Edam (Cheese Market) ★ 4.4
Edam runs an Amsterdam day-trip cheese market on Wednesday mornings in summer, traders weighing the wheels on the Kaaswaag scales since the 17th century.
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Zaanse Schans (Windmills) ★ 4.2
Zaanse Schans is the working Amsterdam day-trip windmill village 20 minutes by train, the mills still grinding cocoa and mustard, cheese and clog demonstrations nearby.
Volendam (Smoked Eel and Harbour) ★ 4.2
Volendam is the Amsterdam day-trip harbour village known for smoked eel, fresh kibbeling and pickled herring, the wooden houses around the IJsselmeer waterfront.
Utrecht ★ 4.5
Utrecht is the Amsterdam day-trip Dutch second city, the Oudegracht wharf restaurants set below the canal's level, the Sunday market on Twijnstraat for produce.
Gouda (Cheese Town) ★ 4.3
Gouda is the Amsterdam day-trip cheese-trade town an hour by intercity, the Thursday morning cheese market on Markt square running April through August.