The best bakeries and pastry shops in Norway (2026)
Who this guide is for
This guide is for you if you want fresh bread or pastries in one of Norway's four largest cities and want to know where to go. The bakeries are split into three groups by city, not by score.
Address, opening hours and contact details are in each bakery's card. The text around them is about how to choose, so it stays correct when we swap a card.
Oslo: craft bakeries and a classic konditori
Bergen and Stavanger
Trondheim
How to choose a bakery
Start with what you need the baking for, not with the name. The table shows which group above usually fits common situations.
| Situation | What to look for | Group that usually fits | Check before you go |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh sourdough bread | Bread baked on the premises the same day | All three groups | When the day's bread comes out of the oven |
| A cake for an occasion | A konditori with its own cake selection | Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger | Whether the cake must be ordered ahead |
| Breakfast or lunch out | Seating and coffee in the same room | Oslo and Bergen | Whether there is seating indoors |
| Organic baking | A bakery that states it uses organic ingredients | Oslo | Which items are actually organic |
| French pastry | Croissants and baguettes to a French recipe | Bergen | Opening days, several places have a short week |
| Baking on a Sunday | A bakery open on Sundays | Oslo and Bergen | The Sunday hours in the card |
| Ordering for a party | A bakery with catering or pre-orders | Bergen and Stavanger | The order deadline |
Check this before you go
- Opening days: several craft bakeries close one or two days a week, and some outside the centre open on weekdays only. The days are in each card.
- Time of day: the selection is largest in the morning. Popular items can sell out long before closing.
- Pre-orders: cakes and larger orders often have to be placed a few days ahead.
- Season: several bakeries close for a few weeks in summer. Check the website before travelling far.
- Allergies: ask at the counter. Flour, nuts and milk are used in the same room, and a bakery can rarely guarantee that anything is completely free of them.
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Questions and answers about bakeries in Norway
Sourdough is baked on the premises at the craft bakeries in all three groups above. The bread usually comes out of the oven in the morning, and the most popular loaves go quickly. If you are after a particular loaf, call the bakery and ask when it is ready.
A bakeri mainly bakes bread and coarse baked goods. A konditori specialises in cakes, tarts and sweet pastry. Many Norwegian places are both at once and call themselves "bakeri og konditori".
Yes. One of the outlets in the first group has sold bread and cakes from the same address in central Oslo since 1894, and one of the bakeries in the second group was founded in Stavanger in 1913 (the bakeries' own websites, read 30 September 2026).
Early. Most bakeries put out the day's baking during the morning and rarely restock late in the day. If you come just before closing, the selection is smaller, though some places cut the price of yesterday's pastries.
Some are, especially in the centre of the largest cities. Bakeries in business districts and small craft bakeries often close at weekends or open on weekdays only. The opening days are in each bakery's card.
Craft bread costs more than supermarket bread, because it is baked in smaller batches and often with sourdough and stone-ground flour. Prices change through the year, so we do not list them here – ask at the counter or check the bakery's own website.
Yes, at most of the konditori places in this guide. The usual notice is a few days, and longer for large cakes and party orders. Orders are placed on the bakery's own website or by phone.
We include bakeries that have a card in our catalogue, are open when we check and bake on the premises. In each city we include bakeries with different ranges – sourdough bread, French pastry, organic baking and a classic konditori – rather than several outlets of the same chain. No one pays to be listed, and we do not give our own scores.
Help us keep this guide up to date
Has a bakery closed, moved or changed its opening hours? Write in the comments at the bottom of the page. We check the information and swap the card without changing the rest of the text.
How we make this guide
We split the bakeries into three groups by city: Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger, and Trondheim. Each group has four bakeries with different ranges. We only include places that have a card in our catalogue, bake on the premises and are open when we check.
We do not include several outlets of the same chain in the same group, and we do not include cafés and shops that sell baking they have not made themselves.
No bakery pays to be listed, and we do not give our own scores. Address, opening hours and contact details are in each bakery's card.
Sources: the bakeries' own websites and their listings in tourism guides, read 30 September 2026.
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