Listen | Butter Market
With the draining of the region's three lakes, Purmerend's economy changed. Fishing and related trade used to be the main activity for the market town.
But after reclamation, the economic centre of gravity shifted to agriculture. So it was logical that more and more agricultural products were also sold in Purmerend. And that each product got its own market in town. Separate markets emerged for animals such as cows, pigs and horses. But also for vegetables and animal products such as milk, cheese and butter. On the spot where the extension of Avondzon retirement home is now, there used to be the butter market.
Butter is a truly traditional Dutch product, which has been made in much the same way for centuries. Continue your route straight ahead.
