Fruittuinen van west tuincafe

Set on 6.5 hectares of orchard at the edge of Amsterdam, Fruittuin van West is a working biodynamic farm with a small café at its centre. The Tuincafé serves lunches built from what grows just outside, including apples from the orchard's own 22,000 trees.

Guests eat at tables and in lazy chairs that look out over the rows of fruit. On pizza evenings, pies are baked thin and crisp in the clay oven on the terrace, topped with mushrooms grown in the on-site cellar and vegetables from partner growers visited each week.

The whole operation carries Demeter certification, the biodynamic standard that adds welfare and closed-cycle requirements on top of EU organic. The café offers options for vegans, vegetarians, and meat eaters, with gluten-free desserts available.