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In order to get to know Kaag en Braassem better, you can read some stories about the area. Get to know Kaag en Braassem at its best!

Een Dyck van een zaak!

location_on Woudsedijk-Zuid 43
Woubrugge

Rotteveel Farmhouse cheese: from cattle farmer to cheese farm

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Rijpwetering
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Reporter Paul Graafland visited the Rotteveel family in Rijpwetering. An informative hour of nature education and his dream came true. What is farmhouse cheese, and how it’s made?

Mariahoeve-lodging; sleep and wake up between cows

location_on Ofwegen 8
Woubrugge

Paul Graafland visited John and Mirjam van der Salm from Mariahoeve-lodging in Woubrugge (Ofwegen). A family business that not only runs a dairy farm, but rents out holiday cottages too. Where you sleep and wake up between cows.

The tale of the tastiest Leidsche kaas

location_on Boekhorsterweg 20
Oud Ade
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At the end of the nineteenth century the first member of the Heemskerk family set foot on the farm. It was quickly decided to make Boeren-Leidsekaas (a farmer’s cheese) from the milk provided by the cows. Fast-forward 116 years and Boris and Ellen Heemskerk are the fourth generation of the Leiden Heemskerk family continuing the tradition of making cheese at De Morgenstond.

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