Waagplein - Alkmaar, NH, NL
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kaschper69
N 52° 37.890 E 004° 45.015
31U E 618452 N 5832717
Waagplein in Alkmaar, Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WMXHQ2
Location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 01/16/2018
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The Waagplein is the area in front of the Waag church in Alkmaar.
Here, the well-known cheese market takes place regularly.
"The Waag building is an as National monument (Rijksmonument) listed building on the Waagplein in Alkmaar in the Netherlands. On this square Waagplein from April till the second week of September, the famous cheese market is held. The Dutch Cheese Museum and the tourist information Office (VVV) are also in the building. In the tower is a famous carillon weekly played by a carilloneur and also automatically by a drum chiming the quarters of the hour. There is also the famous automatic horse with knights play in the tower with an automatic trumpetplayer."
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