Editing Edam, Netherlands (section)

== Cheese market ==
[[File:Kaasmarkt Edam.jpg|thumb|Cheese market in Edam, August 2006.]]

After Edam was granted the right to have weekly markets, commercial cheese markets stayed(?) in the town until 1922. The cheese was brought to the market by local farmers on little boats, and when the cheese was lifted out of the boats it was carried to the market by cheese sledges. At the market, the cheese was shown to the merchants. After being tested for their quality, the price was settled by [[haggling]] until there was agreement. After that, the cheese was brought to a warehouse where it was kept until the quality was at its best.

Since 1989, the cheese market in Edam has been revived as a re-enactment for tourists. It is held on each Wednesday in July and August.<ref name="eyewitness">{{cite book|title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: The Netherlands: The Netherlands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HFFTqI5PoYsC|date=1 August 2011|publisher=DK Publishing|isbn=978-0-7566-8476-1|page=174}}</ref>