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Topographic map of Gouda. Gouda (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣʌudaː] ⓘ) is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, between Rotterdam and Utrecht, in the province of South Holland. Gouda has a population of 75,000 and is famous for its Gouda cheese, stroopwafels, many grachten, smoking pipes, and its 15th-century city hall.
Map of the major municipalities in the Netherlands. There are no formal rules in the Netherlands to distinguish cities from other settlements. Smaller settlements are usually called dorp, comparable with villages in English speaking countries. The Dutch word for city is stad (plural: steden).
The Koornbrug (Grain Bridge) in Leiden, also a historical university city in South Holland. Scheveningen is the Netherlands' most popular seaside resorts. Zoetermeer, the third largest population centre in this province, was a typical South Holland village until the late 1960s. A view of the newly built Zoetermeer town centre.
The Gouwestreek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣʌuəˌstreːk], a Dutch word meaning the "Gouwe area") is the area around Gouda in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. "Gouwe" refers to the (now canalised) river Gouwe, which runs through Gouda. The Gouwestreek is not an official or precisely defined region, but generally speaking it ...
South Holland (Dutch: Zuid-Holland [ˌzœyt ˈɦɔlɑnt] ⓘ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 [2] and a population density of about 1,410/km 2 (3,700/sq mi), making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas.
Gouda is a railway station in Gouda, Netherlands. The station opened on 21 May 1855 when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (Dutch Rijn Railway Company) opened the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway. The Gouda–Den Haag railway to The Hague was opened in 1870, and the connection to Alphen a/d Rijn in 1934. [1]
Wheels of Gouda cheese on sale at Gouda's cheese market. Dutch cheese farmers traditionally take their cheeses to the town's market square to sell them. Teams (vemen) of official guild cheese-porters (kaasdragers), identified by differently coloured straw hats associated with their forwarding company, carried the farmers' cheese on barrows that weighed about 160 kilograms.
Sport in Gouda, South Holland (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Gouda, South Holland" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.