Where can I buy good sourdough in Munich?

Julius Brantner Brothandwerk bakes long-fermented sourdough without additives, including its Brothandwerk 25 loaf. Biobäckerei Wagner bakes organic sourdough in stone ovens and holds a very good rating from the German Bread Institute. Brotraum in Schwabing is another organic option, and you can watch its bakers shape the dough from the sidewalk.

Which Munich bakeries have seating?

Biobäckerei Wagner has a café serving breakfast and lunch, with vegan and lactose-free choices. Boulangerie Dompierre has a terrace on Knödelplatz. The listings for the Julius Brantner shops and Brotraum do not mention seating, so expect to take your bread with you.

Do Munich bakeries sell out?

The listings say so for Julius Brantner Brothandwerk. The Nordendstraße shop advises arriving early because items sell out quickly, and the Haidhausen shop on Pariser Straße often runs out by closing time. At Ballabeni Icecream the issue is the queue rather than stock.

Munich Bakeries From TikTok: Sourdough, Croissants and Gelato

Bread is the story of this Munich list. Five of the seven places come from one German post that opens with the line good bread takes time, about bakeries where real baking still happens, and most are organic sourdough bakers with open kitchens. Three sit in Schwabing, two of them on Nordendstraße. Julius Brantner Brothandwerk appears twice, once on Nordendstraße and once on Pariser Straße in Haidhausen.

The one sweet stop is Ballabeni Icecream on Theresienstraße in Maxvorstadt, a gelato shop with more than 50 flavors that change daily and, according to its listing, long queues. It is also the only place priced as cheap; the bakeries are all moderate. For something French, Boulangerie Dompierre on Reichenbachstraße bakes croissants and baguettes with Label Rouge ingredients and has a terrace on Knödelplatz.

Written from public posts on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Updated Oct 2026.

Where creators go

Julius Brantner BrothandwerkBakery
Julius Brantner Brothandwerk on Nordendstraße bakes long-fermented sourdough without additives, and you can watch the bakers through an open kitchen. The loaves to know are the Brothandwerk 25 sourdough and the Genetzte, a moist rye-wheat bread. Its listing says items sell out quickly, so come early. It featured in a Munich food guide episode of local favorites.
Ballabeni IcecreamGelato Shop
Ballabeni on Theresienstraße makes natural gelato and sorbet, with a daily rotation of more than 50 flavors and vegan options clearly marked. The texture is described as rich and creamy. Expect a queue at busy times. If you get hooked, its Werkstatt runs ice cream-making courses.
Biobäckerei WagnerBakery
Biobäckerei Wagner on Nordendstraße is a family-run organic bakery that bakes its sourdough in stone ovens, and the German Bread Institute rates it very good. Unlike a takeaway counter, it has a café for breakfast and lunch, with vegan and lactose-free options. It is wheelchair accessible.
Boulangerie DompierreBakery
Boulangerie Dompierre on Reichenbachstraße is a French bakery: croissants, pains au chocolat, tartelettes and baguettes made without chemical additives, using Label Rouge-certified ingredients. Terrace seating overlooks Knödelplatz, so it works for sitting down with a croissant as well as picking up bread.
BrotraumBakery
Brotraum on Herzogstraße has baked organic bread in Schwabing since 2005, in an open kitchen where dough is shaped on wooden tables. You can watch the whole process from the sidewalk, which is what sets the shop apart in its listing.

More bakeries and desserts in Munich

Brotmanufaktur SchmidtBakery Julius Brantner BrothandwerkBakery

A Schwabing bread walk

Biobäckerei Wagner at Nordendstraße 34 and Julius Brantner at Nordendstraße 23 are on the same street, and Brotraum is nearby on Herzogstraße. All three are organic, and two of them let you watch the baking. Go in the morning if you want the full choice at Brantner, since its loaves sell out.

Two more bakeries

Julius Brantner Brothandwerk, Pariser Straße 38 in Haidhausen: the same organic bakery's other shop, with traditional breads and pastries that often sell out by closing time.
Brotmanufaktur Schmidt, Entenbachstraße 50: a traditional neighborhood bakery with early opening hours that takes major credit cards and Sodexo.

Good to know

Each place here has one post. Five, including Biobäckerei Wagner, Boulangerie Dompierre and Brotraum, come from a single German post about bakeries that still bake properly. Julius Brantner's Nordendstraße shop and Ballabeni Icecream come from a Munich food guide episode of local favorites.