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There is only one bus (Line 178) in
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Tuesday Cheese Market is no longer held since 2001. There still is a cheese museum and a cheese monument in front of the church.
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Bodegraven and destroyed it. Afterwards, the fort Wierickerschans was built just east of the town.
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