Das Brot

Das Brot is a bakery on the Gouvernestraat, on the edge of Rotterdam-Centrum and Rotterdam-West, that specialises in sourdough bread made from stone-ground flour.

The range leans German: besides the house loaf there are Kümmelbrot with caraway, a sesame bread, a poppy-seed bread, a rye loaf with seeds, Laugenbrezel, and from Wednesday a Vollkornbrot and a small Franconian crust bread (Fränkisches Krustenbrot) that is 90% rye. An emmer and spelt bread is baked only on Fridays and Saturdays. Each loaf takes two days to make, and the bakery also makes croissants, pain au chocolat, cinnamon rolls and pizza dough.

The shop sells the basic range from Tuesday to Saturday, and you can walk in without ordering. To cut waste they bake as much as possible to order, so you can reserve bread online up to two days ahead. They also have a stall at the Rotterdamse Oogstmarkt.