Bookstores in Emmen
Emmen, Drenthe has 5 bookstores on the map. That's 5 bookshops mapped around Emmen, 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 Emmen (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Bruna and Boekhandel Vermeer, plus ReadShop. If a bookshop's missing from Emmen's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Emmen bookstore lineup
5 in Emmen, plus 7 more around Emmen below:
Bruna
Bookstore0.9 km from Emmen
Bruna — Bookstore, found on 45 Dalipassage in Emmen.
45 Dalipassage, Emmen, 7811DA
Boekhandel Vermeer
Bookstore1.3 km from Emmen
Boekhandel Vermeer — Bookstore, found on 40 Noorderstraat in Emmen. Also worth knowing about Boekhandel Vermeer: it has a website with more detail.
40 Noorderstraat, Emmen, 7811AL
ReadShop
Bookstore2.3 km from Emmen
ReadShop is Bookstore on 365 Middenhaag, Emmen. ReadShop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:00; Sa 09:30-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
365 Middenhaag, Emmen, 7815LD
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:00; Sa 09:30-17:00
Phone: +31 591 613 152
Bruna
Bookstore3.3 km from Emmen
Bruna — Bookstore, found on 115 Valkenveld in Emmen. Also worth knowing about Bruna: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-18:00; Sa 08:30-17:00.
115 Valkenveld, Emmen, 7827HD
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-18:00; Sa 08:30-17:00
Boekwinkel Omlo
Bookstore8.2 km from Emmen
Boekwinkel Omlo — Bookstore, found on 111 Langestraat in Klazienaveen. Also worth knowing about Boekwinkel Omlo: it has a website with more detail.
111 Langestraat, Klazienaveen, 7891GG
What the map tells us about bookstores in Emmen
2 of the 5 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
3 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
The Emmen bookstore crawl
The efficient Emmen bookstore crawl strings these together: Bruna on 45 Dalipassage, Boekhandel Vermeer on 40 Noorderstraat, ReadShop on 365 Middenhaag, Bruna on 115 Valkenveld, and Boekwinkel Omlo on 111 Langestraat — 5 stops, one logical order.
Bookstore tips for Emmen
Browsing in Emmen? A little strategy helps:
- Browse by serendipity, buy by list at Bruna. Keep a want-list on your phone for the hunt, but let the shelves surprise you too. The best finds are never the planned ones.
- Ask about ordering at Boekhandel Vermeer. Independent shops will order anything in print, often in a day or two. No need to default to the big online retailer.
- Check the events board. Book clubs, writing groups, story times — bookshops are community centres that happen to sell books.
- The used section is underpriced everywhere. Books are heavy and slow to sell, so used shelves price to move. First editions hide here regularly.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Emmen — 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 Emmen can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 5 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 5 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 Emmen
7 more within about 25 km of Emmen, nearest first:
ReadShop
Bookstore14.8 km from Emmen
ReadShop is Bookstore on 52 Hoofdstraat, Ter Apel. ReadShop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 13:00-18:00; Tu-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
52 Hoofdstraat, Ter Apel, 9561JC
Hours: Mo 13:00-18:00; Tu-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +31 599 581 830
ReadShop
Bookstore17.2 km from Emmen
ReadShop is Bookstore on 26 Friesestraat, Coevorden. ReadShop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We,Fr 09:00-18:00; Th 09:00-17:30,18:30-21:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
26 Friesestraat, Coevorden, 7741GV
Hours: Mo-We,Fr 09:00-18:00; Th 09:00-17:30,18:30-21:00; Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +31 524 522 819
Bruna
Bookstore17.8 km from Emmen
Bruna — Bookstore, found on 5 Grote Brink in Borger.
5 Grote Brink, Borger, 9531AK
ReadShop
Bookstore18.2 km from Emmen
ReadShop is Bookstore on 3 Willem Diemerstraat, Musselkanaal. ReadShop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We,Sa 08:00-20:00; Th-Fr 08:00-21:00; Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3 Willem Diemerstraat, Musselkanaal, 9581AG
Hours: Mo-We,Sa 08:00-20:00; Th-Fr 08:00-21:00; Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +31 599 470749
Borker Boekwinkel
Bookstore21.2 km from Emmen
Borker Boekwinkel is Bookstore on 39A Hoofdstraat, Westerbork. Borker Boekwinkel also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
39A Hoofdstraat, Westerbork, 9431AC
ReadShop
Bookstore23.3 km from Emmen
ReadShop is Bookstore on 1C Oude Markt, Stadskanaal. ReadShop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We,Fr 09:00-18:00; Th 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1C Oude Markt, Stadskanaal, 9501VK
Hours: Mo-We,Fr 09:00-18:00; Th 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +31 599 621 866
Trilejo Books 2e hands boeken
Bookstore23.7 km from Emmen
Trilejo Books 2e hands boeken — Bookstore, found on 1C-1 Hoofdstraat in Stadskanaal.
1C-1 Hoofdstraat, Stadskanaal, 9501CL
Bookstore listings for Emmen: 5 in Emmen and 7 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.