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The Alkmaar Cheese Market
On average the Dutch eat over 19 kilograms of cheese per person per year!
The Alkmaar Cheese Market is the oldest and largest cheese market in the Netherlands and has been operating with the same rules, behaviors and dress code, every Friday, since 1593 (431 years ago), except during WWII. However, there has been a cheese scale in use in Alkmaar since 1365 (659 years ago).
So, we went for a visit today when it opened at 10am on Friday, just like it has for the last few hundred years.
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