Bookstores in Krakow
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Krakow, Lesser Poland gives you 104 to judge by. That's 104 bookshops mapped around Krakow, 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 Krakow (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Empik and Księgarnia Akademicka, plus Księgarnia Amerykańska. If a bookshop's missing from Krakow's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Krakow bookstore lineup
104 mapped within about 40 km — showing 60:
Empik
Bookstore
Empik — Bookstore, found on 23 Rynek Główny in Kraków. Also worth knowing about Empik: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-20:00; it has a website with more detail.
23 Rynek Główny, Kraków
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-20:00
Księgarnia Akademicka
Bookstore
Księgarnia Akademicka is Bookstore. Księgarnia Akademicka also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Księgarnia Amerykańska
Bookstore
Księgarnia Amerykańska is Bookstore. Księgarnia Amerykańska also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-19:00
Antykwariat Stefan Kamiński
Used bookstore
Antykwariat Stefan Kamiński is Used bookstore. Antykwariat Stefan Kamiński also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-13:30.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-13:30
Antykwariat Abecadło
Bookstore
Antykwariat Abecadło is Bookstore on 18 Tadeusza Kościuszki, Kraków. Antykwariat Abecadło also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00;Sa 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
18 Tadeusza Kościuszki, Kraków, 30-105
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00;Sa 11:00-17:00
Phone: +48 668 013 400
Dedalus
Bookstore
Dedalus is Bookstore on 50 Grodzka, Kraków. Dedalus also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-20:30; Sa, Su 10:00-20:00; it has a website with more detail.
50 Grodzka, Kraków, 30-001
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-20:30; Sa, Su 10:00-20:00
CUD Ciało Umysł Duch
Bookstore
CUD Ciało Umysł Duch is Bookstore on 4 Mały Rynek, Kraków. CUD Ciało Umysł Duch also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
4 Mały Rynek, Kraków, 31-041
Czytanie
Bookstore
Czytanie is Bookstore. Czytanie also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
budowlana Fert
Bookstore
budowlana Fert is Bookstore. budowlana Fert also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo,We,Fr 12:00-16:00; Tu,Th 16:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00.
Hours: Mo,We,Fr 12:00-16:00; Tu,Th 16:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00
Na Matecznym
Bookstore
Na Matecznym is Bookstore. Na Matecznym also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 10:00-17:00; Fr 10:00-16:00.
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-17:00; Fr 10:00-16:00
Księgarnia czytanie
Bookstore
Księgarnia czytanie — Bookstore, found on 93a Starowiślna in Kraków. Also worth knowing about Księgarnia czytanie: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00.
93a Starowiślna, Kraków
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Tajfuny
Bookstore
Tajfuny — Bookstore, found on 5 Augustiańska in Kraków. Also worth knowing about Tajfuny: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
5 Augustiańska, Kraków
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00
Księgarnia
Bookstore
Księgarnia — Bookstore.
Dom Książki
Bookstore
Dom Książki — Bookstore, found on 16 Rynek in Wolbrom.
16 Rynek, Wolbrom, 32-340
Skrzat
Bookstore
Skrzat — Bookstore.
Księgarnia Pod Globusem
Bookstore
Księgarnia Pod Globusem — Bookstore, found on 1 Długa in Kraków. Also worth knowing about Księgarnia Pod Globusem: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1 Długa, Kraków
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Phone: +48 12 422 17 39;+48 600 009 203
Empik
Bookstore
Empik — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Empik: it has a website with more detail.
Bonito
Bookstore
Bonito is Bookstore on 93 Kobierzyńska, Kraków.
93 Kobierzyńska, Kraków, 30-382
Księgarnia Świętego Stanisława
Bookstore
Księgarnia Świętego Stanisława — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Księgarnia Świętego Stanisława: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-14:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-14:00
Empik
Bookstore
Empik — Bookstore, found on 61 Stawowa in Kraków. Also worth knowing about Empik: it has a website with more detail.
61 Stawowa, Kraków, 31-346
Empik
BookstoreRun by Empik
Run by Empik, Empik is Bookstore, found on 40 Trzebińska in Chrzanów. Also worth knowing about Empik: it has a website with more detail.
40 Trzebińska, Chrzanów, 32-500
Księgarnia Karmelitana
Bookstore
Księgarnia Karmelitana — Bookstore.
Bonito
BookstoreRun by Bonito.pl
Bonito is Bookstore run by Bonito.pl on 34 Pawia, Kraków. Bonito also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00,Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
34 Pawia, Kraków, 31-153
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00,Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +48 12 2100902
Główna Księgarnia Naukowa
BookstoreRun by GKN
Główna Księgarnia Naukowa is Bookstore run by GKN on 6 Podwale, Kraków. Główna Księgarnia Naukowa also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6 Podwale, Kraków, 31-118
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Phone: +48 12 422 37 17; +48 12 347 61 62
Podręcznikarnia
Bookstore
Podręcznikarnia is Bookstore. Podręcznikarnia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-17:00
Empik
Bookstore
Empik — Bookstore, found on 2d Słoneczna in Myślenice. Also worth knowing about Empik: it has a website with more detail.
2d Słoneczna, Myślenice, 32-400
Prim
Bookstore
Prim — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Prim: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa 08:00-15:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa 08:00-15:00
Księgarnia Muzyczna
Bookstore
Księgarnia Muzyczna is Bookstore.
Empik
Bookstore
Empik — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Empik: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-21:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00
Antykwariat Wójtowicz
Bookstore
Antykwariat Wójtowicz — Bookstore, found on 19 Szpitalna in Kraków. Also worth knowing about Antykwariat Wójtowicz: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00, Sa 10:00-14:00.
19 Szpitalna, Kraków, 31-024
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00, Sa 10:00-14:00
Księgarnia szkolna "Kolibra"
Bookstore
Księgarnia szkolna "Kolibra" is Bookstore on 13 Dobczycka, Chrzanów. Księgarnia szkolna "Kolibra" also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00,Sa 09:00-13:00; it has a website with more detail.
13 Dobczycka, Chrzanów
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00,Sa 09:00-13:00
Księgarnia Bonito
Bookstore
Księgarnia Bonito is Bookstore on 15b Stefana Batorego, Kraków. Księgarnia Bonito also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; Su off.
15b Stefana Batorego, Kraków, 31-135
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; Su off
Antykwariat Fankomiks
Bookstore
Antykwariat Fankomiks — Bookstore, found on 2 Stefana Batorego in Kraków. Also worth knowing about Antykwariat Fankomiks: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-18:00; Mo 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
2 Stefana Batorego, Kraków, 31-135
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-18:00; Mo 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00
Phone: +48 796 057 571
Księgarnia Grosik
Bookstore
Księgarnia Grosik — Bookstore, found on 4 Władysława Sikorskiego in Skawina. Also worth knowing about Księgarnia Grosik: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-13:00.
4 Władysława Sikorskiego, Skawina, 32-050
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 09:00-13:00
Benedyktyńska
BookstoreRun by Wydawnictwo Tyniec
Run by Wydawnictwo Tyniec, Benedyktyńska is Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Benedyktyńska: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00; Sa-Su 09:30-18:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00; Sa-Su 09:30-18:00
Galicja
Bookstore
Galicja — Bookstore.
aksiazka.pl – Centrum Tanich Podręczników
BookstoreRun by ADEM2 Firma Handlowa Barbara Zegiel
aksiazka.pl – Centrum Tanich Podręczników is Bookstore run by ADEM2 Firma Handlowa Barbara Zegiel on 93 Kobierzyńska, Kraków. aksiazka.pl – Centrum Tanich Podręczników also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-14:00; Su,PH off; it has a website with more detail.
93 Kobierzyńska, Kraków, 30-382
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-14:00; Su,PH off
Bonito
Bookstore
Bonito is Bookstore. Bonito also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-14:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
De Revolutionibus Books
Bookstore
De Revolutionibus Books — Bookstore, found on 8 Rynek Podgórski in Kraków. Also worth knowing about De Revolutionibus Books: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-20:00.
8 Rynek Podgórski, Kraków, 30-518
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-20:00
Jedynka
Bookstore
Jedynka — Bookstore.
Geograf
Bookstore
Geograf — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Geograf: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00
Bonito
Bookstore
Bonito is Bookstore on 67 Kalwaryjska, Kraków. Bonito also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
67 Kalwaryjska, Kraków, 30-504
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Bonito
Bookstore
Bonito is Bookstore on 17A Marii Dąbrowskiej, Kraków. Bonito also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-14:00.
17A Marii Dąbrowskiej, Kraków
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Nasz Dziennik
Bookstore
Nasz Dziennik is Bookstore. Nasz Dziennik also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00
Zuzia
Bookstore
Zuzia is Bookstore. Zuzia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
F.H.Libelus
Bookstore
F.H.Libelus — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about F.H.Libelus: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Krakowski Antykwariat Naukowy
Used bookstore
Krakowski Antykwariat Naukowy — Used bookstore, found on Sławkowska in Kraków. Also worth knowing about Krakowski Antykwariat Naukowy: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 19:00-18:00, Sa 10:00-14:00; it has a website with more detail.
Sławkowska, Kraków
Hours: Mo-Fr 19:00-18:00, Sa 10:00-14:00
Bonito
Bookstore
Bonito is Bookstore. Bonito also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00
C.H. Beck
Bookstore
C.H. Beck is Bookstore. C.H. Beck also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:45-19:00; Sa 09:45-15:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:45-19:00; Sa 09:45-15:00
Exlibris
Bookstore
Exlibris — Bookstore, found on 4 Krakowska in Wadowice. Also worth knowing about Exlibris: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa 08:00-13:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4 Krakowska, Wadowice, 34-100
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa 08:00-13:00
Phone: +48 33 823 56 73
Bonito
Bookstore
Bonito is Bookstore. Bonito also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-16:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Nowa
Bookstore
Nowa — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Nowa: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 08:30-19:00.
Hours: Mo-Su 08:30-19:00
Italicus
BookstoreRun by Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00;Sa 0:00-14:00
Italicus is Bookstore run by Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00;Sa 0:00-14:00.
Komiksiarnia
Bookstore
Komiksiarnia — Bookstore, found on 8 Doktora Ludwika Zamenhofa in Kraków. Also worth knowing about Komiksiarnia: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
8 Doktora Ludwika Zamenhofa, Kraków, 31-025
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +48507194536
Czytanie
Bookstore
Czytanie is Bookstore.
Kawiarnia Literacka
Bookstore
Kawiarnia Literacka is Bookstore on 41 Krakowska, Kraków. Kawiarnia Literacka also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We 15:00-23:00; Th-Su 11:00-23:00; it has a website with more detail.
41 Krakowska, Kraków, 31-066
Hours: Mo-We 15:00-23:00; Th-Su 11:00-23:00
Austeria
Bookstore
Austeria is Bookstore on 6 Szeroka, Kraków.
6 Szeroka, Kraków, 31-053
Vorwek
Bookstore
Vorwek — Bookstore, found on 18 Krakowska in Olkusz.
18 Krakowska, Olkusz, 32-300
Księgarnia Archidiecezjalna
Bookstore
Księgarnia Archidiecezjalna is Bookstore. Księgarnia Archidiecezjalna also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; PH,Sa,Su off.
Kraków
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; PH,Sa,Su off
Księgarnia Językowa Bookland
Bookstore
Księgarnia Językowa Bookland — Bookstore, found on 8/10 Stolarska in Kraków. Also worth knowing about Księgarnia Językowa Bookland: the map lists its hours as Mon-Fr 10:00-18:00.
8/10 Stolarska, Kraków, 31-043
Hours: Mon-Fr 10:00-18:00
What the map tells us about bookstores in Krakow
71 of the 104 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
43 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on 93 Kobierzyńska, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
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 Krakow bookstore crawl
The efficient Krakow bookstore crawl strings these together: Empik on 23 Rynek Główny, Księgarnia Akademicka, Księgarnia Amerykańska, Antykwariat Stefan Kamiński, Antykwariat Abecadło on 18 Tadeusza Kościuszki, Dedalus on 50 Grodzka, CUD Ciało Umysł Duch on 4 Mały Rynek, and Czytanie — 104 stops, one logical order. 96 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Krakow
A few things worth knowing before you work through Krakow's bookstores:
- Kids' sections are goldmines at Empik. Even without kids. The picture-book art alone is worth the browse, and the middle-grade shelves hold genuine classics.
- Check the bargain carts outside at Księgarnia Akademicka. Sidewalk carts are the shop's clearance rack. A dollar a book, and the turnover is fast.
- Don't overlook the classics wall. Every shop has one. Cheap editions of the books everyone claims to have read — your chance to actually read them.
- Learn the remainders table. Publisher overstocks sold cheap. Great for gift buying — new books at used prices.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Krakow — 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 Krakow can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 104, or a bookstore we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
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 104 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 Krakow: 104 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.