Kaasmarkt: Self-Guided Audio Tours

This self-guided audio walking tour explores the heart of Purmerend through its market squares, local history, everyday city life, and waterside landmarks. It will appeal to first-time visitors who enjoy compact Dutch city centers, regional heritage, and the mix of old and modern places that shape a town’s character. The route starts at Koemarkt, the historic market square long associated with Purmerend’s trading past. From there, you continue through the center past the site of Castle Purmersteijn, a key reminder of the town’s earlier history, and on to places that reveal present-day Purmerend, including the area around Dijklander Hospital and the lively streets near Eggert Winkelcentrum. Along the way, the tour also visits the Purmerends Museum, one of the best places to understand the city’s development. The walk then leads toward Melkwegbrug and Tramplein, where movement, water, and urban life come together, before looping back through the center and ending at Eggert Winkelcentrum. Most memorable of all, travelers will experience the contrast between medieval roots and modern daily life, the atmosphere of Koemarkt, glimpses of vanished castle history, and the pleasure of discovering a Dutch town beyond the usual big-city stops.

Would you like to learn more about trading cities? Get ready to discover Purmerend, a lovely town in the North of the Netherlands! You will start your tour near the Purmerend Town Hall, a remarkable building dating from 1912. There you will learn how the city became so successful in trading. Be ready to get used to specific names of streets or historical places. It can be hard to pronounce them, but you will be surprised by the rich history of these names. Unbelievable legends will tell you about the foundation of this town. Have you ever heard about the swine market or butter market? Visiting Purmerend will provide you with an opportunity to listen to a few stories about these types of markets. You will visit the place where the prettiest market in Purmerend, the swine market was founded and find out how it was so successful. And at the butter market, you will learn how agriculture became the center of the town’s commercial gravity. Discover the history of the historical city of Purmerend with this tour!