The Waaggebouw (Weigh House), Alkmaar, Netherlands

This is a building used both as a chapel and as a weighing house for cheese for over 400 years. It now houses the Alkmaar Cheese Museum and Alkmaar Tourist Office, and the tower houses a wonderful sounding carillon. The building has been designated a national monument since 1969.

More on the weighing house: https://adaptalkmaar.nl/portfolio-item/waaggebouw/

We were too early in the year for the cheese market, but we did spend a wonderful day exploring the many aspects of Alkmaar.

We were not able to go inside but we were able to see the light streaming through the wonderful stained glass window designed by Australian artist Fiona Tan. On the south side of the Grote Sint Laurenskerk, it is the tallest stained glass window in Europe.

Fiona Tan: https://fionatan.nl/work/the-great-window

[Diana]

Fabulous capture of this magnificent architecture and building, it must have been amazing to see in person. Thanks for the interesting links.

[winghong_ho]

Great capture and pov for the building.

[John Falconer]

This is a beautiful image. It’s so well put together.

[Korcsog Károly]

Great shot and thanks for sharing your links and experiences!

[Boxplayer]

Gorgeous spot

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful building

[Susan Wakely]

Great looking building.

[Merrelyn]

What a fabulous building.

[Rick Aubin]

Great POV with the bicycles. And now I am craving cheese!

[borof]

A real Dutch scene.

[Rob Z]

That looks amazing! So interesting too..

[Christine Sztukowski]

Beautiful capture

[Phil Howcroft]

love all the bikes

[Dorothy]

What a fabulous building! Thank you for the links.

[haskar]

A beautiful shot showing the atmosphere of the city.

[bkb in the city]

Very nice shot

[Suzanne]

Thankyou for your comments. It was very hardto get a good angle on this building.
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