Dieter’s Bread in Câmpulung: wood-fired artisan bread

Wood-fired bread in Câmpulung

Câmpulung (also called Câmpulung Muscel) is an old town in Argeș County at the foot of the Iezer-Păpușa Mountains, on the road to the Rucăr–Bran pass. Here, on Traian Street, works a small artisan bakery, Dieter’s Bread. Its owners sum up their idea briefly: a place where people with soul bake bread and support the local economy.

What matters most here is handwork and small batches. According to the bakery, everything is made by hand, in small quantities, over a wood fire and with organic flour. The bread is made with sourdough (maia) or yeast, with honey and without additives; it proves in willow baskets and is then baked on the hearth of German wood-fired ovens. The bakers spread the embers, set the loaves on the stone and let them bake slowly, the way it used to be done at home. For cozonac and pastries they use butter rather than margarine, plus organic eggs, lemon and orange zest and nuts.

The bakery’s photo gallery shows what it looks like inside: bakers with peels at the oven, wooden tables with baskets of dough, shelves of golden loaves. The bakery also sells at local fairs, but the freshest bread is right next to the oven.

Why go

To buy real wood-fired bread and take it to the mountains. Câmpulung is a handy stop on the way to Bran, Rucăr and the Iezer-Păpușa and Piatra Craiului mountains, so a loaf from Dieter’s Bread and a slice of cozonac make good provisions for a hike. The bakery is open to everyone: locals and travellers dropping in straight from the road.

What to taste and buy

• Peasant bread (pâine țărănească) and sourdough bread — the core of the range.
• Rye bread with seeds — white, dark and rye flour with seeds, honey and sourdough.
• Potato bread and potato-and-onion bread — about a third boiled potato in the dough.
• Black, wholemeal and white bread.
• Cozonac with walnuts or with walnuts and chocolate, home-made biscuits, crescents with cheese, sesame or cașcaval, cremșnit, amandine cakes and, in spring, mucenici.

Practical information

Address: Strada Traian 81, Câmpulung, Argeș County — in the northern part of the town.

Getting there: from Pitești about 55 km on the DN73, from Brașov about 80 km via the Rucăr–Bran pass, from Bucharest about 150 km. From Ukraine a convenient route is via the Porubne – Siret border crossing, then via Bacău and Brașov — about 480 km.

Opening hours (according to OpenStreetMap, May 2026): Monday–Friday 8:00–19:00, Saturday 8:00–13:00. Check by phone before your trip.

Contacts: phone +40 728 891 303 or +40 720 438 438, e-mail [email protected]. Large orders of cozonac and cakes, especially before holidays, are best placed in advance.

Nearby

• Bulevardul Pardon — Câmpulung’s old pedestrian promenade under the lime trees.
• The Rucăr–Bran pass and the Dâmbovicioara gorge on the way to Brașov.
• The Podu Dâmboviței – La Om peak – Curmătura hut trail in the Piatra Craiului Mountains.
• The Nucșoara – Moldoveanu peak trail to Romania’s highest summit.

Official website: dietersbread.ro

Photos: Dieter’s Bread, official website.