Bodegraven: Cheese Market Town on the Oude Rijn
Bodegraven has about 19,395 residents and lies in South Holland on the Oude Rijn river, within the gemeente Bodegraven-Reeuwijk since 2011. The town has a long association with the Dutch cheese trade. A weekly cheese market was held here for centuries, and dairy processing remains part of the local economy. The centre along the Brugstraat and Overtocht retains a traditional market town character.
The Oude Hollandse Waterlinie, the 17th-century defensive water line, passed through Bodegraven. The town was severely damaged during the French invasion of 1672, an event still locally commemorated. The Reeuwijkse Plassen, a cluster of peat lakes to the south used for recreation and nature, fall within the merged municipality. The Groene Hart designation protects the surrounding polder landscape from urban development.
Gouda is about 10 kilometres south. Woerden lies roughly 10 kilometres east. Leiden is approximately 25 kilometres west.
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Bodegraven has about 19,395 residents and lies in South Holland on the Oude Rijn river, within the gemeente Bodegraven-Reeuwijk since 2011. The town has a long association with the Dutch cheese trade. A weekly cheese market was held here for centuries, and dairy processing remains part of the local economy. The centre along the Brugstraat and Overtocht retains a traditional market town character.
The Oude Hollandse Waterlinie, the 17th-century defensive water line, passed through Bodegraven. The town was severely damaged during the French invasion of 1672, an event still locally commemorated. The Reeuwijkse Plassen, a cluster of peat lakes to the south used for recreation and nature, fall within the merged municipality. The Groene Hart designation protects the surrounding polder landscape from urban development.
Gouda is about 10 kilometres south. Woerden lies roughly 10 kilometres east. Leiden is approximately 25 kilometres west.
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