Listening Bars / Germany
Listening Bars & Vinyl Cafes in Germany
25 rooms across 10 cities — combo shops where buying and listening share a space.
Berlin
- 33rpm Store
Kreuzberg record shop tucked inside café Mukkefukk on Wrangelstraße; a small footprint holding a wide-ranging new and used stock across electronic, jazz, dub, soul, old Turkish music and punk.
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- BANKERT. Vinyl-Café
Friedrichshain café-record-shop hybrid: coffee by day, a curated used-vinyl bin (mostly hip hop and rock), and cocktail/listening nights in the evening.
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- The Beauty and the Beat
Spandau shop combining vinyl, CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays (film, rock, jazz, punk, funk, metal) with clothing and accessories; also buys well-kept vinyl and CD collections.
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- ESHK Friseur Moabit
Moabit sister salon to ESHK Neukölln, blending hairdressing with a curated electronic-music record shop in the reception area.
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- ESHK Friseur Neukölln
Neukölln hair salon and curated electronic-vinyl record shop in one, run by stylist/music-curator team Miguel and Tomoki Tamura; hosts in-store DJ sets.
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- HHV Store
Friedrichshain flagship of the hip-hop-rooted HHV chain ("Hip Hop Vinyl"): about 2,500 records across hip hop, techno, house and jazz on 200 square metres with six listening stations, alongside sneakers, streetwear and DJ gear.
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- Horenstein
Wilmersdorf classical-record shop and café named after conductor Jascha Horenstein; billed as Berlin's largest used classical selection, run by Wolf Zube.
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- Jazz Dreams
Pankow shop opened 2013 by Peter Durek billing itself as Berlin's biggest jazz collection at 35,000+ records, with a shellac-78 archive, a hi-fi/turntable sideline and a jazz bar downstairs hosting monthly listening parties.
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- Marla Records
Kreuzberg concept shop, café and bar with hand-picked new and used vinyl from independent and small labels — techno, house, abstract and jazz — served alongside tacos and coffee.
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- migas, a listening bar
Wedding/Mitte listening bar in the Japanese jazz-kissa tradition: a premium sound system and curated vinyl listening sessions alongside natural wine and Spanish snacks.
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- Pastiche
Neukölln day-café and diversely curated record shop that becomes a hi-fi listening venue by night, with a monthly cultural program.
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- Wowsville
Kreuzberg record store, bar and cafe rooted in a rock'n'roll shop that began in NYC's East Village in 1999; niche punk, garage, soul and rockabilly vinyl plus DJ nights in the back room.
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Bremen
- Golden Shop
Bookshop and record shop in Bremen's Viertel -- curated literature, political texts, comics and magazines alongside 'Vinyl & CDs aus allen Bereichen.' Hours Mon-Fri 11am-2pm & 3-7pm, Sat 11am-4pm (split lunch hours not encodable in hours_text, left blank rather than mangled).
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Cologne
- PL678
Südstadt vinyl shop and café combo (with Café Hubert), records alongside coffee and cake.
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Hamburg
- trader.hifi
Non-alcoholic Ottensen listening café inspired by Japan's jazz-kissa tradition, built around a custom Friendly Pressure sound system; hosts evening all-vinyl listening sessions alongside daytime coffee service.
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Hannover
- 25music
Hannover fixture since 1987, since 2018 in a 450sqm backyard space off Kronenstraße; buys and sells new and used LPs, CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays across rock, pop, hip-hop, funk, soul, reggae, punk, metal and folk, plus vinyl-cleaning and pressing services.
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- Limmer 60 H. Brand
Linden-Nord buy-and-sell shop for used vinyl, CDs, DVDs and comics, run by Harald Brand.
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- Ohrwurm CDs
Linden-Süd media shop since 1987, primarily CDs/DVDs/Blu-rays but with a dedicated vinyl department across almost all genres; buys and sells whole collections.
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Leipzig
- Glas & Bohne
Leipzig-Lindenau's one-of-a-kind combination of optician, café and record shop, run by an optometrist and a former social worker since April 2018; new vinyl curated toward electronic, modern classical, soundtracks and rap.
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- VARY Record Store & Café
Vinyl shop and café at the start of Eisenbahnstraße; curated techno/house/hip-hop/soul with a focus on local Leipzig artists.
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Munich
- maoz Vinyl & Kaffee
Schwabing record shop and cafe combo buying and selling new and used vinyl with coffee and a retro aesthetic.
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Munster
- poptanke
Buy-and-sell shop in the Hansaviertel for books, CDs, vinyl, DVDs and comics; operating since 2010, relocated here from Weseler Straße in 2015.
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Nuremberg
- 14,80
Gostenhof vintage treasure trove run by owner Marcus -- over 10,000 LPs and singles alongside vintage lamps, design objects, small furniture and books; open daily from 5pm.
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- musicandbooks
Large secondhand media shop with roughly 1,500 individual LPs and 1,800 CDs in stock alongside DVDs, Blu-rays, books and comics; buys and sells across all of it.
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Stuttgart
- Ratzer Records & Beer
Record store and craft-beer bar near Marienplatz, reopened Sept 2025 under new ownership; hosts concerts, release parties and beer tastings.
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