Alkmaar Cheese Market

I've been dying to go to Alkmaar to see the famous Cheese Market, and today we finally went. As soon as we stepped off the train we were handed little squares of cheese.


Then, we made our way to the central square to watch the show. We weren't expecting it to be so touristy, but it was clearly some hokey reenactment of the way cheese used to get weighed and sold. Whatever, it was cool to see. Everyone was dressed in traditional Dutch garb.





Is that enough cheese for ya?


After we were done watching the cheese market spectacle we wandered around the cute city of Alkmaar.





Wooden clogs. So Dutch.