Bookstores in Linz
Linz, Upper Austria has 19 bookstores on the map. That's 19 bookshops mapped around Linz, 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 Linz (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Alex - Eine Buchhandlung and Bücher & Mehr, plus Fürstelberger. If a bookshop's missing from Linz's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Linz bookstore lineup
19 in Linz, plus 10 more around Linz below:
Alex - Eine Buchhandlung
Bookstore0.2 km from Linz
Alex - Eine Buchhandlung — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Alex - Eine Buchhandlung: the map lists its hours as Mo-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.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00, Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +43732782440
Bücher & Mehr
Bookstore0.3 km from Linz
Bücher & Mehr is Bookstore. Bücher & Mehr also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:30-17:00; Sa 09:30-13:30.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-17:00; Sa 09:30-13:30
Fürstelberger
Bookstore0.3 km from LinzRun by Sabine Weißensteiner
Run by Sabine Weißensteiner, Fürstelberger is Bookstore, found on 7 Promenade in Linz. Also worth knowing about Fürstelberger: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 09:30-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7 Promenade, Linz, 4020
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 09:30-14:00
Phone: +43 732 77 31 77
Libro
Bookstore0.7 km from Linz
Libro — Bookstore, found on 38 Landstraße in Linz. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
38 Landstraße, Linz, 4020
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00
Phone: +43 732 771 126
Thalia
Bookstore0.8 km from LinzRun by Thalia
Thalia is Bookstore run by Thalia on 41 Landstraße, Linz. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
41 Landstraße, Linz, 4020
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00
Phone: +43 732 761565102
Thalia
Bookstore0.9 km from Linz
Thalia is Bookstore. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00
Quirin Haslinger
Bookstore1.1 km from Linz
Quirin Haslinger — Bookstore, found on 3 Stockhofstraße in Linz. Also worth knowing about Quirin Haslinger: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3 Stockhofstraße, Linz, 4020
Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:00
Phone: +43732771382
CBZ-Linz
Bookstore1.1 km from Linz
CBZ-Linz is Bookstore.
Press & Books
Bookstore1.8 km from Linz
Press & Books is Bookstore. Press & Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 06:00-21:00; Su,PH 07:00-20:30.
Hours: Mo-Sa 06:00-21:00; Su,PH 07:00-20:30
Mag. Wolfgang Baumgartner
Bookstore2.0 km from Linz
Mag. Wolfgang Baumgartner — Bookstore, found on 48 Hafenstraße in Linz. Also worth knowing about Mag. Wolfgang Baumgartner: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
48 Hafenstraße, Linz, 4020
Phone: +43 732 77 84 56
Libro
Bookstore2.1 km from Linz
Libro — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 08:30-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 08:30-17:00
Phone: +43 732 661075
Libro
Bookstore3.3 km from Linz
Libro — Bookstore, found on 3 Johann-Wilhelm-Klein-Straße in Linz. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3 Johann-Wilhelm-Klein-Straße, Linz, 4040
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:30
Phone: +43 732 244811
Buch & Schreibwaren Winkler Markt
Bookstore3.9 km from Linz
Buch & Schreibwaren Winkler Markt is Bookstore. Buch & Schreibwaren Winkler Markt also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 07:30-18:15; Sa 07:30-12:45.
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:30-18:15; Sa 07:30-12:45
Neugebauer
Bookstore4.3 km from LinzRun by Moser Buchhandels GmbH
Neugebauer is Bookstore run by Moser Buchhandels GmbH. Neugebauer also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 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 09:00-18:00
Phone: +43 732 7717660
Buchvertrieb Klinger
Bookstore5.3 km from Linz
Buchvertrieb Klinger — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Buchvertrieb Klinger: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 08:00-16:00; Fr 08:00-12:00.
Hours: Mo-Th 08:00-16:00; Fr 08:00-12:00
Libro
Bookstore5.6 km from Linz
Libro — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +43 732 680604
Thalia
Bookstore7.9 km from Linz
Thalia is Bookstore. Thalia 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: +43732761573041
Der Kleine Buchladen
Bookstore8.5 km from Linz
Der Kleine Buchladen is Bookstore. Der Kleine Buchladen also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Libro
Bookstore9.4 km from Linz
Libro — Bookstore, found on 62-68 Hostauerstraße in Ottensheim. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00.
62-68 Hostauerstraße, Ottensheim, 4100
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00
What the map tells us about bookstores in Linz
15 of the 19 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
10 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
Most of the bookstores in Linz list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Linz bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Alex - Eine Buchhandlung, Bücher & Mehr, Fürstelberger on 7 Promenade, Libro on 38 Landstraße, Thalia on 41 Landstraße, Thalia, Quirin Haslinger on 3 Stockhofstraße, and CBZ-Linz. That's 19 stops on the Linz bookstore crawl. 11 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Linz
The regulars' playbook for Linz's bookshops:
- Check for a café corner at Alex - Eine Buchhandlung. A bookshop with coffee is a trap in the best way. Plan accordingly; you won't be leaving soon.
- Come back seasonally at Bücher & Mehr. Stock turns over with the publishing seasons. The shop you browsed in spring is a different shop by autumn.
- Support the shop's own publishing. Some independents publish local authors or print their own anthologies. Buying them funds the ecosystem directly.
- Read the first page in the shop. The first-page test never lies. If it doesn't grab you standing there, it won't grab you at home.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Linz — 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 Linz can take a while to appear. The 19 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 19 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 Linz
10 more within about 25 km of Linz, nearest first:
Bücherinsel
Bookstore10.8 km from Linz
Bücherinsel — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Bücherinsel: the map lists its hours as Mo 08:30-12:00,14:00-18:00; Tu 08:30-12:00,14:00-18:00; Th 08:30-12:00,14:00-18:00; Fr 08:30-18:00; Sa 08:30-12:00; We off.
Hours: Mo 08:30-12:00,14:00-18:00; Tu 08:30-12:00,14:00-18:00; Th 08:30-12:00,14:00-18:00; Fr 08:30-18:00; Sa 08:30-12:00; We off
Weltbild
Bookstore12.7 km from LinzRun by Fr. Silvia Witzeneder
Run by Fr. Silvia Witzeneder, Weltbild is Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Weltbild: 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.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-18:00
Phone: +43 7229 78516
Libro
Bookstore13.2 km from Linz
Libro — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su,PH off.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su,PH off
Bücherstube Fessl
Bookstore18.9 km from Linz
Bücherstube Fessl — Bookstore, found on 1 Tragweiner Straße in Pregarten. Also worth knowing about Bücherstube Fessl: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-12:30,14:30-18:00; Sa 08:30-12:00.
1 Tragweiner Straße, Pregarten, 4230
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-12:30,14:30-18:00; Sa 08:30-12:00
Libro
Bookstore19.0 km from Linz
Libro — Bookstore.
Veritas
Bookstore19.3 km from Linz
Veritas is Bookstore.
Libro
Bookstore19.4 km from Linz
Libro — Bookstore.
Buch Schachinger
Bookstore19.5 km from Linz
Buch Schachinger is Bookstore. Buch Schachinger 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: +4372722594
Libro
Bookstore23.5 km from Linz
Libro — Bookstore, found on 3-5 Dalistraße in Wels. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3-5 Dalistraße, Wels, 4600
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +43 7242 206894
Press & Books
Bookstore24.8 km from Linz
Press & Books is Bookstore. Press & Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 07:00-19:00; Su,PH 08:00-12:00,12:30-16:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 07:00-19:00; Su,PH 08:00-12:00,12:30-16:00
Bookstore listings for Linz: 19 in Linz and 10 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.