For other uses, see Gouda (disambiguation).

• Old City Hall at the market - built between 1448 and 1450, one of the oldest Gothic city halls in the Netherlands.
• The Waag (weigh house) - built in 1667 across from the Old City Hall, this building was used for weighing goods to levy taxes. It now is a national monument.
• Grote of St. Jans Kerk (Great or Saint John Church) - largest cross-shaped church in the Netherlands, famed for its stained glass which were made between 1530 and 1603, considered the most significant stained glass collection in the Netherlands . Even in the 17th century, it already was a tourist attraction.
• Waaiersluis (Waaier Locks) - a historic lock on the Hollandse IJssel just east of Gouda.
• Museumhaven Gouda (Harbour Museum Gouda)
• Other museums: Museum Gouda (history museum), Museum De Verborgen Tijd (modern art), Museum De Moriaan (national pharmaceutical museum), and Verzets Museum (about the Dutch resistance during World War II).

"Twin Towns"

• Gloucester, England, since 1972
• Kongsberg, Norway
• Solingen, Germany, since 1957

Natives of Gouda

• Gheraert Leeu (1445 - 1493), one of the first incunabulum pressers in North Holland.
• Desiderius Erasmus (1466 - 1536), philosopher, humanist (though Erasmus de Roterodamus is usually thought to be born in Rotterdam)
• Adriaan Vlacq (1600-1667), mathematician and publisher.
• Gerard Kamphuisen, who is said to have invented the syrup waffle in 1810
• Pieter Johannes van Rhijn (1886—1960), astronomer.
• Leo Vroman (born 1915), poet.
• Ad Melkert (born 1956), politician
• Ed de Goey (born 1966), former goalkeeper from the Dutch national soccer team
• Marco de Goeij (born 1967), reconstructs the lost composition Concerto for Group and Orchestra of Jon Lord
• Andrea Nuyt (born 1974), ice skater
• Rutger Smith (born 1981), Athlete
• Paulien van Deutekom (born 1981), ice skater
• Golan Yosef (born 1984), actor and dancer
• John de Wit (born 1956), famous builder

References

External links

• Official website for the city of Gouda (in Dutch)
• Map of the city
• Wikimapia Map of the city
• A collection of beautiful old pictures and drawings of Gouda. (A journey through the past)
• Virtual Tour of St. Johns church (Sint Janskerk) Gouda
• Local Rugbyclub RFC Gouda