HOTEL DE ZALM Markt Gouda The inn by the name of THE OLD SALMON is said to be the oldest one of the country. When the owner wanted to enlarge the place they told him that the roof should at least be 1.70 meter lower than the one of the Weighing House. He had to do what him was told but he expressed his anger by having a stone tablet put in the sidewall with the sarcastic text: NOT TOO HIGH, NOT TO LOW, BUT JUST FITTING. In the third quarter of the 19th century the inn was reconstructed and made taller. The name reminds us of the old times when the fishermen of Gouda fished salmon in the river Yssel.