{"id":24925,"date":"2016-10-30T17:57:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T17:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=24925"},"modified":"2021-06-26T16:15:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T15:15:59","slug":"how-da-tell-real-gouda-cheese-gouda-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/how-da-tell-real-gouda-cheese-gouda-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"How-da tell real Gouda cheese, Gouda, Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome is having a free night in the aire next to the historic centre of Gouda, in The Netherlands (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=loc:52.01086,4.71712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">N52.01086, E4.71712<\/a>). As I tried to put my card into the pay machine a fellow motorhomer popped over to tell me it is free on Sundays, with free electricity and a service point too &#8211; winner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24931\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03730-1024x304-1024x304.jpg\" alt=\"Motorhome parking Gouda\" width=\"620\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03730-1024x304.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03730-1024x304-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03730-1024x304-768x228.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The bells at the church next to the aire in Isselburg chimed their way through the night. Not just the hour, but helpfully every quarter of an hour, just in case I was wondering how long they were keeping me awake for. Luckily for me the clocks went back last night, so I felt OK when our alarm went off at 8.30 (I&#8217;d remembered to change it before I went to bed). It was a pleasant change to wake to daylight.<\/p>\n<p>After breakfast we headed off to Lidl to cash in our stash of bottles and cans, we had a dizzy sum of \u20ac2.50 in <em>pfands<\/em> (deposits) to collect before we left Germany. Sadly we hadn&#8217;t counted on the fact that it was Sunday, so Lidl and the other supermarkets we passed on our way there were all shut. Our cans went into a cardboard box by the shopping trollies; hopefully someone will put them in the machine tomorrow and press the button to give the money to charity.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately the petrol stations weren&#8217;t closed, so we topped up our LPG and diesel, as we&#8217;d heard they are cheaper in Germany, and made for the border. Checking out the fuel prices after we crossed confirmed that we were right to have filled up, we paid \u20ac1.14 a litre, the cheapest we saw off the motorway was \u20ac1.18. After a further couple of hours of ever-widening motorway, I counted eight lanes in each direction at one point, we reached Gouda.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24927\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24927\" class=\"wp-image-24927 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03706-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Netherlands Border on Motorway\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03706-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03706-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03706-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to tell you&#8217;re in The Netherlands Part 1 &#8211; They tell you with signs<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24928\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24928\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24928\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03711-1024x504-1024x504.jpg\" alt=\"How to tell we're in The Netherlands Part 1 - Water filled ditches across the fields\" width=\"620\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03711-1024x504.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03711-1024x504-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03711-1024x504-768x378.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to tell you&#8217;re in The Netherlands Part 2&nbsp;&#8211; Flat land and water -illed ditches across the fields<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24929\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24929\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24929\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03714-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"How to tell we're in The Netherlands Part 2 - More bicycles than cars\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03714-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03714-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03714-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to tell you&#8217;re in The Netherlands Part 3&nbsp;&#8211; More bicycles than cars<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The aire is right in&nbsp;town so, after a spot of lunch, we set off for a walk around. We crossed the canal running around the centre then, turning a corner, the market square opened out in front of us. The town hall sits in the middle of the square in isolation, a decision taken after the original one burnt down in 1438. We were both a bit taken aback as we haven&#8217;t seen beautiful architecture like this for a while, and it was unexpected since we&#8217;d only chosen this place for the aire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24930\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03715-1024x397-1024x397.jpg\" alt=\"Gouda Town Hall\" width=\"620\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03715-1024x397.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03715-1024x397-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC03715-1024x397-768x298.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24934\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_142333928_HDR-1024x644-1024x644.jpg\" alt=\"img_20161030_142333928_hdr-1024x644\" width=\"620\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_142333928_HDR-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_142333928_HDR-1024x644-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_142333928_HDR-1024x644-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by houses we tried to walk around Saint John&#8217;s Church, the longest in The Netherlands because the land was too soft to build it tall, only to find the narrow passageways around it dug up. A sign informed us that they are doing essential ground works to the electrical, gas and water infrastructure, but also pointed out how carefully they are doing it because under the paths were many graves.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24936\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24936\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24936\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_145858397-1024x576-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Hopefully no graves under this loo which is almost surrounded by church - of course Jay had to test it!\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_145858397-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_145858397-1024x576-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_145858397-1024x576-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hopefully no graves under this loo which is almost surrounded by church &#8211; of course Jay had to test it!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24937\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24937\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24937\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_151308630_HDR-1024x576-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Jay in his heaven - a specialist beer shop, if only they had some under a euro a litre\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_151308630_HDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_151308630_HDR-1024x576-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_151308630_HDR-1024x576-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay in his heaven &#8211; a specialist beer shop, if only they had some under a euro a litre<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gouda is famous for two things, well probably several but two culinary ones &#8211; Gouda Cheese and Stroopwaffles. We love a stroopwaffle, keep your eyes peeled in Lidl they often have them in the UK, which are two big waffles filled with a syrup filling. Balance your waffle on a hot brew to melt the filling for a top treat. We sat down outside a cafe in the main square for a drink and stroopwaffle, but there weren&#8217;t any on the menu, so we beat a hasty retreat and instead treated ourselves to a chunk of Gouda, pronounced How-da around here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24932\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24932\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24932\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_140435597_HDR-1024x553-1024x553.jpg\" alt=\"Gouda Cheese Shop\" width=\"620\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_140435597_HDR-1024x553.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_140435597_HDR-1024x553-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_140435597_HDR-1024x553-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Say Cheese!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the small shop next to the tourist office (the only cheese one that was open) Jay asked if they were all made locally, and were surprised when the lady replied no. It seems there are two types of Gouda, the factory-produced stuff which uses pasteurised milk, and the stuff produced in the local farms which uses unpasteurised milk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24938\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24938\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24938\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_152303404_HDR-1024x470-1024x470.jpg\" alt=\"A relief in the Cheese museum shows a tableau of traders weighing cheese - so of course we bought our cheese here\" width=\"620\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_152303404_HDR-1024x470.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_152303404_HDR-1024x470-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_152303404_HDR-1024x470-768x353.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A relief on the Cheese museum shows traders weighing cheese &#8211; so of course we bought our cheese here<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24939\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24939\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24939\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_152356163_HDR-1024x576-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Local stuff to the left, factory produced on the right\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_152356163_HDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_152356163_HDR-1024x576-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_152356163_HDR-1024x576-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local stuff to the left, factory-produced on the right<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As we were in Gouda and buying some Gouda, we wanted the real deal so opted for the farm-produced stuff. What sort do we want? Errr, dunno &#8211; memories of our <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/a-champagne-buzz-to-troyes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">champagne tasting experience<\/a> came flooding back. It seems the older it gets the stronger the taste, so of course we went for a mature chunk. We&#8217;ve since tried out the&nbsp;<em>Boerenkaas Overjarig<\/em> and it&#8217;s a bit like a strong mature cheddar, but then that could be because we&#8217;re so close to home that I&#8217;m dreaming of cheese on toast.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24935\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24935\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24935\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_145127742_HDR-1024x576-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of Gouda in the local library (next to aire and with free wifi) shows the drainage needed to stop the land from returning to marsh - love how it goes around the football pitches\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_145127742_HDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_145127742_HDR-1024x576-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_20161030_145127742_HDR-1024x576-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of Gouda in the local library (next to aire and with free wifi) shows the drainage needed to stop the land from returning to marsh &#8211; love how it goes around the football pitches<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We rounded off our tour of the town with a <em>gelato,<\/em> an ice cream from an artisan maker. As we sat in the sunshine outside the shop we could have been back in Italy, if there weren&#8217;t plastic Gouda cheeses hanging from wire above the streets like unlit Christmas decorations!<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow we&#8217;re off to the supermarket for a quick stock up before we head for the ferry home. I&#8217;m already apprehensive about the crossing, but with some sea sickness pills and seeing a red sky tonight, I&#8217;m hopeful that the crossing won&#8217;t be too choppy.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t believe that this tour is coming to an end, it still feels a bit surreal that we&#8217;ll be sleeping in our own bed in a couple of days. We <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/and-were-off-bray-dunes-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">set off on Thursday 28 January<\/a> and so far have travelled 16,697 kilometres, visiting 19 countries. It&#8217;s been a blast and on 20 November we set off for another&nbsp;next trip, so we have three weeks to get Zagan and ourselves ship shape and ready to head south &#8211; bring it on.<\/p>\n<p>Ju x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not only does the town of Gouda in The Netherlands have great cheese, but it also has a motorhome aire with free electric &#8211; we&#8217;re hooked!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[417,369,374],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorhome-blog","category-germany-motorhome","category-netherlands-motorhome"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How-da tell real Gouda cheese, Gouda, Netherlands - 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