Limburgers

Notoriously smelly cheeses

Limburgers are people from Limburg, a region divided between the Netherlands and Belgium.

The term also refers to multiple units of Limburger cheese, a notoriously pungent soft cheese that originated in the region: The deli stocks several varieties of Limburgers.

cheese

pungent

Sharply strong-smelling

aromatic · soft · spreadable · monastery · Trappist · rind · fermented · aged · ripe · strong

Dutch

Maastricht

Dutch border city

regional

Belgian

Flanders

Northern Belgian region

Belgian · province · Ardennes · plateau

Opposites
cheese odor intensity

Limburgersmozzarella

Mild Italian cheese

cream cheese · cottage cheese · ricotta · fresh mozzarella · mild cheddar

cheese texture/type

Limburgersaged cheddar

Long-matured cow's milk cheese

Gruyère · Manchego · Asiago · hard cheeses

Phrases
Family

Limburger

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G