Tips

The best of Alkmaar

5 experiences you shouldn't miss — the most beautiful places, attractions, markets and hidden gems.

Alkmaar Cheese Market (Kaasmarkt) Holland's most theatrical cheese show
Alkmaar Cheese Market (Kaasmarkt)
Alkmaar Historic Canal Ring & Bierkade Gabled canals without the tourist crush
Alkmaar Historic Canal Ring & Bierkade
Grote Kerk (St. Laurenskerk) Tower Climb Noord-Holland panorama, 75 metres up
Grote Kerk (St. Laurenskerk) Tower Climb
Café-Restaurant 't Gulden Vlies Aged Gouda, proper Dutch bitterballen
Café-Restaurant 't Gulden Vlies
Heiloo & Alkmaar Polder Cycling Route Flat tulip fields, windmills, zero cars
Heiloo & Alkmaar Polder Cycling Route
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