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Holanda Meridional · the Netherlands
In the destination Rotterdam and Kinderdijk.
In the photo: Canal in central Gouda
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Historic town in South Holland, between Rotterdam and Utrecht, which received city rights in 1272 and gives its name to one of the world’s best-selling Dutch cheeses. Life in the town is organized around the Markt, the large square with the Gothic town hall in the center, and the Sint-Janskerk, the longest church in the Netherlands, known for the Goudse Glazen, the stained glass painted in the 16th century. Gouda is also the hometown of the Goudse stroopwafel, the syrup cookie that originated in local bakeries.
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The local experience
The longest church in the Netherlands, measuring 123 meters, in the centre of Gouda. Rebuilt after a fire in 1552, it houses the Goudse Glazen, a set of stained glass windows painted between 1555 and 1603, considered a high point of European glass painting.
The town museum, next to the Sint-Janskerk, housed in a former medieval hospital. It gathers art, objects and documents about Gouda’s history and hosts exhibitions related to the church’s stained glass.
A grain mill from 1727 on the edge of the Vest, Gouda’s old moat. It is one of the few remaining witnesses to the town’s grain and flour trade and can be viewed from the outside beside the canal.
