Bakkerij Mama

Bakkerij Mama is a sourdough (desem) bakery on the Domineeslaan in Zwanenburg that makes its bread from usually just three ingredients: unprocessed grain, water and salt.

The range runs from a brown wholemeal loaf and a light-brown Pain de Seigle to a white Bigas, and they also sell breads of the ancient grains emmer and einkorn. Which flour and which mill they use, their website doesn't say. Croissants, other viennoiserie and pastry made in-house are also on the counter.

The Zwanenburg shop is open Tuesday to Saturday from 8:00 to 15:00, and a second shop at Hoofddorpweg 28-H in Amsterdam-Zuid keeps the same days and hours and also serves coffee and filled rolls. To be sure of a loaf you can order through their WhatsApp shop at least two days ahead, naming the date and which shop you will collect from, and pay when you pick it up.

Everything is baked fresh each morning in the ovens at Zwanenburg.