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Alkmaar is a small town in the province of North Holland, 40 kms north of Amsterdam. Alkmaar is a popular destination for tourists, with lots of small canals and drawbridges, and of course the famous cheese market attracting thousands of people from all over the world. The market, a tradition since 1593, takes place in Alkmaar's main square every Friday morning between April and September. The Alkmaar cheese carriers’ guild is responsible for moving and weighing cheese during the market. The guild consists of four groups with seven men in each group. Each group (called a veem) has its own colour: red, yellow, green or blue. The head of the four vemen is the 'cheese father', i.e. supervisor, who carries a black stick with a silver knob. The cheese carriers wear the traditional costume: a white suit and a straw hat with a ribbon in the colour of their own veem. It is a colourful sight so take your camera!

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North Holland is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam. It is a head-shaped peninsula between the North Sea and the IJsselmeer, where more than half of the province consists of reclaimed polder land situated below sea level. North Holland's major cities and towns are Amsterdam, Haarlem, Hilversum, Den Helder, Alkmaar, Zaandam and Hoorn, and the island of Texel. This area is the most important bulb province in the Netherlands where in the early spring, the bulb fields help ensure that the landscape of the province appears in glowing colours with a total area under bulbs of 1,168,564 hectares (approximately 30,000 football pitches). The greater part of them lie along the coast, on the island of Texel and in West Friesia. Places of interest must include the city of Amsterdam, historic towns like Volendam, Marken or Broek in Waterland and Alkmaar, the Cheese Capital of the Netherlands.

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Alkmaar is about 44 kms from Amsterdam and Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol).

Alkmaar is about 100 kms from Rotterdam and Rotterdam Airport.

By Air - Amsterdam's airport Schiphol (www.schiphol.nl) is the Netherlands’ main international airport and the third busiest in Europe. Rotterdam Airport (www.rotterdam-airport.nl) is much smaller but has handy links to the UK, Germany and Mediterranean destinations.

By Ferry - Several companies operate car/passenger ferries between the Netherlands and the UK. Stenaline (www.stenaline.co.uk) sails between Harwich and Hoek van Holland, while P&O North Sea Ferries (www.poferries.com) operates an overnight ferry every evening between Hull and Europoort (near Rotterdam).

By Train - The Netherlands has good train links to Germany and Belgium and on to France.

By Bus - Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and a few of Holland’s smaller cities such as Den Haag and Utrecht, are well connected to the rest of Europe by long-distance bus.

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Het Binnenhof
City: Limmen
Region: Noord-Holland

Het Binnenhof4 Persons. Limmen lies 10 km. south of Alkmaar. Every Friday morning, in the summer months, you can see the cheese carriers at work in Alkmaar. This apartments complex lies centrally, at the passing through road from the picturesque village Limmen. In the luxurious complex ?Het Binnenhof? one finds 15 apartments which are situated on the ground floor and 1st floor. The interior of the apartments is luxurious and of a good standard. 24 hours per day you can use the wireless internet connection in your apartment. There is sufficient parking space with the apartments complex and you have access to your own storeroom. Terrace with garden furniture.

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