A fun little museum, especially for kids, to spend an hour learning about the Dutch history of cheese 🧀. Lots of interesting facts to learn and machinery to see. My kids really loved the Interactive games in the museum, which kept them occupied quite a bit. The ladies at the entrance are lovely and the price is very fair. You even get a nice piece of cheese when you enter the museum and the kids get to do a fun sticker puzzle through the museum. If they hand it ik at the end they get a small price. Be sure to check the movie at the back which shows an insightful story you don't want to miss. It switches between English and Dutch every so often.

I learned a lot about the history a steps of cheese manufacturing. Kids friendly

The museum opens at 13:00, both the museum and the shop are interesting. And can discover a lot of fun facts about cheese making, also there's a retro TV shows the cheese commercials from 1960 till recent.

Cute museum. Don't expect to spend too much time here. It is quite small. Building itself is gorgeous: fusion of old and new. €5 to visit.(is more than enough too)

Cute little museum about the history of cheese in the Netherlands Exhibits in Dutch and English Lots of interactive displays In the summer, would recommend visiting on a Friday - Friday mornings 10-1 pm there is the weekly cheese market in the market square - so you can see both at the same time -- Adults €6 Children €2.50 Through DiscoverHolland combined train/museum tickets are sometimes available which makes entry much cheaper

The cheese cutter is so focused on his work and their cheese brand (Beemster) sold is my top favourite. Try out some cheese at the stalls nearby and try this again, you can tell the difference. KLM use their cheese too. The XO flavour is my favourite.

Very scenic mid size town. Nice walk and boat tour. Unusual bar called the scrapyard. Good beers.

My 5year old boy wants to borrow the washroom. The staff asked us to walk across the river to the other side of the town and find a shopping mall to use the toilet. The sign says the museum “might be the coolest in town” but definitely not the kindest to children.

Beautiful building looking like an old cathedral, funny presentation. Nice place to visit, suits for kids and families. Also there’s a big cheese market on streets nearby. + Museumkaart works with it !

Love walking down this scenic town. If you love cheese, then all the more reason to visit.

Special and nice for little children. They can play and listen to stories and for adults there is a short movie about cheese and nice space to escape a busy town.

Very quiet place to walk around and catch a break from the busy Alkmaar centre. Free toilets and a coffee bar. And because it is also a museum it has a kiosk with souvenirs. Juli 2023 the saffolding was up for repairs on the main stained glass window. Too bad we didn't get to seemit, but we did get to take a €5 climb up the scaffolds to get to the top and inspect the buildings facade and enjoy the views. Lovely people and well organized. I wasn't a big fan of the expanding foam art. But it definitely was special.

Beautiful church hosting the beautiful works of young artists like Thomas Trum.

Lovely church. The current display (thru 7 July 2019?) is fabulous! It describes & details the history of the church through the use of interactive screens. An added bonus is photos of locally well-known photographer depicting 7 signs of mercy.

We've visited during Wonderlicht Alkmaar. Beautiful church with outstanding architectural elements. The historical organs add a "soul" to the place. Staff is very friendly (they have a small bar and souvenir shop there). Recommended to visit :D

A beautiful church with great history and educational exhibition within. Very close to the cheese market and short walking distance from station. A must visit when in alkmaar.

Huge indoor space, beautiful woodwork especially in the ceiling. A climb up into the galleries is possible for the nimble. Helpful guides tell the story of the building.

Visited the church twice with an event. First was on top of the church looking out over Alkmaar. They let you walk just below the ceiling as well to see the historic paintings. An epic building indeed. Later went their for a musical performance. Great scene and well organized.

The church is beautiful inside and out Amazing, friendly and informative people Wonderful historical experience

A beautiful old church that has been repurposed to be a venue. You can now host events and concerts in here, even have a drink. Very fun place to check out.

A fun little museum, especially for kids, to spend an hour learning about the Dutch history of cheese 🧀. Lots of interesting facts to learn and machinery to see. My kids really loved the Interactive games in the museum, which kept them occupied quite a bit. The ladies at the entrance are lovely and the price is very fair. You even get a nice piece of cheese when you enter the museum and the kids get to do a fun sticker puzzle through the museum. If they hand it ik at the end they get a small price. Be sure to check the movie at the back which shows an insightful story you don't want to miss. It switches between English and Dutch every so often.

I learned a lot about the history a steps of cheese manufacturing. Kids friendly

The museum opens at 13:00, both the museum and the shop are interesting. And can discover a lot of fun facts about cheese making, also there's a retro TV shows the cheese commercials from 1960 till recent.

Cute museum. Don't expect to spend too much time here. It is quite small. Building itself is gorgeous: fusion of old and new. €5 to visit.(is more than enough too)

Cute little museum about the history of cheese in the Netherlands Exhibits in Dutch and English Lots of interactive displays In the summer, would recommend visiting on a Friday - Friday mornings 10-1 pm there is the weekly cheese market in the market square - so you can see both at the same time -- Adults €6 Children €2.50 Through DiscoverHolland combined train/museum tickets are sometimes available which makes entry much cheaper

The cheese cutter is so focused on his work and their cheese brand (Beemster) sold is my top favourite. Try out some cheese at the stalls nearby and try this again, you can tell the difference. KLM use their cheese too. The XO flavour is my favourite.

Very scenic mid size town. Nice walk and boat tour. Unusual bar called the scrapyard. Good beers.

My 5year old boy wants to borrow the washroom. The staff asked us to walk across the river to the other side of the town and find a shopping mall to use the toilet. The sign says the museum “might be the coolest in town” but definitely not the kindest to children.

Beautiful building looking like an old cathedral, funny presentation. Nice place to visit, suits for kids and families. Also there’s a big cheese market on streets nearby. + Museumkaart works with it !

Love walking down this scenic town. If you love cheese, then all the more reason to visit.

Special and nice for little children. They can play and listen to stories and for adults there is a short movie about cheese and nice space to escape a busy town.

Stumbled upon this museum during a trip to Alkmaar. Massive collection of Beatles memorabilia and information. Run by a Beatles fan and his wife who were happy to chat about all things related to the Beatles. They have lots of books (many written by the owner himself), records and souvenirs for sale and I manged to buy a book I had been looking for for years, although I think the owners run the museum primarily out of a love of the Beatles rather than to make money. They also have a smaller Elvis museum and a small boat exhibition on the site. Well worth making the trip to Alkmaar for.

Largest Beatles Museum in the world. Owner has authored 85 books on The Beatles. Thousands of Beatles memorabilia. Original recording machine from Abbey Road Studio. €15 entrance fee. Short train ride from Amsterdam. Closed Monday. Well worth it to go and see.

A Beatles fan dream! Alongside all the amazing memorabilia, there are tons of rare and valuable vinyl records to buy from all the best rock bands of the 60s and 70s

We absolutely loved to visit the Beatles museum.

Waw guys that was really a beautiful experience. The museum is big and there are so many rare things to see. Just think that only one collector did everything himself. Azing the founder of the museum is a surprising person, source of many news on the Beatles. You could be inspired by him. I really recommend to go, take a trip to the museum, it's amazing! and you have there a super nice souvenir shop as well.

I'm sure that die-hard Beatles fans will love it, but this wasn't for me or my teenage sons (who have little to no knowledge of their music). On the plus side, there's a amazing collection of memorabilia, and all the information boards are translated to English. However, it's quite a passive experience that felt like looking through a collection with no real explanation of what was important and why. Overall, it only captured our attention for about 20 mins and seemed very over-priced for what it was.

15€ were definitely too much for this museum. I am not a hardcore Beatles fan but i hoped for more. It was not pretty interesting and mostly just a shop were you could buy something. I would not recommend it.

Brilliant experience. The owner Azing really knows his music.

Fantastic place, the owner is very nice and passionate about the Beatles, you can really see this is a labor of love. Features a lot of very obscure memorabilia and releases of Beatles albums that are very interesting to look at. I very much recommend it!

That was very cool. I thought maybe I could be able to buy the real ringo starr there.. kinda disappointed. It was still amazing though.

It is an amazing museum with huge collection of Beatles disks, history, books , photos and many other interesting items. If you will be lucky enough, you will meet Azing - the owner of the museum and a real treasure and wikipedia of Beatles..

Nice museum De Boom beer only u can taste it here

Nice, but very small museum.

Dated museum, could use an upgrade

The boom is always good.

Good one .

(Translated by Google) Very cozy tasting room and cafe in the center of Alkmaar. Very large selection of bottled beers, each with its own glass. Informal atmosphere and generally a bit quieter than the other cafes in the area. Very friendly staff with knowledge of the range. (Original) Erg gezellig proeflokaal en cafe in het centrum van Alkmaar. Zeer grote keuze aan bieren op fles, elk met z'n eigen glas. Informele sfeer en over het algemeen wat rustiger dan de andere cafes in de buurt. Zeer vriendelijk personeel met kennis van zaken betreffende het assortiment.

(Translated by Google) Nice little bar. Good prices and selection. The brownie tastes very good. Service etc was also nice. (Original) Nette kleine Bar. Gute Preise und Auswahl. Kaffee schmeckt der brownie ist sehr gut. Bedienung usw auch nett.

(Translated by Google) Top location in Alkmaar to enjoy a nice special beer or a glass of wine. Great staff at a unique location in Alkmaar. Recommended. (Original) Top locatie in Alkmaar om eens lekker gezellig een speciaal biertje te drinken of een wijntje. Geweldig personeel op een unieke locatie in Alkmaar. Een aanrader.

Origin based segregation and ethnic discrimination, inspiring the abuse of power and justifying the use of force against victims is disgraceful. Any politician supporting such conduct should be immediately removed from office.

I'm glad I moved out from Netherlands like many others. There is just getting worse. Let's see in the future how much workers from other country are willing to work as polish people used to.

(Translated by Google) At least from the outside, this town hall is very close to the most beautiful thing I know. The town hall in Leiden, for example, is also beautiful but is located on that terrible Breestraat (Broadway for the Amis) the ugliest street in the Netherlands; noisy, on the north side, always smelly from the heavy traffic. This town hall on the Laat is a bit more cozy and has that unique Dutch alternation of white and red in the brick exterior that gives it a glorious appearance. The tower is also very elegantly erected and can be seen from far and wide due to the lack of inappropriate high buildings in the center of Alkmaar. The two-sided stairs and the white lions really finish it off. You walk past it and every time its magnificence arouses in me unprecedented feelings of security and orientation. It is often underestimated what the appearance of a public building does to people. These buildings are often the heartbeat of a society and cannot really get enough attention. For example, if you compare the town hall of Den Helder with that of Alkmaar ... well. Anyway, Den Helder was of course the most bombed city in the Netherlands during the war and there were 'drop-offs' up to Alkmaar, thank God ... not. (Original) Dit gemeentehuis komt tenminste van buiten dan toch wel heel erg in de buurt van het mooiste dat ik ken. Het gemeentehuis in Leiden bijvoorbeeld is ook mooi maar ligt aan die verschrikkelijke Breestraat (Broadway voor de Ami´s) de lelijkste straat van Nederland; lawaaierig, op de noordkant, altijd stinkend door het drukke verkeer. Dit stadhuis aan de Laat is net wat kneuteriger en heeft die unieke Hollandse afwisseling van wit en rood in de bakstenen buitenkant die het een glorieuze uitstraling geeft. Ook het torentje is uitermate sierlijk opgetrokken en vanwege het ontbreken van ongepaste hoge bebouwing in het centrum van Alkmaar van heinde en ver al te zien. De tweezijdige trap en de witte leeuwen maken het geheel echt af. Je loopt er langs en elke keer weer wekt de pracht ervan ongekende gevoelens van geborgenheid en geaardheid in me op. Het wordt vaak onderschat wat de uitstraling van een openbaar gebouw met de mens doet. Die gebouwen zijn vaak de harteklop van een samenleving en kunnen eigenlijk geen aandacht genoeg krijgen. Wanneer je bijvoorbeeld het stadhuis van Den Helder vergelijkt met dat van Alkmaar... tsja. Maar goed Den Helder was natuurlijk de meest gebombardeerde stad van Nederland in de oorlog en ´afzwaaiers´ tot Alkmaar waren er gelukkig, goddank..., niet.

5 stars for the mayor for being the most xenophobic person in the Netherlands :)

One more rate to make your city worthless. This is for aggression on Poland people - they be peacfull on video, where your Police just use force on them. We don't need svage's in UE.

The xenophobic authorities see no place in this city for foreigners. I advise you to stay away from this city.

(Translated by Google) Typical Alkmaar building, definitely worth a look. Right in the center, on a shopping street and then such a beautiful, old but well-maintained building, wow! (Original) Typisch Alkmaars gebouw, zeker waard om te bekijken. Midden in het centrum, op een winkelstraat en dan zo’n mooi, oud maar goed onderhouden gebouw, wauw!

It was fascinating from outside

The Mayor is a nice person.

Beautiful building part of the city history.

No go city 4 polish citizens.

Some time back, I made a touristy pitstop in this city, but alas, the memory didn't quite make it into my highlight reel of adventures

Not the best experience to be honest. Lack of diversity. Not recommended.

Under beautiful building people without understanding that they are just Puppet's in Politic's.

Absolutely Rude Staff of City Hall Not welcome for tourists... I can't believe Holland is in Europe... Absolutely rassis behaviour... Police are so rude and arrogant... Please consider twice going there. Town mer acting like German Natzi... Shame on them...shame on Holland 🇳🇱

A poor place for tourists from the East, they don't like them. I do not recommend.

Alkmaar is small and nice. The city center has shops but not so many supermarkets. Everything is mostly expensive.

They disceiminate people based on race, this should be closed asap btw

The Stadhuis or Townhall, was built in 1509 - 1520, and is halfway along the Langestraat, which is the main street in Alkmaar. The building and tower were restored between 1911 - 1913, and the current facade is a copy of the original. The door entrance displays allegorical figures of Prudence and Justice, and the coats of arms of former mayors.