12 bakeries worth the trip across Slovenia, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Slovenia guides.

Pekarna Osem ★ 4.6 · Ljubljana

stari-grad · Stari trg 19, 1000 Ljubljana

Andrej Gerzelj has baked Pekarna Osem on Stari trg since 2013 with traceable Slovenian ingredients, sourdough loaves and daily sweet and savoury bakes.

EK Bistro bakery ★ 4.4 · Ljubljana

center · Petkovskovo nabrezje 65, 1000 Ljubljana

EK Bistro doubles as a small daily bakery, baking its own brioche, English muffins and cinnamon rolls every morning for the brunch room. A TableJourney pick.

Pekarna Jamnik ★ 4.2 · Ljubljana

siska · Celovska cesta 269, 1000 Ljubljana

Pekarna Jamnik runs a long-running family bakery on Celovska, with the city's best rye sourdough and a daily seeded loaf in heavy demand from local.

Klobasarna ★ 4.2 · Ljubljana

stari-grad · Ciril Metodov trg 15, 1000 Ljubljana

Klobasarna doubles as a counter for Slovenian-traditional bakery items, including struklji rolled dumplings, a daily ricet barley bake and the Kaiser roll.

Pekarna Vasko ★ 4.0 · Ljubljana

siska · Celovska cesta 89, 1000 Ljubljana

Pekarna Vasko bakes the traditional Slovenian range, from the Pohorska gibanica layered cake to pohorska kruh seeded loaf and burek for office mornings.

Le Petit Boulangerie ★ 4.0 · Ljubljana

center · Trg francoske revolucije 4, 1000 Ljubljana

Le Petit's small French bakery counter on Trg francoske revolucije runs daily butter croissants, baguettes and a Slovenian-French mix of tartes du jour.

Pekarna Kruhek ★ 4.0 · Ljubljana

center · Trubarjeva cesta 41, 1000 Ljubljana

Pekarna Kruhek on Trubarjeva pulls Slovenian-flour sourdough out of the oven from 06:00 and lays out a small daily pastry case beside the loaves.

Ja, pr' Lectar gingerbread counter ★ 4.0 · Ljubljana

stari-grad · Stari trg 17, 1000 Ljubljana

The Lectar inn on Stari trg keeps a small counter for the family's Radovljica gingerbread tradition, including the heart-shaped lectarjevo srce.

Kavarna Zvezda pastry counter ★ 4.0 · Ljubljana

center · Wolfova ulica 14, 1000 Ljubljana

Kavarna Zvezda's pastry counter on Wolfova works in the old Habsburg city-cafe register, with potica, prekmurska gibanica and house Sacher-style chocolate.

Pekarna Mauer ★ 3.9 · Ljubljana

center · Slovenska cesta 28, 1000 Ljubljana

Pekarna Mauer keeps a Habsburg pastry-shop register on Slovenska cesta, apple strudel and seeded loaves anchoring a daily case popular with office regulars.

Olimpija Burek ★ 3.8 · Ljubljana

center · Presernov trg 1, 1000 Ljubljana

Olimpija's late-night burek window near the Triple Bridge runs a phyllo-and-filling rotation of meat, cheese and spinach burek 18 hours a day.

Nobel Burek ★ 3.7 · Ljubljana

center · Miklosiceva cesta 30, 1000 Ljubljana

Nobel runs the city's classic 24-hour burek window opposite Triple Bridge, a fixture for after-club hunger since the 1990s. A TableJourney editor pick.