Listen | Sheep market
This little square was home to the Schapenmarkt, Purmerend's youngest market. It only took place for the first time in 1952.
Before that, sheep and lambs were in pens on the sides of the cow market. The Purmerend municipality moved the market to this location because the marketmen could make a driving corridor for the sheep here, surrounded by discharge pens. Cattle cars could also load and unload here on three sides. The location screen shows what the sheep market looked like then.
Due to increasing regulations for outdoor livestock markets and the declining trade in sheep, the sheep market disappeared from Purmerend.
Continue your route straight ahead towards the Koemarkt.
