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Belgium has a long tradition of cheese-making going back to the Middle Ages. A lot of cheeses are still named after the abbeys where they are/were manufactured. Many abbeys (e.g. Chimay, Maresdous, Passchendaele, Westmalle) make both beer and cheese. 54 varieties of Belgian cheeses are listed on this page.

Flemish cheeses

23 kinds of chesse listed

Cheese name Province Type Fat content
Affligem Abdij Flemish Brabant semi-hard
Bavikhove West Flanders
Beauvoorde West Flanders hard
Bleu de Gand East Flanders blue
Broodkaas
Brusselae Kaas
(Fromage de Bruxelles)
Brussels soft
Château d'Arville West Flanders blue
Corsendonk Abdij Antwerp semi-hard
Damme West Flanders semi-hard
Gouda semi-hard
Kazemat West Flanders soft 50%
Limburger Limburg soft 20 to 50%
Loo semi-hard
Nazareth East Flanders
Oude Postel Antwerp hard
Oud Brugge (Vieux Bruges) West Flanders hard
Passchendaele West Flanders semi-hard
Postel Abdiji Antwerp semi-hard
Sezoen hard
Sint-Maarten
Swalm
Westmalle Abdij Antwerp semi-hard
Watou semi-hard

Walloon cheeses

31 kinds of chesse listed

Cheese name Province Type Fat content
Abbaye de Chimay Namur semi-hard
Abbaye de Floreffe Namur semi-hard
Abbaye de Maredsous Namur semi-hard 45%
Abbaye d'Orval Luxembourg semi-hard
Abbaye de Val Dieu Liege semi-hard
Ambiorix hard
Avesnois à la Trappiste Liege
Bleu de Franchimont Liege blue
Bouquet des Moines soft
Caprice de Blanche soft
Carré de Tourpes Hainaut soft
Cochon 'nez soft
Dom Tobias semi-hard
Fagnar hard
Fleur des Fagnes Liege soft
Fromage de Herve Liege semi-hard
Madredet soft
La Maquée Namur cottage
Paillardin soft
Pas de Bleu blue
Père Joseph semi-hard
Petit Bonsecours Hainaut
Plateau de Herve Liege soft 45%
Remedou de Herve Liege soft 40%
Rodoric
Rubens semi-hard
Saint-Feuillien Hainaut soft
Trou d'Sottai Liege
Val de Salm Luxembourg
Vieil Aubel Liege
Vieux Chimay Namur hard


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