Edam (town)

Edam, a typical small town along the Zuiderzee, will always be associated with Edam cheese. Edam is still a cheese trading centre with a cheese market around the brightly painted Waag (weigh house) early every Wednesday morning in July and August. Founded in 12th century, the town has many historical buildings. The 17th-century stained-glass windows in the Grote Kerk are considered one of the finest in Holland.

Edams Museum

Address: Postbus 174, 1135 ZL Edam
Museum: Damplein 8, Tel: (+31) 0299 372644
Dependance: Damplein 1, Tel: (+31) 0299 372431
Edam Museum is located in a house dating from around 1540, which has largely preserved its original state. Here you can see 17th-century portraits of famous Edammers and traditional tools for making the cheese.

Information on interesting walks in Edam can be obtained at the Tourist Information Office:

VVV Edam Tourist Office
Damplein 1
1135 BK Edam
tel: +31 (0)299 315125
fax: +31 (0)299 374236
Postbus 91
1135 ZJ Edam
E-mail: info@vvv-edam.nl

Edam has no train station, but buses depart almost every hour from Amsterdam Centraal Station. When you go by car from Amsterdam, drive via Volendam.

Hotels in and around Edam:

Hotel Station-Zuid Edam
Zuidervesting 5 Edam		Rates (EUR) 55 - 125

Novotel Rotterdam / Schiedam
Rotterdam / Schiedam		Rates (EUR) 77 - 86

Best Western Hotel Spaander
Volendam, Amsterdam, Edam		Rates (EUR) 50 - 109

HEM Hotel 't Tolhuus
Warder / Edam / Volendam / Purmerend / Amsterdam		Rates (EUR) 57 - 120

't Wapen van Middelie
Middelie, Edam, Purmerend, Volendam		Rates (EUR) 36 - 68

Pension Schilder
Volendam, Edam		Rates (EUR) 36 - 73