Gouda Cheese Experience
Gouda Cheese Experience
4.5
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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About
If you say Cheese, you say Gouda “Say Cheese Say Gouda” The whole world knows it, the whole world eats it. But do you also know the story of Gouda Cheese? This is your chance, experience Gouda Cheese in the one and only Gouda Cheese Experience. In our beautiful building in the heart of Gouda you will go on a unique and interactive journey through a golden yellow universe. Learn for yourself how cheese is made, discover all the hidden clues and leave the Experience with your cheese masters diploma!
Gouda, The Netherlands
Awards
Travellers' Choice
2024
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caro z
12 contributions
Jul 2020 • Friends
It was such an amazing experience! The tour was interactive, fun and educational. We spend almost 2 hours there. The staff is super friendly and helpful and you can buy delicious cheese and Souvenirs in the shop for a really good price.
Written 29 July 2020
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ilivetotravel
ATL265 contributions
Mar 2023
The G.C.E. was a neat stop in a daytrip we took from Rotterdam. The GCE offers a great way to learn about the cheesemaking process with many visuals and hands-on that makes a visit worthwhile and interesting for both adults and kids. Kids will enjoy it and become certified cheese experts at the end. For the adults, the cheese tasting at the end is pretty cool too. The staff is super friendly. I think the layout of the exhibits and how you are moved through is very well thought out. Best exhibit: the milking of the cow!
Written 20 March 2023
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thegeorgiegirl1
West Byfleet, UK752 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
It’s always daunting bringing hyper 4 & 6 year old boys to a museum but I’m so glad we did! This is so well organised and interactive; we all had a fantastic time! The staff were all so helpful and friendly. The museum is beautifully designed and the whole thing is so enjoyable. Lots of hilarious & cheesy photo opportunities! There is a lovely little cafe with duplo for the kids to play. The cheese tasting at the end is a real treat! The kids loved getting their badge and certificate at the end to become cheese masters (even though we’d totally failed the quiz 🤣). Well worth the money!
Written 28 August 2023
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ChicaGuarani
Belfast, UK78 contributions
Jul 2024 • Couples
This is an entirely impersonal tour conducted through exhibitions and audio handsets, which is overpriced for what it offers. Whilst the content is generally informative and interesting, there is no cheese actually being made to see the process first hand. There are no staff visible during the tour to answer questions, even during the cheese tasting (I still don't know what one of the flavours was I ate). However the deciding factor in this review was that the doors are locked at the end to regulate flow through to the tasting room. If you don't want to wait, or if you need to leave for some reason, there is no way to get out until the door is opened from behind, and it felt like quite a long wait. It might have been possible to go back to the start, but that door was locked too to regulate entry to the video, so we didn't try it. There are only a few seats in this last room so most people had to stand around waiting. Anyone with any level of claustrophobia would struggle here I think.
Written 10 August 2024
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Vicky1597
Leeds, UK22 contributions
Apr 2024 • Friends
Very kid oriented, not really for adults. You’re forced to wait for the doors to open before you can progress to the next room at two separate points which makes you feel penned in and doesn’t help if you have limited time. No cheese is actually made there, it’s all plastic models. The entrance felt really chaotic with no clear signage to the museum part or prices so it wasn’t obvious where to go. The tasting at the end was ok. Staff were a bit abrupt too. The cheese museum in the town square looked much better.
Written 30 April 2024
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Vadim B
New York City, NY368 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
We visited Gouda Cheese Experience with 2 kids in August 2023 on our way from Belgium to Amsterdam.
It was a fun for the whole family! Very educational, hands-on, and memorable experience! Kids loved it and stayed engaged to complete clue-finding challenge sheets.
We highly recommend Gouda Cheese Experience if you are in the area and looking to spend a good time with children!
It was a fun for the whole family! Very educational, hands-on, and memorable experience! Kids loved it and stayed engaged to complete clue-finding challenge sheets.
We highly recommend Gouda Cheese Experience if you are in the area and looking to spend a good time with children!
Written 16 March 2024
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Dragon789wv
Thousand Oaks, CA2,267 contributions
May 2023 • Couples
It was very well organized tour, and we got our certificate as a Cheese Master. Good museum showing the very beginnings of cheese, starting with the cow, various cheeses and maturing rates. Nice that there were Interactive for those that like it (kids probably do much more than adults).
All in all, well worth the experience. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and it was fun also
All in all, well worth the experience. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and it was fun also
Written 14 September 2023
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jacob z
6 contributions
Jul 2021 • Family
After waiting over a year to be able to take my family to the cheese experience we where not disappointed. We where welcomed by the lovely hosts. Make sure to pay attention to all the snippets of information around you. Even before entering the room for the introduction video there is a wall full of historical information about Gouda and it's cheese history. It's really a mix of history about Gouda and it's cheese and an explanation of the full process of how cheese is made from the cheese to the plate. It's really interactive and the information sticks. Weeks later we handed one of our friends here in Brazil a piece of authentic Gouda cheese and our kids explained the whole process to them including how long his specific cheese had cured for.
In short it was really informative and fun with great service by kind and attentive host.
In short it was really informative and fun with great service by kind and attentive host.
Written 31 July 2021
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Merrybridge
218 contributions
Sept 2023 • Friends
This experience is v much geared towards children. Thankfully the day we visited we seemed to be the only people there. I can imagine the chaos with kids there. The chap who met us in the shop was very friendly and chatty. 16€ for an adult is far too expensive for a self guided tour. At the end was a cheese tasting which consisted of five tiny pieces of Gouda, a tiny cracker, a spoonful of chutney and a glass of tap water. The girl who showed us into the tasting room looked totally fed up, a complete contrast to the cheery guy in the shop. Don’t waste your money going here, visit the shop and if the guy we chatted to is there, you’ll get enough info from him without paying 16€.
Written 2 October 2023
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Kevin S
1 contribution
Jun 2022 • Couples
Some of the displays did not work.
We were herded at the beginning into a room with a short video introduction
Truly aimed at young people, mostly reading and listening-to recordings with some pictures and display items.
Expensive for the lack of interaction.
At the end there was the classic dress up for photograph which, we found disturbs no caution whatsoever about cleanliness or Covid.
The tastings at the end we avoided because we were going to being herded into a room with a dozen or more people, we questioned about our worries about potential Covid and we’re quickly dismissed with a “It’s over now”
We spoke with the manager who also dismissed us
We were herded at the beginning into a room with a short video introduction
Truly aimed at young people, mostly reading and listening-to recordings with some pictures and display items.
Expensive for the lack of interaction.
At the end there was the classic dress up for photograph which, we found disturbs no caution whatsoever about cleanliness or Covid.
The tastings at the end we avoided because we were going to being herded into a room with a dozen or more people, we questioned about our worries about potential Covid and we’re quickly dismissed with a “It’s over now”
We spoke with the manager who also dismissed us
Written 19 June 2022
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