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Gouda is a city renowned for its exquisite cheese, situated in the western region of the Netherlands, conveniently located near The Hague and Rotterdam. Despite being one of the smaller cities in the province of South Holland, with a population of 70,000, Gouda continues to attract tourists due to its cheese heritage and abundance of historical architecture.
Despite its popular mispronunciation, everyone knows the name “Gouda” (HOW-da, not GOO-da), the quintessential yellow Dutch cheese that accounts for some 60% of the Netherlands’ cheese production. Less world-famous than its namesake cheese, however, is Gouda the city. Within the Netherlands, the name Gouda is intimately connected with both the cheese and other products that the city excels in: Gouda