Gouda Travel Blogs

Gouda is a pretty little place some 25 kilometres of Rotterdam. When you take the train from Rotterdam, it brings you in about 20 minutes to Gouda. The town is definitely worth a visit. It has a lot of charm and a lot of old buildings and about 300 monuments. Gouda is famous for its famous chee…

Gouda. What a lovely, charming town. Mention this name to anyone and they will immediately think of the yummy cheese, mmmm one of my favourite Dutch cheeses, but this town has much more to offer. Gouda is also famous for it's candles, pipes and stoopwaffels (which unfortunately I did not sampl…

Gouda is a nice small town in the province of Zuid-Holland (South Holland). Gouda has already city rights since 1272!   I visited the town a couple of times. This time ‘Ladies Day’ with my sisters in law.   We walked around , had lunch on a terrace (this is not the regular weather…

A shopping day in Gouda, the city of cheese, candles, de Waag and nice little shops :-)

Gouda is a real old Dutch town with a virtually intact town centre.  Whoever says Gouda immediately think of cheese, but Gouda is also known of pipes,treacle waffles and earthenware, stained glass windows, a pitoresque town hall and romantic canals. Gouda has more than 300 monuments. The…

I really should get more imaginative with the titles! On Saturday, I went to Gouda with Peter (one of my colleagues) and his girlfriend Kati.  Yes, Gouda is where the cheese comes from, although the guidebook earnestly reminds us that the cheese actually comes from the countryside near there,…

Yes, this is the city the famous cheese comes from :) And we've bought a huge piece of it at the market. What a beautiful city Gouda is. It's an old city (built around 1150) with amazingly beautiful buildings. The city hall was built in 1448, the Waag (weigh house) is from 1667 and the Great church…

This second painting was inspired by Stephanie, (moshers_moll) and a picture she had taken in Gouda, Netherlands.  When I wrote and asked for her permission to use the photo she asked and sent along the photo.  My answer to her was..   That was indeed the one I smiled at, and for a…

Onze lang verwachte reis naar Azie wordt dan eindelijk werkelijkheid! Op 1 oktober vertrekken we naar Delhi. Vanaf Delhi zullen we doorreizen naar Nepal, Tibet, China, Vietnam, Laos en Cambodja, vanwaaruit we een vlucht naar Maleisisch Borneo zullen nemen om de laatste weken van onze reis te genieten van de natuur, de bounty stranden en onze inmiddels opgedane ervaringen. Op 18 april vliegen we terug naar NL, waar we op Fiona's verjaardag terug aan zullen komen. Let the journey begin!

Exciting traveling around NL with car and tent! There are so much more things beyond too touristic Amsterdam and regular travelers spots to discover in there. I loved it! (ahh..still need to edit and add photos)