Goudse Waag Museum and Cheese Tasting

Gouda's Waag is the public weigh house, with a large relief on the façade showing how cheese was weighed. It was designed in 1668 by Pieter Post, the architect of the Leiden Waag and of the Huis ten Bosch palace in The Hague, and all goods over ten pounds were weighed and taxed here. Inside are the original scales and a museum on the history of Gouda, its trade and its products.

Tickets and tasting

With an audio guide it costs €8.50 at the ticket office and €7.50 if you book online; ages 6 to 14, €3.50. For €10 you can add a mini tasting of four cheeses explained by a guide, and for €13.50, two glasses of Gouda beer. Open daily, from 10:00 to 17:00 from April to October and until 16:00 in winter. On the ground floor are the shop and the tourist office.