We’ve won our fifth TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award in a row!
Five? Yes, five! For the fifth year running, we’ve won the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award. It’s a special honour, precisely because it’s based on our visitors’ experiences. Your enthusiasm makes this award possible and ensures that we always work on our experience with the same drive. Here’s to the sixth!
Five-time winner thanks to visitors from all over the world
There are few things more rewarding than hearing that visitors look back on their day in Gouda with a smile. Perhaps because they discovered for the first time just how much work goes into making a wheel of Gouda cheese. Perhaps because the children enthusiastically took part in the interactive activities. Or because people were still talking about the tasting long after it had finished.
The TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award is therefore a compliment from people who’ve walked around here themselves, tasted, learnt and been surprised. The fact that we’ve received this award for the fifth year running feels like confirmation that our way of telling stories resonates with young and old alike. And to be honest: we’re incredibly proud of that!
Why visitors are so enthusiastic
The best feedback often isn’t just about the cheese. Visitors tell us they were surprised by how interactive the tour is, how much they learn along the way, and how much fun it is to be actively involved together. That’s exactly why we do it.
The Gouda Cheese Experience is designed to take you away from the hustle and bustle of the day for a while. To make you laugh, teach you something new and, of course, let you taste just how versatile Gouda cheese can be. You don’t need to be a cheese expert – curiosity is all you need.
Cheese isn’t just for eating – it’s an experience!
Anyone visiting Gouda will soon realise that cheese is part of the city’s fabric everywhere you look. In the narrow streets, at the market and, of course, in the stories that are passed down through the generations. At the Gouda Cheese Experience, we bring those stories to life.
You won’t just be walking past a collection of display cases that you’re only allowed to look at. You’ll step into an interactive world where you’ll discover for yourself how milk is transformed into the cheese that’s famous worldwide. Along the way, our virtual cheese master Ralfie will guide you through the story of Gouda cheese.
You’ll learn not just with your mind, but above all with your senses. You’ll look, smell, feel and taste. That’s exactly why the story will stay with you, long after you’ve left Gouda.
During the Experience, you’ll discover, for example, how to:
- Milk a cow and turn the cheese yourself, virtually;
- Experience how cheese used to be traded through a game of ‘handklap’;
- Learn how maturing affects the flavour, aroma and texture;
- You’ll sample various types of Gouda cheese in our tasting room.
Celebrate this wonderful milestone with us
Five TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards in a row. We could never have achieved that without all the visitors who took the time to share their experiences. That’s why we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who visited us, wrote a review or told others about their visit.
Are you visiting Gouda soon? Then come and discover for yourself why so many visitors from home and abroad are so enthusiastic about the Gouda Cheese Experience. Let yourself be drawn into the story behind this world-famous cheese, take part in the interactive activities and round off your visit with a delicious tasting session.
Book your tickets for the Gouda Cheese Experience and discover for yourself why this fifth award feels so special. See you soon in Gouda!
