Bookstores in Braunschweig
Bookstores reward the browsers. Braunschweig, Niedersachsen has 11 mapped right now, and 2 of them deal in used books. That's 11 bookshops mapped around Braunschweig, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Braunschweig (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Antiqariat Rabenschwarz and Antiquariat Fuhrmann, plus Thalia. If a bookshop's missing from Braunschweig's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Braunschweig bookstore lineup
11 in Braunschweig, plus 25 more around Braunschweig below:
Antiqariat Rabenschwarz
Bookstore0.2 km from Braunschweig
Antiqariat Rabenschwarz — Bookstore, found on 48 Wendenstraße in Braunschweig. Also worth knowing about Antiqariat Rabenschwarz: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-13:00,15:00-18:00, Sa 10:00-13:00; 2026 week 01 - 13 off.
48 Wendenstraße, Braunschweig, 38100
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-13:00,15:00-18:00, Sa 10:00-13:00; 2026 week 01 - 13 off
Antiquariat Fuhrmann
Used bookstore0.5 km from Braunschweig
Antiquariat Fuhrmann is Used bookstore on 4 Burgplatz, Braunschweig. Antiquariat Fuhrmann also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Fr,Sa 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4 Burgplatz, Braunschweig, 38100
Hours: Fr,Sa 12:00-18:00
Phone: +49 531 14870
Thalia
Bookstore0.5 km from Braunschweig
Thalia is Bookstore. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00
Buchhandlung Graff
Bookstore0.5 km from Braunschweig
Buchhandlung Graff — Bookstore, found on 15 Sack in Braunschweig. Also worth knowing about Buchhandlung Graff: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-20:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
15 Sack, Braunschweig, 38100
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-20:00; PH off
Phone: +49 531 480 89 0
Buch und Kunst
Bookstore0.6 km from Braunschweig
Buch und Kunst — Bookstore, found on 12 Kasernenstraße in Braunschweig. Also worth knowing about Buch und Kunst: the map lists its hours as Mo off; Tu-Fr 10:00-13:00,15:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-13:00; Su off; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
12 Kasernenstraße, Braunschweig, 38102
Hours: Mo off; Tu-Fr 10:00-13:00,15:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-13:00; Su off; PH off
Phone: +49 531 347332
Braunschweiger Zeitung
Bookstore0.7 km from Braunschweig
Braunschweiger Zeitung is Bookstore.
Bücherwurm
Bookstore0.8 km from Braunschweig
Bücherwurm — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Bücherwurm: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +49 1515 1794773
Buch aktuell Benno Goeritz
Bookstore0.9 km from BraunschweigRun by Göritz B.
Run by Göritz B., Buch aktuell Benno Goeritz is Bookstore, found on 20 Breite Straße in Braunschweig. Also worth knowing about Buch aktuell Benno Goeritz: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
20 Breite Straße, Braunschweig, 38100
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-14:00
Phone: +49 531 45893
Leseratte Buchladen
Used bookstore1.5 km from Braunschweig
Leseratte Buchladen — Used bookstore, found on 40 Hopfengarten in Braunschweig. Also worth knowing about Leseratte Buchladen: the map lists its hours as Mo,Sa 10:00-14:00; Tu-Fr 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
40 Hopfengarten, Braunschweig, 38102
Hours: Mo,Sa 10:00-14:00; Tu-Fr 10:00-18:00
Phone: +49 531 795685
Press & Book
Bookstore2.0 km from Braunschweig
Press & Book is Bookstore. Press & Book also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 06:00-21:00; Sa 07:00-20:00; Su 07:00-20:00; PH 07:00-20:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 06:00-21:00; Sa 07:00-20:00; Su 07:00-20:00; PH 07:00-20:00
Buchhandlung Schwagmann
Bookstore3.0 km from Braunschweig
Buchhandlung Schwagmann — Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Braunschweig
9 of the 11 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
5 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
Most of the bookstores in Braunschweig list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
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 Braunschweig bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Braunschweig? Work this order: Antiqariat Rabenschwarz on 48 Wendenstraße, Antiquariat Fuhrmann on 4 Burgplatz, Thalia, Buchhandlung Graff on 15 Sack, Buch und Kunst on 12 Kasernenstraße, Braunschweiger Zeitung, Bücherwurm, and Buch aktuell Benno Goeritz on 20 Breite Straße. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 3 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Braunschweig
The regulars' playbook for Braunschweig's bookshops:
- Poetry lives in bookshops at Antiqariat Rabenschwarz. Poetry barely exists online as a browsing experience. The poetry shelf in a real shop is a different world.
- The used section is underpriced everywhere at Antiquariat Fuhrmann. Books are heavy and slow to sell, so used shelves price to move. First editions hide here regularly.
- Look for local history. The local-interest shelf tells you what a town thinks of itself. Great for visitors, better for new residents.
- Come back seasonally. Stock turns over with the publishing seasons. The shop you browsed in spring is a different shop by autumn.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Braunschweig — 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 Braunschweig can take a while to appear. The 11 above are only as current as the community map. A bookstore that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
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 11 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.
Worth the trip: more bookstores around Braunschweig
25 more within about 40 km of Braunschweig — here are the 15 nearest:
Bücherladen
Bookstore11.0 km from Braunschweig
Bücherladen is Bookstore.
Buchhandlung Steuber
Bookstore11.7 km from Braunschweig
Buchhandlung Steuber — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Buchhandlung Steuber: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-14:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-14:00
Behr
Bookstore11.9 km from Braunschweig
Behr is Bookstore. Behr also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:00-14:00
Phone: +49 5331 98 89 0
Siedentopf - Buch Kunst Spiel
Bookstore12.0 km from Braunschweig
Siedentopf - Buch Kunst Spiel — Bookstore, found on 74 Berliner Straße in Lehre.
74 Berliner Straße, Lehre, 38165
Buchhandlung im Ärztehaus
Bookstore18.5 km from Braunschweig
Buchhandlung im Ärztehaus — Bookstore, found on 78 Chemnitzer Straße in Salzgitter. Also worth knowing about Buchhandlung im Ärztehaus: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 09:00-18:00; Fr 09:00-13:30; Sa 09:30-13:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
78 Chemnitzer Straße, Salzgitter, 38226
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-18:00; Fr 09:00-13:30; Sa 09:30-13:00
Phone: +49 53 41 44 45 7
Thalia
Bookstore18.7 km from Braunschweig
Thalia is Bookstore. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +49 5341 1887460
Schreibdiehle
Bookstore18.8 km from Braunschweig
Schreibdiehle — Bookstore.
Kolbe
Bookstore19.9 km from BraunschweigRun by Buchhandlung Kolbe - Sarinas Bücher- und Spieleparadies
Kolbe is Bookstore run by Buchhandlung Kolbe - Sarinas Bücher- und Spieleparadies on 17 Am Markt, Königslutter am Elm. Kolbe also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-13:00,15:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00; Su,PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
17 Am Markt, Königslutter am Elm, 38154
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-13:00,15:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00; Su,PH off
Phone: +49 5353 5264
Stilles Buchhandlung
Bookstore21.0 km from Braunschweig
Stilles Buchhandlung is Bookstore on 37 Westerstraße. Stilles Buchhandlung also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-13:00, 14:30-18:00; Sa 09:30-13:00.
37 Westerstraße
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-13:00, 14:30-18:00; Sa 09:30-13:00
Quindel
Bookstore21.0 km from Braunschweig
Quindel is Bookstore on 12 Eichstraße, Ilsede. Quindel also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
12 Eichstraße, Ilsede, 31241
Phone: +49 5172 129210
Großkopf
Bookstore21.1 km from Braunschweig
Großkopf is Bookstore on 4 Marktstraße, Wolfsburg. Großkopf also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00.
4 Marktstraße, Wolfsburg, 38442
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00
Thalia
Bookstore21.3 km from Braunschweig
Thalia is Bookstore on 10 Breite Straße, Peine. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:30-16:00.
10 Breite Straße, Peine, 31224
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:30-16:00
Thalia
Bookstore21.3 km from Braunschweig
Thalia is Bookstore on 8 Breite Straße, Peine. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:30-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
8 Breite Straße, Peine, 31224
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:30-16:00
Phone: +49 5171 505790
Buchhandlung Carl Dänzer
Bookstore23.9 km from Braunschweig
Buchhandlung Carl Dänzer is Bookstore on 92 Steinweg, Gifhorn. Buchhandlung Carl Dänzer also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:30-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
92 Steinweg, Gifhorn, 38518
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:30; Sa 09:30-14:00
Phone: +49 5371 12278
Bücher Nolte
Bookstore24.3 km from Braunschweig
Bücher Nolte — Bookstore, found on 17 Steinweg in Gifhorn. Also worth knowing about Bücher Nolte: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
17 Steinweg, Gifhorn, 38518
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00
Phone: +49 5371 3878
Bookstore listings for Braunschweig: 11 in Braunschweig and 25 more nearby 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.