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15 Cheese Days Out in Gouda to Book First

16 tours  ·  from $9 a head

The town gave the cheese its name and still runs a weighing house on the market square. The 15 below cover the cheese experience, the canal boats and the walking tours, each priced and timed for a half day out of Amsterdam or Rotterdam.

Gouda: Gouda Cheese Experience Entry Ticket - Following the cheese from polder to market
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Gouda: Gouda Cheese Experience Entry Ticket

1.Gouda Cheese Experience Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 578 reviews · 1 day · from $19Our pick

In Gouda’s city center, enter a giant cheese-shaped exhibit for a 1 to 1.5-hour self-guided journey through cheesemaking, markets, and Dutch tradition. Try virtual milking, turn a wheel, answer the Cheese Master quiz, and finish with a Gouda tasting. Staff, including Mariella, add a friendly touch.

“Fantastic museum, enthusiastic and friendly staff. Very well set up and the quiz is such a good way to make it more interactive for the whole family. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit.”

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Gouda: Historical Canal Cruise - A 75-minute route through Gouda’s center
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Gouda: Historical Canal Cruise

2.Historical Canal Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 158 reviews · 1h 15m · from $18

Spend 75 minutes on Gouda’s Jan Salie or Jan Kordaat, traditional Dutch tow barges with covered and open decks, a toilet, and minibar. Your Dutch or English-speaking skipper follows the old trade route through the monumental center and past the Museum Harbour.

“Het was zotte zaterdag tijdens onze vaartocht waardoor de bemanning verkleed was. Dat was al een bonus maar de reisgids was een ook nog eens een hele leuke verteller. Wij hebben genoten van de reis en raden deze van harte aan.”

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Gouda: Open Boat City Canal Cruise - Following the old north-south water route
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Gouda: Open Boat City Canal Cruise

3.Open Boat City Canal Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 156 reviews · 1 hour · from $21

Set out from Kleiwegplein for a one-hour open boat ride through Gouda’s historic canals. Your skipper guides you along the old north-south water route, past nine historic sites and sections missed by other cruises. English and Dutch are offered, though language support may vary.

“Heel enthousiaste gids met veel weetjes over de geschiedenis van Gouda. Echte aanrader!”

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Gouda: Entry Ticket to Church of St. John with Audioguide - Entering at Achter de Kerk 2
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Gouda: Entry Ticket to Church of St. John with Audioguide

4.Entry Ticket to Church of St. John with Audioguide

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 48 reviews · 365 days · from $13

Enter St. John’s Church in Gouda with an audio guide in English, Dutch, German, French, Italian, or Spanish. See 72 historic windows, including panels nearly 20 meters tall, and learn how the church connects to the Dutch revolt against Spain. Your ticket remains valid for 365 days.

“de audiotoer was prima maar er is nog meer in de kerk zoals het orgel. daar werd niets over verteld. jammer.”

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2-Hour Walking Tour in Gouda All inclusive - Gouda’s medieval city hall and market square
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2-Hour Walking Tour in Gouda All inclusive

5.2-Hour Walking Tour in Gouda All inclusive

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 48 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $21Top rated

Join Suzanne from Collected Stories for a relaxed two-hour walk through Gouda’s old center. Expect the medieval city hall, cheese weighing house, canals, Visbanken, Gouwekerk, Museum Gouda, coffee or tea, local juice, and stroopwafels. Groups are capped at six, with plenty of room for questions.

“Susanne was very friendly, knowledgeable and fun to be with. We had a great time. We walked at a leisurely place, saw and heard about all kinds of history and fun facts about Gouda.”

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e-Scavenger hunt Gouda: Explore the city at your own pace - The Markt gives the route its urban start
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e-Scavenger hunt Gouda: Explore the city at your own pace

6.e-Scavenger hunt Gouda: Explore the city at your own pace

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 19 reviews · 3 hours (approx.)

Use Qula’s smartphone app to explore Gouda on a flexible, family-friendly city trail. Follow GPS to eight city-center stops, answer questions, solve search tasks, and compete for a high score. The private game costs $37.29 for up to six people and takes about three hours.

“It was really entertaining and we learned a lot about the city! I love it that you can decide how fast you go. We enjoyed a little break at the docks with a lovely beer!”

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Gouda: Guided Walking Tour

7.Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 16 reviews · 2 hours · from $41

Spend two hours with guide Jan exploring Gouda’s old center, from the weighing house and City Hall to Sint-Janskerk, canals, a cheese shop, The Dollhouse, and Kamphuisen’s syrup waffles. The Thursday summer cheese market is included when operating.

“Jan heeft ons langs leuke bezienswaardigheden geleid. We hebben veel nieuwe dingen geleerd en leuke gedetailleerde informatie gekregen over Gouda. Erg leuk hoe hij de informatie bracht, zeker een aanrader voor iedereen die een leuke en gezellig tour door Gouda wil.”

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Discover Gouda with a self-guided Outside Escape city game tour! - Starting at Agnietenstraat 21
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Discover Gouda with a self-guided Outside Escape city game tour!

8.Discover Gouda with a self-guided Outside Escape city game tour!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews

You’ll explore Gouda on foot while solving puzzles in a fictional murder case. This self-guided Outside Escape game covers about 2.5 kilometers, takes roughly two hours, and visits cheese landmarks, canals, bridges, churches, and Museum Gouda. Bring a smartphone with mobile data.

“Ze vonden het leuk op deze manier Gouda te ontdekken. Echt een aanrader. Wellicht iets duidelijker vermelden dat je niet bij de foto's moet blijven hangen, maar dat deze tijdens de gehele tocht gevonden moeten worden. (maar ik had de telefoon ook niet in mijn hand dus wellicht is er niet goed gelezen...).”

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Gouda: Museum Gouda Entry Ticket - Start with Gouda in 1562
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Gouda: Museum Gouda Entry Ticket

9.Museum Gouda Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 12 reviews · 1 day · from $19

Visit Museum Gouda in a 14th-century guest house and trace 600 years of city life through altar paintings, civic guard portraits, Gouda pottery, clay pipes, and an interactive model of Gouda in 1562. Entry is valid for one day, with English and Dutch support.

“Pas de guide. Pas d'audio guide c'est dommage. il y a beaucoup d'œuvres mais cela manque d'explication sans les audio guide.”

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Gouda Private Walking Tour: History, Architecture & Cheese - De Goudse Waag, where cheese became commerce
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Gouda Private Walking Tour: History, Architecture & Cheese

10.Gouda Private Walking Tour: History, Architecture & Cheese

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 8 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $402

Walk through Gouda with a private English-speaking guide, from the Gothic town hall and Saint-John Church to De Goudse Waag and Markt. The tour focuses on local history, architecture, and cheese, but confirm whether cheese tasting is included, as it may now cost extra.

“I struggle with this review as it had nothing to do with tasting cheese and everything to do with the history of the town of Gouda. First, I signed up for tour to sample and taste the magnificent Gouda cheese… only to discover that the description of the tour had changed since my purchase and the sampling was no longer included, but a separate cost! The two guides that gave us the tour were extremely knowledgeable of the history of Gouda and did an amazing job of relating the information to us! Definitely well worth the tour for the knowledge. I really enjoyed the tour but it wasn’t the tour…”

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Gouda Cheese and Delft Blue: Full-Day Private Tour - Gouda begins at the Weighing House
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Gouda Cheese and Delft Blue: Full-Day Private Tour

11.Gouda Cheese and Delft Blue: Full-Day Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $562

Spend about eight hours with a private guide in Gouda and Delft. Taste Gouda cheese, enjoy lunch and two drinks, explore churches and canals, and visit the Royal Delft factory. Guides such as Robin and Alberto lead the day in English, with pickup available on selected options.

“Alberto was a very friendly and helpful guide who helped us have a very enjoyable day. Great cheese, and of course the Royal Delft museum was fantastic.”

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Self-Guided Walking Tour of Gouda: Canals, Colonies, and Cheese - Cheese at Kaaswinkel Gouda
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Self-Guided Walking Tour of Gouda: Canals, Colonies, and Cheese

12.Self-Guided Walking Tour of Gouda: Canals, Colonies, and Cheese

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $9

Follow Annette’s English VoiceMap tour through Gouda for 75 to 90 minutes. Visit the cheese market area, Stadhuis, Saint-John Church, canals, Visbank, and Park Houtmansplantsoen at your own pace, with offline maps and audio.

“Great tour that shares some great hidden delights that I wouldn't have found independently. Annette is a great storyteller. Highly recommended”

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90 Minutes Self-Guided Family Friendly Walking Tour in Gouda - Starting at Wokamor near Achter de Waag
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90 Minutes Self-Guided Family Friendly Walking Tour in Gouda

13.90 Minutes Self-Guided Family Friendly Walking Tour in Gouda

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews

Use the Discovery Trips app to help Cornelis settle a ghost problem in Gouda. You will solve family-friendly puzzles, visit City Hall, Sint-Janskerk, old parks, a windmill, fish market, and canals. The private tour costs $22.56 for up to five people and takes about 90 minutes.

“Last weekend a very nice trip through Gouda. A fun way to get to know the city and be interactive. Definitely also suitable for families or children.Auto-translated”

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Escape Xperience in Gouda: The Legend of Jacoba - The Willem Vroesenhuis garden offers a quieter stop
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Escape Xperience in Gouda: The Legend of Jacoba

14.Escape Xperience in Gouda: The Legend of Jacoba

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews

Use the app to follow a two-hour mystery through Gouda. You help widow Ans van Kempen find gold hidden by an ancestor of her husband, visiting 20 city locations, including the Waag, City Hall, Sint-Janskerk, Molen ’t Slot, and Willem Vroesenhuis garden. The experience is in Dutch.

“The app was clear, the route to walk also very clear. Questions / assignments nice, some a little too far-fetched and 1 assignment was wrong in our opinion. But otherwise in a nice way learned a lot about Gouda and Things to do.Auto-translated”

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Explore Gouda with Self-Guided GPS and Audio Tour - Gouda’s Markt and the medieval town hall
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Explore Gouda with Self-Guided GPS and Audio Tour

15.Explore Gouda with Self-Guided GPS and Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 2 reviews · from $8Best value

Start at Gouda Station and follow a GPS-guided audio route through the old center. Hear about the famous cheese market, St. John’s Church, the town hall, canals, courtyards, museums, and historic houses. The private tour lasts about two hours and returns to the station.

“Beautiful city, nice tour. Took us past canals and old historic buildings. Sometimes the GPS deviates a bit, but we could easily find our way.Auto-translated”

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