Cheese travel

Cheese Markets

Traditional cheese markets you can visit, with days, hours and the season for each.

Canada

Cheese travel in Canada

Inside the Jean-Talon Market in Montreal

Montreal Cheese Markets and Shops

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Cheese counters in the Jean-Talon and Atwater markets, open every day.

Greece

Cheese travel in Greece

Varvakios Agora, the Athens Central Market

Varvakios Central Market (Athens Central Market)

Athens, Greece

The 1886 food market and the cheese shops around it.

The covered arcade of Kapani market, Thessaloniki

Modiano and Kapani Markets, Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, Greece

Thessaloniki's two old food markets, a block apart.

Mexico

Cheese travel in Mexico

Inside the Mercado Benito Juárez in Oaxaca

Oaxaca Quesillo Markets

Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico

The cheese aisles of the two markets just south of the Zócalo.

Netherlands

Cheese travel in Netherlands

Cheese carriers in straw hats carrying cheese on a barrow in front of the Alkmaar weigh house

Alkmaar Cheese Market

Alkmaar, Netherlands

Friday mornings from late March to late September, run by a carriers' guild founded in 1593.

Next: 26 Mar 2027 (expected)

Gouda Cheese Market

Gouda, Netherlands

Thursday mornings from April to August in front of the 17th-century weigh house. Free.

The Kaaswaag cheese weigh house on the market square in Edam

Edam Cheese Market

Edam, Netherlands

Wednesday mornings in July and August, with cheese brought in by boat. Free.

Woerden Farmers' Cheese Market

Woerden, Netherlands

A working market for farmhouse cheese on Saturday mornings, mid-April to late August.

Spain

Cheese travel in Spain

Stalls at the Wednesday market in Ordizia

Ordizia Market

Ordizia, Spain

A Wednesday farmers' market since 1512, and the big Idiazábal contest each September.

Next: 23 Dec 2026

United Kingdom

Cheese travel in United Kingdom

Chiswick Cheese Market

London, United Kingdom

London's monthly cheese market, third Sunday of every month.

Next: 15 Nov 2026

A cheese stall at Borough Market in Southwark

Cheese at Borough Market

London, United Kingdom

Neal's Yard Dairy, Kappacasein raclette and a dozen cheese stalls by London Bridge.