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At 't Kasswinkeltje, where you can find Cheesus.
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Stroopwafels were invented in Gouda by one genius named Gerard Kamphuisen, who opened his bakey in 1810.
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Bike by Sint Janskerk, which has the biggest stained glass windows in The Netherlands.
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Gouda's 15th century town hall is constructed from shimmering sandstone in a regal gothic style, a sign of its wealth. #MilkMoney
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By the 3,342,795th quaint little European village, you're usually just like, "Where's the cheese?" "Where's the bar?" "Where's the stroopwafel?"
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Carillons on the side of the Gouda town hall which rang two minutes after every hour.
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Unusual are the red-and-white shutters that dot the Gouda town hall.
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The Waag, the former cheese weighing house built in 1668; the carving is sort of like a scene from "The Merchant of Venice", but cheese, not human flesh.
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Oh my Gouda, it's Cheesus!!
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Holland, where a root canal pleasantly means the start of a waterway.
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Snail in Gouda.
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Bike parking in Gouda.
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Bike lane in Gouda.
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The courtyard of the Gouda Bibliotheek, tables and chairs for many reads, a coffee and maybe a slice of Zoe's pie of the day from the cafe.
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Autumn leaves on a bench in Gouda's medieval library courtyard.
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Erasmus grew up in Gouda, but there are more people on the cheese walking tour than the Erasmus walking tour.
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I didn't go into Museum Gouda (I almost did, for the medieval torture exhibit - mentally cat o'nine tail whipping myself now), but the old hospital it's in is gorgeously replete with beautiful, colorful carvings.
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Rip Van Winkle carving on the walls of Museum Gouda. #haha
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Carving on the exterior of Museum Gouda.
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You gotta have faith, on the exterior wall of Museum Gouda.
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Beef croquet on buttered bread roll at Bakkerij Van Vliet, all very good, blah blah.
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Van Vliet is where I met Stroopwafels. I had heard of the legend, but our palates didn't cross until Gouda, where they were invented, at this bakkerij which has been making these angels fresh for centuries.
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Onwards to another one of my life's obsessions, albeit more history in my gastro-intestinal tract than stroopwafels.
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Aged gouda - M(ature cheese)ILF(east on) - almost two years old.
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HOLEY CHEESUS at 't Kaaswinkeltje in Gouda.
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I vote for Cheesus in Gouda.
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More Gouda town hall angles. Sorry, can't get enough.
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The puppet show on the side of the Gouda town hall.
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Edam is half the cheese town Gouda is - if Gouda is a cheese wheel, Edam is a spoke.
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A maze of little cobblestoned streets lead from the bus-stop to the town center, fun for picking out details like this household's coat of arms.
