Cheese & Wine Experience: Dutch Wine & Swiss Cheese

Join Michael’s exclusive Amsterdam tour: explore top cheese shops, master cheese boards, and savor perfect wine pairings in a secret city location.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 9 Little Streets (Negen Straatjes) - The journey continues through the 9 Little Streets area, where the third cheese shop awaits.
  • Rozengracht - The path leads to Rozengracht (the Rose Canal) on the western edge of the city center, where the final and most secretive cheese shop is located.
  • Westerkerk - Returning to the center, the route…
What's Included
  • 2 glasses of Dutch Wine (min age 18 years)
  • Snacks
Additional Information

This experience is more than just a walking tour or a simple cheese and wine tasting. Led by Michael, affectionately known as the “Cheese Lover,” who boasts 20 years of expertise from managing his own cheese shops in Switzerland and London, this tour offers a unique perspective on cheese. Michael dedicates his time to sharing his passion for cheese,…

Location
Spui 12
Spui
We meet outside The American Book Centre in Spui Square
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Md115
Nov 20, 2025
Truly outstanding tour. - This was a great, very well organized tour led by a superb guide (Michael). Michael's knowledge re cheese is surpassed only by his love of the subject and his adopted country. After visiting two cheese shops, we went to a pub for a cheese tasting (soft cow, goat, smelly cow, hard cow, and blue) paired with several beers. In addition to great stories re past experiences as a cheese monger, Michael provided us with suggestions re cheese selection, pairings, and preparation. Such a fun afternoon, and easily a highlight of our visit to this wonderful city. Communication was excellent during booking and prior to the tour. His multiple 5-Star reviews are well-earned. 100% recommend.
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Amyrw5234dl
Nov 5, 2025
Cheese Lover Experience - We enjoyed this experience so much. We had a group of 10 people and we thought it was our favorite activity in Amsterdam. Michael was very knowledgeable and we learned all about something old, something new, something stinky and something blue!
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Gemmainctown
Oct 11, 2025
Noordermarkt in October - Great day exploring with “The Cheese Lover” at Noordermarkt. Delicious cheese and a lovely tour including the wine shop. Michael Carlton & Stefan were terrific hosts!
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Paxman2018
Sep 15, 2025
Local cheese & wine tasting experience at the local markets. - Good local and international cheese knowledge with good cooking tips and fantastic cheese & wine tasting experience at local wijn.
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Aug 24, 2025
Tour is even better than all the excellent reviews say. - This tour was the highlight of our trip to Amsterdam. Perfect combination of walking, talking, shopping and drinking. I wasn't sure that I could trust that all the fabulous reviews were actually real. They are. Michael met us at our hotel, there a brief introductory talk, we went to 2 cheese shops, stopped for coffee/beer and then went on to a pub where we did the cheese/beer tasting. I prefer wine, which was available. Besides learning about cheeses and beer pairings we learned how to select cheeses to make the perfect cheese board. As much as the tasting we loved walking through neighborhoods we wouldn't have found on our own. The next day we went back and revisited several of the locations. In fact, we ran into Michael! The hours just flew by. We learned so much about Amsterdam and the Netherlands. I can't recommend this tour enough. I would suggest doing it early during your visit to Amsterdam so that you have time to revisit any stores or neighborhoods that you liked.
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Jerryge5212vr
Aug 3, 2025
What An Amazing Experience - For anyone looking for a cheese tour, this is definitely the one to do. Michael knows so much about cheese from his experience owning cheese shops and buying cheese professionally in various European cities. He gave us lots of practical tips on how to buy, store, cut and taste various cheeses. I will certianly be using this info during my next cheese buying outings. And of course the cheeses he chose for us to sample were exemplary. Most of which, I have never heard of or tasted before. And the structure of the tour is simple, yet clever. You visit a few cheese shops to buy what you will sample later and in between learn about Amsterdam as you walk to the shops and the final tasting location. Michael is the ultimate cheese expert and I'm so glad that I found him.
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A2466ueandrews
Jul 21, 2025
Fantastic sharing of Cheese passion! - Michael was a fantastic guide and host and we enjoyed every part of the tour - we like cheese but he helped us with his passion to really enjoy some cheeses old and new and I leave with a lifelong love of Brie de Meaux. Friendly, personable and above all passionate! Can’t recommend enough!
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352tessak
Jul 20, 2025
Cheesus Reigns - This was a fantastic cheese experience and I loved minute of it. Michael is passionate, interesting and a perfect guide to make you EXCITED not only about cheese but about life and the relationships between people and food. Michael gave personalized stories outlining how cheese has affected so many of us in unexpected ways. My group had non- cheese lovers to hard core cheese lovers and we all loved the tour. As Michael said, this is not a cheese tour, but a cheese discovery. You will taste cheese with a new appreciation and adventure of discovery. Find out what gourmet cheese really is and have your taste buds dance on the wings of angels.
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Kendraw497
Jul 18, 2025
- Such a great tour!! Michael is so informative about cheese and about the city. He had wonderful stories to share... both cheese related and not. Highly recommend this tour!
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Lorisi8538zp
Dec 7, 2025
Very good. Worth the time. Yummy cheeses! - We a very enjoyable time with Michael 2. Very informative and delicious. Thought the wine part would be more of a tasting but my husband oved the white wine. The Design & Wijn venue was special. Would recommend.
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From $126
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).