Ten years ago, Oslo's founder stepped out of the corporate world. No more office job, but dough, butter and sugar. He learned the craft in earnest, opened a pastry store in Budapest and then moved to Amsterdam to start Oslo. That's a story you don't hear at every bakery.
What he puts down here is Scandinavian-inspired, and you can tell. Handmade buns are the heart of the offering: soft, well-risen bread pastries like you'd find in Copenhagen or Stockholm. Not the bloated, overly sweet stuff you find elsewhere, but just well-made pastries. There are also handmade pastries and cakes, changing daily and seasonally.
The coffee is specialty, which really means something here. Besides the usual espresso variety, they serve matcha and chai, drinks that are prepared here with just as much attention as the rest. It's a small menu, but every part is right. And for those who don't eat dairy or egg, Oslo has a remarkably wide range of vegan options. No skimpy substitutes, but products that just taste good. In practice, that's still pretty rare at a bakery.
Oslo has built a regular clientele that loves coming back there, and that says more than any description.
Oslo is open seven days a week, with varying hours depending on the day. During the week you start there early, on weekends a little later. Just right for a morning in the Jordan. The founder took the detour via Budapest, but ended up in exactly the right place here. Oslo is a bakery that does things just right, and in this city that is more than enough reason to go there.