Recommended Music Shops
Checking out the record stores is a main issue for us travelling to new places. Of course, it makes no sense for us to recommend shops filled with music you can get "everywhere" in the world. We seek shops that have hard-to-get music and want to share our recommendations to you. Then you don't have to walk around the whole city getting frustrated not finding a shop with the "right" choice of music.
Norway
Oslo
- Big Dipper Records
Address: Torggata 36
URL: http://www.bigdipper.no/
How to get there: Torggata starts at Stortorget, walk north
Profile: Pop, vinyl and cd
- Fete spor
Address: Pilestredet 15
URL: http://www.fetespor.no/
How to get there: Walk Universitetsgt. from Karl Johans gate, west
Profile: Electronica, web-shop
- Musikk-Huset
Address: Karl Johans gate 45
URL: http://www.musikk-huset.no/
How to get there: Look in the Karl Johans Gate, west
Profile: Classical and ethnical music
- Norsk Musikkforlag
Address: Karl Johans gate 39A
How to get there: Look in the Karl Johans Gate, west
Profile: Classical and ethnical music
- Shadowland
Address: Universitetsgt. 2
URL: http://www.shadowland.no/
How to get there: Walk Universitetsgt. from Karl Johans gate, west
Profile: Alternative rock, goth
- Tiger
Address: Youngs gate 11/Henrik Ibsens gate
URL: http://www.tigernet.no/
How to get there: Walk Torggata from Stortorget, close to the club "John Dee"
Profile: Alternative rock
Sweden
Göteborg
- Skivhugget
Address: Masthuggstorget 2
URL: http://www.skivhugget.se/
How to get there:
Profile: Lots of everything, Mail Order and Shop
Denmark
Copenhagen
- Sound Station
Address: Gamle Kongevej 94, 1850 Fredriksberg C
URL: http://www.soundstation.dk/
Phone/fax: Phone : 33 21 40 43, Fax: 33 13 40 40
Profile: Both vinyl and CD, second hand
Finland
Helsinki
- Digelius
Address: Laivurinrinne 2, 00120 Helsinki, Finland
Phone/fax: Phone: 358 9 666375, Fax: 358 9 628950
URL: http://www.digelius.com/
How to get there:
Profile: Lots of Scandinavian ethnical music, Mail Order and Shop.
England
London
- Sound Experience
Address: Berwick Street (Soho)
How to get there:
Profile: Second hand, many hard-to-get CDs
- Reckless Records
Address: Berwick Street (Soho)
URL: http://www.reckless.co.uk/
How to get there:
Profile: Second hand, many hard-to-get CDs
- These Records
Address: 112 Brook Drive (Elephant & Castle)
URL: http://www.theserecords.com/
How to get there:
Profile: Avant garde/Recommended records
Comment: Looks closed from outside, ring the door bell. Good prices.
- Music & Video Exchange
Address: 38, 56 & 64 Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill)
URL: http://www.mveshops.co.uk/
How to get there:
Profile: Rock and alternative
- Rough Trade
Address: 16 Neals Yard (Covent Garden)
How to get there:
URL: http://www.roughtrade.com/
Profile: Rock and alternative
Germany
Berlin
- Gelbe Musik
Address: Shaper str. 11, Wilhelmsdorf
- Dense
Address: Danziger str. 16, Prenzlauer Berg
URL: http://www.dense-shop.de/
Profile: Electronic/especially experimental music.
- Staalplat
Address: Tor str. 72, Mitte
URL: http://www.staalplaat.com/
- Bund der Polnishen Versager
Address: Tor str. 66, Mitte
- Neurotitan
Address: Rosenthaler str. 39, Mitte
URL: http://www.neurotitan.de/
Profile: Electronica and related
- Angry Plastic
Address: Liberda str. 10, Kreutzberg
URL: http://www.angryplastic.net/
Profile: Electronica and related
- Hard Wax
Address: Paul Lincke-Ufer 44 A, Kreutzberg
URL: http://www.hardwax.com/
- Space Hall
Address: Zossener str. 33, Kreuzberg
URL: http://www.space-hall.de/
- Raw Records
Address: Zossener str. 20, Kreuzberg
- ON/OFF
Address: Boxhagener str. 112, Friedrichshain
URL: http://www.onoffrecords.de/
Frankfurt
- Zweitausendeins (2001)
Address: Im Parkhaus Hauptwache
URL: http://www.zweitausendeins.de/
How to get there: Take U-bahn to Hauptwach
Profile: Many hard-to-get CDs in jazz, classical, ethnical
Comment: Lots of CDs from the World Network catalogue
- World of Music (WOM)
Address: Zeil 90 (Hertie Department Store) (Innerstadt)
URL: http://www.wom.de
How to get there: Take U-bahn to Konstablerwache, walk West.
Profile: Lots of everything
Comment: Check out the Avantgarde Section
- Musikladen
Address: Stiftstr. 2 (Innerstadt)
URL: http://www.musikladen-frankfurt.de/
How to get there: Between U-bahn stations Haputwache and Konstablerwache
Profile: Rock
Comment: Easy and fast to look through the collection
Heidelberg
- Crazy Diamond Records
Address: Poststraße 42, Heidelberg
Phone/fax: Phone: (06221) 161480 Fax: (06221) 166764
Profile: General.
The Netherlands
Amsterdam
- Staalplaat
Address: Staalkade 6, P.O. Box 11453, 1001 GL Amsterdam, The Netherlands
URL: http://www.staalplaat.com/
Phone/fax: Fax: +31 20 6239281
How to get there:
Profile: Lots of Avantgarde, Mail Order and Shop.
France
Nice
- Nice Laser
Address: 19 Rue Saint-Francois de Paule
How to get there: Close to Avenue des Phoceens/Theatre de Verdure
Profile: General
Comment: Very good on Jazz and French music
- In Out CD Store
Address: 15 Avenue Notre Dame
How to get there: Close to Basilique Notre-Dame
Profile: Techno, some Contemporary/Avant-Garde
Comment: Small shop but with a good selection
Spain
Barcelona
- FNAC
Address: La Rambla
How to get there: Close to Placa de Catalunya
Profile: General
Comment: Good on Spanish and Ethnical Music
- Other
Check out the small shops in the area on the west side of La Rambla
south of Placa de Catalunya.
Switzerland
Baden
Zürich
USA
Chicago
New York