If you want a really good pastry in Amsterdam, any of these four will do it. We rotate between them depending on what we're in the mood for.

Le Fournil de Sébastien Amsterdam for the croissants
French bakery & patisserie · Amsterdam

French-style bakery with proper technique. The croissants are a good reason to go. The bread is also worth it.

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Grammes the careful one
Patisserie · Amsterdam

Careful patisserie work, worth seeking out. The kind of place where you can tell someone is paying real attention to what they make.

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Fort Negen stay a while
Patisserie & cafe · Amsterdam

A favorite. Good for sitting in too, it's a nice place to spend an hour. The pastries are consistently good.

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et CLAIRE for the viennoiserie
Viennoiserie · Beethovenstraat, Oud-Zuid

A viennoiserie specialist using French butter, and it shows. The cube croissants and éclairs are the draw, flavoured every which way. Go here when it's the laminated stuff you're after.

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