Listening Bars / Berlin
Listening Bars & Vinyl Cafes in Berlin, Germany
12 spots where buying and listening happen in the same room.
- 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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