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Top 10 German bread and bread rolls

German bread and bread rolls
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Germans love their bread and the big variety of fresh bread rolls. You can have it at any time of the day. For breakfast, as well as for dinner.

Usually you put some kind of butter or margarine on it and go from there. Main toppings are cheese, pepperoni, ham or marmelade.

Let’s take a look at the Top10 of the most typical German bread and bread rolls you can find in almost any bakery (some products are more local than others!):

10. Kartoffelbrot / Potato bread

Potato bread
Potato bread © Heike Rau / fotolia

9. Krustenbrot / Crusty Bread

German Krustenbrot
Krustenbrot © Picture Partners / fotolia

8. Sonnenblumenkernbrötchen / Bread roll with sunflower seeds

Bread roll with sunflower seeds
Bread roll with sunflower seeds © Frofoto / fotolia

7. Pumpernickel

German Pumpernickel
Pumpernickel © Printemps / fotolia

6. Käsebrötchen / Cheese bread roll

bread roll with cheese
bread roll with cheese © Frofoto / fotolia

5. Laugenstange / Pretzel stick

Pretzel stick
Pretzel stick © A_Bruno / fotolia

4. Mischbrot / Brown bread

Brown bread
Brown bread © Christian Schwier / fotolia

3. Mohnbrötchen / Poppyseed roll

Poppyseed rolls
German poppyseed rolls © Sabrina Cercelovic / fotolia

2. Vollkornbrot / Whole grain bread

whole grain bread
whole grain bread © eyewave / fotolia

1. Schrippe, Semmel, Brötchen / Bread rolls (regional differences)

German bread rolls
German bread rolls © Charly Blende / fotolia