Bookstores in Klagenfurt
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Klagenfurt, Carinthia gives you 16 to judge by. That's 16 bookshops mapped around Klagenfurt, 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 Klagenfurt (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Morawa and Antiquariat in den Bärenlauben, plus Buchhandlung Heyn. If a bookshop's missing from Klagenfurt's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Klagenfurt bookstore lineup
16 in Klagenfurt, plus 2 more around Klagenfurt below:
Morawa
Bookstore0.1 km from Klagenfurt
Morawa — Bookstore, found on 5 Wiesbadener Straße in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. Also worth knowing about Morawa: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00; PH off.
5 Wiesbadener Straße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00; PH off
Antiquariat in den Bärenlauben
Bookstore0.1 km from Klagenfurt
Antiquariat in den Bärenlauben is Bookstore. Antiquariat in den Bärenlauben also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-13:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-13:00
Buchhandlung Heyn
Bookstore0.2 km from Klagenfurt
Buchhandlung Heyn — Bookstore, found on 2-4 Kramergasse in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. Also worth knowing about Buchhandlung Heyn: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2-4 Kramergasse, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 9020
Hours: Tu-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00; PH off
Phone: +43 463 54240
Wieder & Drava
Bookstore0.3 km from Klagenfurt
Wieder & Drava is Bookstore. Wieder & Drava also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-15:00; Fr 10:00-14:00.
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-15:00; Fr 10:00-14:00
Lendbuch
Bookstore0.4 km from Klagenfurt
Lendbuch — Bookstore, found on 2 Sponheimerstraße in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
2 Sponheimerstraße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 9020
Hacek
Bookstore0.4 km from Klagenfurt
Hacek is Bookstore. Hacek also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00
Hermagoras Buchhandlung
Bookstore0.5 km from Klagenfurt
Hermagoras Buchhandlung is Bookstore on 26 Viktringer Ring, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. Hermagoras Buchhandlung also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
26 Viktringer Ring, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00
Gute Nachricht
Bookstore0.5 km from Klagenfurt
Gute Nachricht is Bookstore.
Thalia
Bookstore0.5 km from Klagenfurt
Thalia is Bookstore. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:30; 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 09:00-19:30; Sa 09:00-18:00
Phone: +43 732 761566416
wortreich
Bookstore0.5 km from KlagenfurtRun by together
wortreich is Bookstore run by together.
Christliche Bücherstub'n
Bookstore0.6 km from Klagenfurt
Christliche Bücherstub'n — Bookstore, found on 33 Villacher Straße in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. Also worth knowing about Christliche Bücherstub'n: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-12:30,14:30-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:00.
33 Villacher Straße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 9020
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-12:30,14:30-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:00
Feil Buchhandlung
Bookstore0.8 km from Klagenfurt
Feil Buchhandlung — Bookstore, found on 38 Bahnhofstraße in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
38 Bahnhofstraße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Kitab Verlag
Bookstore0.8 km from Klagenfurt
Kitab Verlag is Bookstore on 26 Deutenhofenstraße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
26 Deutenhofenstraße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Libro
Bookstore1.5 km from Klagenfurt
Libro — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Libro: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +43 463 319015
Wieser Verlag
Bookstore1.6 km from Klagenfurt
Wieser Verlag — Bookstore, found on 34 Ebentaler Straße in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
34 Ebentaler Straße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 9020
Peter Riemer Handelsgmbh Papier- und Spielwaren
Bookstore1.6 km from Klagenfurt
Peter Riemer Handelsgmbh Papier- und Spielwaren is Bookstore on 35 Alois-Schader-Straße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
35 Alois-Schader-Straße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
What the map tells us about bookstores in Klagenfurt
8 of the 16 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.
The Klagenfurt bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Morawa on 5 Wiesbadener Straße, Antiquariat in den Bärenlauben, Buchhandlung Heyn on 2-4 Kramergasse, Wieder & Drava, Lendbuch on 2 Sponheimerstraße, Hacek, Hermagoras Buchhandlung on 26 Viktringer Ring, and Gute Nachricht. That's 16 stops on the Klagenfurt bookstore crawl. 8 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Klagenfurt
The regulars' playbook for Klagenfurt's bookshops:
- Check the sale shelf rhythm at Morawa. Shops clear shelves on cycles. Ask when the next cull happens — that's when the bargains land.
- Ask about the book club discount at Antiquariat in den Bärenlauben. Many shops discount book-club orders. If your club buys local, everyone wins.
- Look for local history. The local-interest shelf tells you what a town thinks of itself. Great for visitors, better for new residents.
- Learn your editions. A first edition, first printing is the collectible one. Booksellers will show you how to check the copyright page.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Klagenfurt — 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 Klagenfurt can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 16 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 16 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 Klagenfurt
2 more within about 25 km of Klagenfurt, nearest first:
Libro
Bookstore10.9 km from Klagenfurt
Libro — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-18:00; Sa 08:30-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-18:00; Sa 08:30-17:00
Besold
Bookstore16.3 km from Klagenfurt
Besold is Bookstore on 14 Hauptplatz. Besold also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 08:30-12:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
14 Hauptplatz
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 08:30-12:30
Phone: +43 4212 2255
Bookstore listings for Klagenfurt: 16 in Klagenfurt and 2 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.