Vlaamsch Broodhuys ★ 4.5
Vlaamsch Broodhuys on Haarlemmerstraat is the Amsterdam flagship of the Dutch sourdough chain, baking the city's reference country loaf since 2001.
Worth the queue: Sourdough country loaf
Patisserie Holtkamp is a bakery in Amsterdam.
Patisserie Holtkamp on Vijzelgracht has run since 1886, the Amsterdam patisserie behind the Amsterdamse School storefront, its veal kroketten kept.
Address: Vijzelgracht 15, 1017 HM Amsterdam
Vlaamsch Broodhuys on Haarlemmerstraat is the Amsterdam flagship of the Dutch sourdough chain, baking the city's reference country loaf since 2001.
Worth the queue: Sourdough country loaf
Bakhuys on Sarphatistraat in Oost has baked Amsterdam bread in a wood-fired stone oven since 1926, the same family business across five generations.
Worth the queue: Stone-oven sourdough
Rudi's on Albert Cuypstraat presses Amsterdam stroopwafels to order, two thin waffles sandwiched around warm caramel, the snack the market built around.
Worth the queue: Warm stroopwafel with caramel oozing
Petit Gâteau on Haarlemmerstraat is the small Amsterdam patisserie counter pressing French gateaux, tartes and millefeuilles, a daily-rotating display window.
Worth the queue: Tarte au citron
Kwakman on Gerard Doustraat in De Pijp is the Amsterdam neighbourhood bakery: krentenbollen, rye bread, ontbijtkoek, the regular bake locals walk.
Worth the queue: Krentenbol with butter
Fort Negen on Frederik Hendrikstraat in West runs an Amsterdam sandwich-and-bread counter, sourdough loaves out of the oven by 11:00, salads alongside.
Worth the queue: Sourdough sandwich of the week