A bakker is a baker, and a bakkerij is a bakery.
Bread was and is a staple in the Dutch diet. The content and weight of loaves of bread was heavily regulated. If you have ancestors who were bakers, you may find them on lists of calibrated weights, or involved in court cases if their loaves were found to be too light or containing different ingredients than advertized.
Interior of a traditional bakery in Den Bosch, 2003. Credits: P. van Galen, Rijksdienst Cultureel Erfgoed
About Yvette HoitinkYvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG®, QG™ is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer in the Netherlands. She has a Master of Letters in Family and Local History from the University of Dundee, and holds the Certification of Genealogist and Qualified Genealogist credentials. Yvette served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Genealogists and won excellence awards for her articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly. Yvette has been doing genealogy for over 30 years. She helps people from across the world find their ancestors from the Netherlands and its former colonies, including New Netherland. Read about Yvette's professional genealogy services.
Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG®, QG™ is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer from the Netherlands who helps people find their ancestors from the Netherlands and its former colonies, including New Netherland. She has a Master of Letters in Family and Local History from the University of Dundee, and holds the Certified Genealogist and Qualified Genealogist credentials.
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Yvette,
What a stunning interior! Both of the murals are beautiful, as is the chandelier. The Gothic shape of the window is also lovely. How hard did you have to search to find the photos? Do other occupations have such traditional interiors (or exteriors?). I’ve seen American bakeries with traditional interiors, depending on the nation of origin, but never one to rival this Dutch one. Do different regions vary a lot?
Doris
Hi Doris,
Yes, interiors vary a lot from one region to the next. And yes, all types of shops had special interiors, although I’m not sure that all of them survived to be photographed.
I never have any trouble finding photos. I used to work at the National Archives in The Hague and was the technical project manager for their image bank for a while. That taught me a lot about their photo collection so often I will remember a fitting photo when writing an article and then look it up. If I don’t think of a photo, I usually go to the Open Cultuur Data (Open Culture Data) search engine and search for a relevant term. But in many cases, I start by randomly browsing the nice photo collections and then write an article around a photo that I enjoy. That was the case with this bakery 🙂
Yvette,
That’s as interesting as the original article!
Thanks,
Doris