By bike
By bike
If you want to travel outside the centre of Gouda, biking is a good option. Most of the streets in the centre are bike friendly, the main exception being Kleiweg. You can walk along this street with your bike, just don't cycle. As you would expect in a Dutch city, there is lots of parking everywhere for your bike. Make sure you lock it. Bike theft is very common in the Netherlands.
Bikes can be rented from:
NS Rijwielshop Gouda
To rent a bike you need ID and to pay a deposit. Booking is essential.
On foot
The centre of Gouda is small and very easy to walk around. All the main sites are here, inside the canal, which circles Gouda centre.A lot of the street are pedestrianized. The main shopping street, Kleiweg, is pedestrianized and bike free. At the centre of Gouda and the end of Kleiweg is the Markt. The Stadhuis and De Waag are here, and this is where the cheese market takes place.