Bartine is a popular Dutch bakery located in The Hague. The shop was really crowded, because it was a Saturday. I saw beautiful focaccias behind the display case and many other delicious treats. You could sit at a table and enjoy a drink with a sandwich or a pastry. Next to the shop, they were busy baking these goodies — through a large window, you could watch and enjoy the process.
Maison Philippe Conticini is well known for their pastries, like the Charlotte Framboise. In the shop they also sell very large croissants and pains au chocolat here, as well as beautiful pains suisses, pains aux raisins, and various brioche feuilletée with little fillings, all as part of their viennoiserie selection.
Cedric Grolet is a super popular bakery, largely because of its pastries, like their flower-shaped creations and realistic fruit-shaped pastries. It is quite an experience and clients have to wait in line here. We waited for 50 minutes. I wouldn’t call it a bakery, but rather a bread jeweler.
At this bakery, I got a baguette de tradition, croissant, pain au chocolat, and a black sesame éclair.