Must-see shopping in Central Netherlands

  • Banketbakkerij Smit

    Overijssel

    Cinnamon-spiced cookies, gooey bite-sized cakes and a Real McCoy cow manger full to the brim with traditional vulkoek (round spicy biscuits filled with…

  • Zwolle Balletjeshuis

    Overijssel

    The sweet-toothed will adore this centuries-old sweet shop, packed to the rafters with its cinnamon sticks, liquorice, wine balls and the house speciality…

  • Bussink Deventer Koekwinkel

    Overijssel

    Bussink is the long-established purveyor of the local speciality Deventer koek. The mildly spiced gingerbread, made with honey and orange, is so dense…

  • Market

    Overijssel

    The market occupies most of the former Melkmarkt, Oude Vismarkt and the star-shaped centre. Fish, fresh fruit and vegetables, clothes – anything goes. In…

  • Waanders in de Broeren

    Overijssel

    A bookstore and cafe magnificently ensconced in the church of a 15th-century Dominican convent, complete with stained-glass windows, frescoed ceiling and…

  • De Wandelwinkel

    Overijssel

    This tiny shop opposite the Bergkerk is stuffed to the gills with walking and cycling maps and guidebooks, primarily for the Netherlands and Europe.