Bookstores in Salzburg
Bookstores reward the browsers. Salzburg, Salzburg has 33 mapped right now. That's 33 bookshops mapped around Salzburg, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Salzburg (within about 30 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Libro and Press & Books, plus Museum der Moderne. If a bookshop's missing from Salzburg's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Salzburg bookstore lineup
33 mapped within about 30 km:
Libro
Bookstore
Libro — Bookstore, found on 18 Dreifaltigkeitsgasse in Salzburg. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00.
18 Dreifaltigkeitsgasse, Salzburg, 5020
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00
Press & Books
Bookstore
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
Museum der Moderne
Bookstore
Museum der Moderne — Bookstore.
Höllrigl
Bookstore
Höllrigl is Bookstore. Höllrigl also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00
Libro
Bookstore
Libro — Bookstore.
SKRIBO Krittian - Franz & Bernhard Krittian
BookstoreRun by Franz & Bernhard Krittian GbR
SKRIBO Krittian - Franz & Bernhard Krittian is Bookstore run by Franz & Bernhard Krittian GbR on 16 Münchener Straße, Freilassing. SKRIBO Krittian - Franz & Bernhard Krittian also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu 09:00-18:00; We 09:00-12:00; Th-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
16 Münchener Straße, Freilassing, 83395
Hours: Mo-Tu 09:00-18:00; We 09:00-12:00; Th-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:00; PH off
Phone: +49 8654 9700
Wagner
Bookstore
Wagner — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Wagner: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; 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 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-14:00
Phone: +43 6225 8246
Dombuchhandlung
Bookstore
Dombuchhandlung — Bookstore, found on 6 Kapitelplatz in Salzburg. Also worth knowing about Dombuchhandlung: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
6 Kapitelplatz, Salzburg, 5020
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00
Buchhandlung Rupprecht
BookstoreRun by Maria Rupprecht
Run by Maria Rupprecht, Buchhandlung Rupprecht is Bookstore, found on 6 Dr.-Imhof-Straße in Berchtesgaden. Also worth knowing about Buchhandlung Rupprecht: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00, Sa 09:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6 Dr.-Imhof-Straße, Berchtesgaden, 83471
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00, Sa 09:00-16:00
Phone: +49 8652 63165
Gantner Presse & Buch
Bookstore
Gantner Presse & Buch — Bookstore, found on 17 Reichenhaller Straße in Freilassing. Also worth knowing about Gantner Presse & Buch: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 06:00-18:00, Su 08:00-13:00; it has a website with more detail.
17 Reichenhaller Straße, Freilassing, 83395
Hours: Mo-Sa 06:00-18:00, Su 08:00-13:00
Rupprecht
BookstoreRun by Buchhandlung Rupprecht GmbH
Run by Buchhandlung Rupprecht GmbH, Rupprecht is Bookstore, found on 1 Kaiserplatz in Bad Reichenhall. Also worth knowing about Rupprecht: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1 Kaiserplatz, Bad Reichenhall, 83435
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00; PH off
Phone: +49 8651 7636900
Flachgauer Papier und Buchhandlung
BookstoreRun by Mario Ametsreiter
Flachgauer Papier und Buchhandlung is Bookstore run by Mario Ametsreiter. Flachgauer Papier und Buchhandlung 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: +43 6272 5596
Libro
Bookstore
Libro — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Libro: it has a website with more detail.
Motzko Junior
Bookstore
Motzko Junior — Bookstore on 17 Rainerstraße. Also worth knowing about Motzko Junior: 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.
17 Rainerstraße
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +43 662 88331199
EZS Evangelisations Zentrum Salzburg
Bookstore
EZS Evangelisations Zentrum Salzburg — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about EZS Evangelisations Zentrum Salzburg: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-12:00,14:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-12:00,14:00-17:00
Rupertus Buchhandlung
Bookstore
Rupertus Buchhandlung is Bookstore on 12 Dreifaltigkeitsgasse, Salzburg. Rupertus Buchhandlung also notes on the map: 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.
12 Dreifaltigkeitsgasse, Salzburg, 5020
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +43 662 8787330
Thalia
Bookstore
Thalia is Bookstore on 20 Ludwigstraße. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00.
20 Ludwigstraße
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00
Motzko
Bookstore
Motzko — Bookstore, found on 1 Elisabethstraße in Salzburg. Also worth knowing about Motzko: 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.
1 Elisabethstraße, Salzburg, 5020
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +43 662 883311 45
kids-team
Bookstore
kids-team — Bookstore, found on 13 Möslstraße in Lamprechtshausen. Also worth knowing about kids-team: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-12:00, 13:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
13 Möslstraße, Lamprechtshausen, 5112
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-12:00, 13:00-17:00
Phone: +43 6274 6877
Buchhandlung Stierle
Bookstore
Buchhandlung Stierle — Bookstore, found on 1 Kaigasse in Salzburg. Also worth knowing about Buchhandlung Stierle: 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.
1 Kaigasse, Salzburg, 5020
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-13:00
Phone: +43 662 840114
Thalia
Bookstore
Thalia is Bookstore on 1 Europastraße, Salzburg. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 09:00-19:30; Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; Feb 25 off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1 Europastraße, Salzburg, 5020
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-19:30; Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-18:00; Feb 25 off
Phone: +43 732 761567320
Libro
Bookstore
Libro — Bookstore, found on 18 Fürbergstraße in Salzburg.
18 Fürbergstraße, Salzburg, 5020
Libro
Bookstore
Libro — Bookstore, found on 2c Josef-Lindner-Straße in Wals-Siezenheim. 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.
2c Josef-Lindner-Straße, Wals-Siezenheim, 5071
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-17:00
Phone: +43 5 0181 1900
Paracelsus Buchhandlung
Bookstore
Paracelsus Buchhandlung — Bookstore, found on 47 Steingasse in Salzburg. Also worth knowing about Paracelsus Buchhandlung: 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.
47 Steingasse, Salzburg, 5020
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-14:00
Phone: +43 662 882675
Museum der Moderne
Bookstore
Museum der Moderne — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Museum der Moderne: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa,Su 10:00-18:00.
Hours: Tu-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa,Su 10:00-18:00
Ganter Presse & Buch
BookstoreRun by Ganter Presse & Buch GmbH
Run by Ganter Presse & Buch GmbH, Ganter Presse & Buch is Bookstore, found on 17 Reichenhaller Straße in Freilassing. Also worth knowing about Ganter Presse & Buch: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 06:30-18:00; Sa 07:00-18:00; Su 08:00-12:30; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
17 Reichenhaller Straße, Freilassing, 83395
Hours: Mo-Fr 06:30-18:00; Sa 07:00-18:00; Su 08:00-12:30; PH off
Phone: +49 8654 1693
Antiquariat Weinek
Bookstore
Antiquariat Weinek — Bookstore, found on 14 Steingasse in Salzburg. Also worth knowing about Antiquariat Weinek: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
14 Steingasse, Salzburg, 5020
Phone: +43 662 882949
LeseTräume
Bookstore
LeseTräume — Bookstore, found on 10 Bayrhamerplatz in Hallein. Also worth knowing about LeseTräume: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-13:00.
10 Bayrhamerplatz, Hallein, 5400
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-13:00
Kelten Buchhandlung
Bookstore
Kelten Buchhandlung — Bookstore, found on 9 Thunstraße in Hallein. Also worth knowing about Kelten Buchhandlung: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:45-18:15; Sa 08:45-12:15.
9 Thunstraße, Hallein, 5400
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:45-18:15; Sa 08:45-12:15
Libro
Bookstore
Libro — Bookstore, found on 7 Gewerbestraße in Obertrum am See. Also worth knowing about Libro: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 08:30-17:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
7 Gewerbestraße, Obertrum am See, 5162
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 08:30-17:30
Phone: +43 6219 20013
Kirschnek Bürobedarf
Bookstore
Kirschnek Bürobedarf — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Kirschnek Bürobedarf: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-12:30,14:00-18:00; Sa 08:30-12:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-12:30,14:00-18:00; Sa 08:30-12:00
Phone: +43 6245 802220
Ganter Presse & Buch
BookstoreRun by Ganter Presse & Buch GmbH
Run by Ganter Presse & Buch GmbH, Ganter Presse & Buch is Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Ganter Presse & Buch: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 06:00-19:00; Sa 07:00-19:00; Su 08:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 06:00-19:00; Sa 07:00-19:00; Su 08:00-19:00
Press & Books
Bookstore
Press & Books is Bookstore on 1 Bahnhofplatz, Bad Reichenhall. Press & Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 06:00-19:15; Su 07:00-18:00.
1 Bahnhofplatz, Bad Reichenhall, 83435
Hours: Mo-Sa 06:00-19:15; Su 07:00-18:00
What the map tells us about bookstores in Salzburg
27 of the 33 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
20 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on 17 Reichenhaller Straße, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
Most of the bookstores in Salzburg list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Salzburg bookstore crawl
The efficient Salzburg bookstore crawl strings these together: Libro on 18 Dreifaltigkeitsgasse, Press & Books, Museum der Moderne, Höllrigl, Libro, SKRIBO Krittian - Franz & Bernhard Krittian on 16 Münchener Straße, Wagner, and Dombuchhandlung on 6 Kapitelplatz — 33 stops, one logical order. 25 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Salzburg
Browsing in Salzburg? A little strategy helps:
- Browse by serendipity, buy by list at Libro. 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.
- The used section is underpriced everywhere at Press & Books. Books are heavy and slow to sell, so used shelves price to move. First editions hide here regularly.
- Ask about the book club discount. 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.
Good to know
We searched about 30 km around Salzburg — 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 Salzburg can take a while to appear. The 33 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 33 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 Salzburg: 33 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.