Bookstores in Freiburg
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Freiburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg gives you 23 to judge by. That's 23 bookshops mapped around Freiburg, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide. Staff picks shelves are the fastest way to read a shop's personality.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Freiburg (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Schmitt & Hahn Bücher and Antiquariat Nonnenmacher, plus Rombach. If a bookshop's missing from Freiburg's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Freiburg bookstore lineup
23 in Freiburg, plus 41 more around Freiburg below:
Schmitt & Hahn Bücher
Bookstore0.1 km from FreiburgRun by Karl Schmitt & Co. KG Bahnhofsbuchhandlungen
Schmitt & Hahn Bücher is Bookstore run by Karl Schmitt & Co. KG Bahnhofsbuchhandlungen on Bismarckallee, Freiburg im Breisgau. Schmitt & Hahn Bücher also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su,PH 08:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Bismarckallee, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79098
Hours: Mo-Su,PH 08:00-20:00
Phone: +49 761 2117454
Antiquariat Nonnenmacher
Bookstore0.4 km from Freiburg
Antiquariat Nonnenmacher is Bookstore on 47 Bertoldstraße, Freiburg im Breisgau. Antiquariat Nonnenmacher also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
47 Bertoldstraße, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79098
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00
Phone: +49 761 2925789
Rombach
Bookstore0.5 km from Freiburg
Rombach is Bookstore. Rombach also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; 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 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-15:00
Phone: +49 761 28535359
Jos Fritz
Bookstore0.5 km from Freiburg
Jos Fritz — Bookstore, found on 15 Wilhelmstraße in Freiburg im Breisgau. Also worth knowing about Jos Fritz: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su,PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
15 Wilhelmstraße, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79098
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su,PH off
Phone: +49 761 26877
Antiquariat Eldorado
Used bookstore0.5 km from Freiburg
Antiquariat Eldorado is Used bookstore. Antiquariat Eldorado also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +49 1602648660
Buchhandlung Rombach
Bookstore0.7 km from FreiburgRun by Buchhandlung Rombach GmbH
Buchhandlung Rombach is Bookstore run by Buchhandlung Rombach GmbH on 10 Bertoldstraße, Freiburg im Breisgau. Buchhandlung Rombach 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.
10 Bertoldstraße, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79098
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +49 7614 5002400
Das Landkartenhaus
Bookstore0.7 km from Freiburg
Das Landkartenhaus is Bookstore. Das Landkartenhaus also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-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-Sa 10:00-18:00
Phone: +49 761 23908
Herder & Thalia
Bookstore0.7 km from FreiburgRun by Thalia
Run by Thalia, Herder & Thalia is Bookstore, found on 180 Kaiser-Joseph-Straße in Freiburg im Breisgau. Also worth knowing about Herder & Thalia: 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.
180 Kaiser-Joseph-Straße, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79098
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +49 761 282820
Badische Zeitung
Bookstore0.8 km from Freiburg
Badische Zeitung — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Badische Zeitung: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-14:00; Su,PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-14:00; Su,PH off
Phone: +49 761 4964960
X für U
Bookstore0.8 km from Freiburg
X für U is Bookstore. X für U also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-17:00
Buchhandlung zum Wetzstein
Bookstore0.9 km from Freiburg
Buchhandlung zum Wetzstein — Bookstore, found on 31 Salzstraße in Freiburg im Breisgau. Also worth knowing about Buchhandlung zum Wetzstein: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
31 Salzstraße, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79098
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00
Phone: +49 761 33999
Alpha Buchhandlung
Bookstore1.0 km from FreiburgRun by Evangelische Stadtmission Freiburg
Run by Evangelische Stadtmission Freiburg, Alpha Buchhandlung is Bookstore, found on 45 Herrenstraße in Freiburg im Breisgau. Also worth knowing about Alpha Buchhandlung: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
45 Herrenstraße, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79098
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-15:00
Phone: +49 761 32947
Fundevogel
Bookstore1.0 km from FreiburgRun by Claus-Peter Jepsen
Fundevogel is Bookstore run by Claus-Peter Jepsen on 13 Marienstraße, Freiburg im Breisgau. Fundevogel also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:00; Sa 09:30-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
13 Marienstraße, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79098
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:00; Sa 09:30-16:00
Phone: +49 761 25218
Freiburger Musikantiquariat - Tschäppät's Notenladen
Bookstore1.4 km from Freiburg
Freiburger Musikantiquariat - Tschäppät's Notenladen — Bookstore, found on 7 Schwarzwaldstraße in Freiburg im Breisgau. Also worth knowing about Freiburger Musikantiquariat - Tschäppät's Notenladen: the map lists its hours as Th-Fr 14:00-18:00, Sa 10:00-13:00 || "nach Vereinbarung"; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7 Schwarzwaldstraße, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79117
Hours: Th-Fr 14:00-18:00, Sa 10:00-13:00 || "nach Vereinbarung"; PH off
Phone: +49 761 78194
Buchhandlung Schwarz u. Büchergilde
Bookstore1.6 km from Freiburg
Buchhandlung Schwarz u. Büchergilde is Bookstore on 44 Günterstalstraße, Freiburg im Breisgau. Buchhandlung Schwarz u. Büchergilde also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:00; Sa 09:30-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
44 Günterstalstraße, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79100
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:00; Sa 09:30-14:00
Phone: +49 761 71806
antiquariat atempause
Bookstore1.8 km from Freiburg
antiquariat atempause is Bookstore on 2 Badenweilerstraße, Freiburg. antiquariat atempause also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
2 Badenweilerstraße, Freiburg, 79115
Phone: +49 761 1377303
Firlefanz
Bookstore3.1 km from Freiburg
Firlefanz — Bookstore, found on 14 Terlaner Straße in Freiburg im Breisgau. Also worth knowing about Firlefanz: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-13:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
14 Terlaner Straße, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79111
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-13:00
Phone: +49 761 7677737
modo Verlag GmbH
Bookstore3.2 km from Freiburg
modo Verlag GmbH is Bookstore on 8 Terlaner Straße, Freiburg im Breisgau. modo Verlag GmbH also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
8 Terlaner Straße, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79111
Christliche Wissenschaft
Bookstore4.3 km from Freiburg
Christliche Wissenschaft is Bookstore. Christliche Wissenschaft also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We 17:00-19:00; Th 16:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: We 17:00-19:00; Th 16:00-18:00
Phone: +49 761 701110
Buchhandlung Vogel
Bookstore4.3 km from FreiburgRun by Inh. Axel Beurer
Run by Inh. Axel Beurer, Buchhandlung Vogel is Bookstore, found on 26 Kunzenweg in Freiburg im Breisgau. Also worth knowing about Buchhandlung Vogel: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
26 Kunzenweg, Freiburg im Breisgau, 79117
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00
Phone: +49 761 67244
Gundelfinger Bücherstube
Bookstore5.1 km from Freiburg
Gundelfinger Bücherstube — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Gundelfinger Bücherstube: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00
Phone: +49 761 583632
Buchhandlung Sillmann
Bookstore8.2 km from Freiburg
Buchhandlung Sillmann is Bookstore on 157 Hauptstraße, Denzlingen. Buchhandlung Sillmann also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-13:00,14:30-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00; it has a website with more detail.
157 Hauptstraße, Denzlingen, 79211
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-13:00,14:30-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00
Kirchzartener Bücherstube
Bookstore9.1 km from Freiburg
Kirchzartener Bücherstube is Bookstore on 6 Freiburger Straße, Kirchzarten. Kirchzartener Bücherstube also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Sa 09:00-13:00; Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
6 Freiburger Straße, Kirchzarten, 79199
Hours: Sa 09:00-13:00; Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00
What the map tells us about bookstores in Freiburg
20 of the 23 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
21 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
Most of the bookstores in Freiburg list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Freiburg bookstore crawl
The efficient Freiburg bookstore crawl strings these together: Schmitt & Hahn Bücher on Bismarckallee, Antiquariat Nonnenmacher on 47 Bertoldstraße, Rombach, Jos Fritz on 15 Wilhelmstraße, Antiquariat Eldorado, Buchhandlung Rombach on 10 Bertoldstraße, Das Landkartenhaus, and Herder & Thalia on 180 Kaiser-Joseph-Straße — 23 stops, one logical order. 15 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Freiburg
A few things worth knowing before you work through Freiburg's bookstores:
- Don't skip the small press section at Schmitt & Hahn Bücher. The weird, wonderful stuff lives here. Small presses take the risks the big publishers won't.
- The used section is underpriced everywhere at Antiquariat Nonnenmacher. Books are heavy and slow to sell, so used shelves price to move. First editions hide here regularly.
- Ask the booksellers. A good bookseller lives for the question 'what should I read next?' Give them three books you loved and watch them work.
- Ask for the out-of-print hunters. Some used shops will hunt down out-of-print titles for you. It takes patience, but the find is worth it.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Freiburg — 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 Freiburg can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 23 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 23 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 Freiburg
41 more within about 40 km of Freiburg — here are the 15 nearest:
Offener Bücherschrank
Bookstore12.6 km from Freiburg
Offener Bücherschrank is Bookstore.
Bahnhofsbuchhandlung Karl Schmitt
Bookstore13.4 km from Freiburg
Bahnhofsbuchhandlung Karl Schmitt — Bookstore, found on 7 Bahnhofstraße in Emmendingen. Also worth knowing about Bahnhofsbuchhandlung Karl Schmitt: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 05:30-20:00, Sa 06:00-20:00, Su 07:00-20:00.
7 Bahnhofstraße, Emmendingen, 79312
Hours: Mo-Fr 05:30-20:00, Sa 06:00-20:00, Su 07:00-20:00
Kubias Bilderrahmen
Bookstore13.4 km from Freiburg
Kubias Bilderrahmen is Bookstore on 28 Markgrafenstraße, Emmendingen. Kubias Bilderrahmen also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo,Tu,Th-Sa 10:00-13:00, Mo,Tu,Th,Fr 15:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
28 Markgrafenstraße, Emmendingen, 79312
Hours: Mo,Tu,Th-Sa 10:00-13:00, Mo,Tu,Th,Fr 15:00-18:00
Phone: +49 7641 4 36 61
Bücher Outlet
Bookstore13.5 km from Freiburg
Bücher Outlet — Bookstore, found on 9 Markgrafenstraße in Emmendingen. Also worth knowing about Bücher Outlet: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
9 Markgrafenstraße, Emmendingen, 79312
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +49 7641 9539459
Buchhandlung Blum
Bookstore13.6 km from FreiburgRun by Blum Buch & Büro GmbH
Buchhandlung Blum is Bookstore run by Blum Buch & Büro GmbH on 12 Lammstraße, Emmendingen. Buchhandlung Blum also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:30-14:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
12 Lammstraße, Emmendingen, 79312
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:30-14:00; PH off
Phone: +49 7641 9330626
Buchhandlung Sillmann
Bookstore13.6 km from Freiburg
Buchhandlung Sillmann is Bookstore. Buchhandlung Sillmann also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30;Sa 09:00-16:00;PH off; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30;Sa 09:00-16:00;PH off
Bücher Augustiniok
Bookstore13.6 km from Freiburg
Bücher Augustiniok is Bookstore on 29 Lange Straße, Waldkirch. Bücher Augustiniok also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
29 Lange Straße, Waldkirch, 79183
Buchhandlung Pfister
Bookstore14.0 km from Freiburg
Buchhandlung Pfister — Bookstore.
oköbuch Verlag und Buchhandlung GmbH
Bookstore15.3 km from Freiburg
oköbuch Verlag und Buchhandlung GmbH is Bookstore. oköbuch Verlag und Buchhandlung GmbH also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +49 7633 50613
Goethe-Buchhandlung
Bookstore15.5 km from Freiburg
Goethe-Buchhandlung — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Goethe-Buchhandlung: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-18:00; 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 09:30-18:00; Sa 09:00-14:00
Phone: +49 7633 6325
Vollherbst-Koch
Bookstore19.0 km from Freiburg
Vollherbst-Koch is Bookstore on 72 Hauptstraße, Endingen am Kaiserstuhl. Vollherbst-Koch also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-12:30, 14:30-18:30; Sa 09:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
72 Hauptstraße, Endingen am Kaiserstuhl, 79346
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-12:30, 14:30-18:30; Sa 09:00-14:00
Phone: +49 7642 49702-50
Neutor-Buchhandlung
Bookstore19.4 km from Freiburg
Neutor-Buchhandlung is Bookstore on 29 Neutorstraße, Breisach am Rhein. Neutor-Buchhandlung also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
29 Neutorstraße, Breisach am Rhein, 79206
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-14:00
Phone: +49 7667 1717
Bücherwurm
Bookstore22.0 km from Freiburg
Bücherwurm — Bookstore, found on 12 Brotstraße in Kenzingen.
12 Brotstraße, Kenzingen, 79341
Buchhandlung Baeuchle
Bookstore22.3 km from Freiburg
Buchhandlung Baeuchle — Bookstore, found on 3 Adlerweg in Hinterzarten. Also worth knowing about Buchhandlung Baeuchle: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-12:30,14:30-17:00; Sa 10:00-12:30; it has a website with more detail.
3 Adlerweg, Hinterzarten, 79856
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-12:30,14:30-17:00; Sa 10:00-12:30
Books & Crafts
Bookstore25.0 km from Freiburg
Books & Crafts — Bookstore, found on 68 Hauptstraße in Herbolzheim.
68 Hauptstraße, Herbolzheim, 79336
Bookstore listings for Freiburg: 23 in Freiburg and 41 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.