 1824 runs right through Alkmaar.
The mention of Alkmaar has been found in the 10th Century. History tells us that at first, Alkmaar was a village but it gradually became a city by the year 1254. The oldest part of Alkmaar lies on an ancient sand bank. In 1573, the city successfully withstood a siege by the Spanish forces and Alkmaar was the first city in Netherlands to be freed from the Spanish occupation.
Alkmaar is one of the most well-known Dutch cheese towns in the world. From the first Friday in the month of April until the first Friday in September, a traditional cheese market is held on Friday mornings between 10 am and 12.30 pm. Tourists will get to see big fat men weighing the cheese in their traditional costumes and then they sell the cheese to the dealers.
In the Waaggebouw, there is a cheese museum that displays everything you would want to know about dairy farming.
In this historic town of Alkmaar, there are in total of about 400 monuments. The Waag is a 16th Century town-hall and you can even visit the Grote or St. Laurens Church and the many courtyards, facades and canals. With so many things to see and discover, Alkmaar has got a nice historic and romantic ambiance, and make it very photogenic and scenic to the people in general.
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