Bookstores in Bergen
Bergen, Vestland has 27 bookstores on the map. That's 27 bookshops mapped around Bergen, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide. Give yourself an hour minimum — bookshops are the one errand that always takes longer than planned.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Bergen (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Norli and Notabene, plus Hordaland kunstsenter bokhandel. If a bookshop's missing from Bergen's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Bergen bookstore lineup
27 mapped within about 40 km:
Norli
Bookstore
Norli is Bookstore. Norli also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Phone: +47 47 60 05 97
Notabene
Bookstore
Notabene — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Notabene: it has a website with more detail.
Hordaland kunstsenter bokhandel
Bookstore
Hordaland kunstsenter bokhandel — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Hordaland kunstsenter bokhandel: the map lists its hours as We-Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: We-Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +47 55 90 85 90
Ark
Bookstore
Ark is Bookstore.
Norli
Bookstore
Norli is Bookstore.
Litteraturhuset Bergen
Bookstore
Litteraturhuset Bergen is Bookstore. Litteraturhuset Bergen also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 12:00-18:00; Tu-Th 12:00-19:00; Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo 12:00-18:00; Tu-Th 12:00-19:00; Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-17:00
Akademika BI Bergen
BookstoreRun by Akademika
Akademika BI Bergen is Bookstore run by Akademika. Akademika BI Bergen also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 09:00-15:00; Fr 09:00-15:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-15:00; Fr 09:00-15:30
Phone: +47 90 93 75 44
Norli Akademisk UiB
BookstoreRun by Norli
Norli Akademisk UiB is Bookstore run by Norli. Norli Akademisk UiB also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00
Phone: +47 45 73 38 39
Norli
Bookstore
Norli is Bookstore. Norli also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su,PH off; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su,PH off
Bergen Kristne Bokhandel
Bookstore
Bergen Kristne Bokhandel — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Bergen Kristne Bokhandel: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-15:00
Phone: +47 47 45 02 92
Ark bokhandel
Bookstore
Ark bokhandel — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Ark bokhandel: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00
Outland Bergen
BookstoreRun by Outland
Run by Outland, Outland Bergen is Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Outland Bergen: the map lists its hours as Mo-We 10:00-18:00; Th, Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-We 10:00-18:00; Th, Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Phone: +47 55 31 48 22
Fileamin Ltd.
Used bookstore
Fileamin Ltd. — Used bookstore. Also worth knowing about Fileamin Ltd.: the map lists its hours as Mo-We 10:30-17:30; Th 10:30-19:00; Fr 10:30-17:00; Sa 10:30-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-We 10:30-17:30; Th 10:30-19:00; Fr 10:30-17:00; Sa 10:30-15:00
Phone: +47 942 55 883
Bokglede
Used bookstore
Bokglede — Used bookstore. Also worth knowing about Bokglede: the map lists its hours as Sa 12:00-16:30.
Hours: Sa 12:00-16:30
Ark Bokhandel
Bookstore
Ark Bokhandel is Bookstore.
Norli
Bookstore
Norli is Bookstore.
Norli Bergen Storsenter
Bookstore
Norli Bergen Storsenter — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Norli Bergen Storsenter: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-18:00
Phone: +47 47613022
Boklageret
Bookstore
Boklageret is Bookstore.
Stenersen
BookstoreRun by Kode
Run by Kode, Stenersen is Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Stenersen: it has a website with more detail.
ARK
Bookstore
ARK is Bookstore.
ARK bokhandel
Bookstore
ARK bokhandel — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about ARK bokhandel: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-18:00
Phone: +47 96 90 87 65
Tanum
Bookstore
Tanum — Bookstore.
Nordli
Bookstore
Nordli — Bookstore.
Ark
Bookstore
Ark is Bookstore. Ark also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; PH off.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; PH off
Ark
Bookstore
Ark is Bookstore.
Norli
Bookstore
Norli is Bookstore. Norli also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00, Sa 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00, Sa 10:00-18:00
Phone: +47 56 35 01 15
Norli
Bookstore
Norli is Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Bergen
15 of the 27 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
11 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
2 of the shops are tagged as selling used books — the second-hand shelves are where out-of-print gems and first editions turn up for pocket change.
The Bergen bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Norli, Notabene, Hordaland kunstsenter bokhandel, Ark, Norli, Litteraturhuset Bergen, Akademika BI Bergen, and Norli Akademisk UiB. That's 27 stops on the Bergen bookstore crawl. 19 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Bergen
The regulars' playbook for Bergen's bookshops:
- Ask the booksellers at Norli. A good bookseller lives for the question 'what should I read next?' Give them three books you loved and watch them work.
- Ask about the book club discount at Notabene. Many shops discount book-club orders. If your club buys local, everyone wins.
- Read the first page in the shop. The first-page test never lies. If it doesn't grab you standing there, it won't grab you at home.
- Poetry lives in bookshops. Poetry barely exists online as a browsing experience. The poetry shelf in a real shop is a different world.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Bergen — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new bookstore in Bergen can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 27 that's closed, or a great bookstore we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't list prices — they change constantly and vary by edition. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers, in alphabetical order with no favourites.
If you run one of the 27 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Bookstore listings for Bergen: 27 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.