The Cheese ritual: Inside the 660-year-old Dutch market where men in white race with giant cheese wheels
On summer Fridays in the Dutch city of Alkmaar, the air fills with the smell of aged dairy and the rhythmic shuffle of wooden stretchers across the stone square. At precisely 10 a.m., a bell rings over the historic Waagplein and the spectacle begins. Dozens of men dressed in spotless white uniforms and straw hats break into a swift, synchronised…
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The Cheese ritual: Inside the 660-year-old Dutch market where men in white race with giant cheese wheels
On summer Fridays in the Dutch city of Alkmaar, the air fills…
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