Bookstores in Sankt Gallen
Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen has 11 bookstores on the map. That's 11 bookshops mapped around Sankt Gallen, 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 Sankt Gallen (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Kinderbuchladen and Buchhandlung Opal, plus Orell Füssli. If a bookshop's missing from Sankt Gallen's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Sankt Gallen bookstore lineup
11 in Sankt Gallen, plus 18 more around Sankt Gallen below:
Kinderbuchladen
Bookstore0.1 km from Sankt Gallen
Kinderbuchladen is Bookstore. Kinderbuchladen also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 14:00-18:30; Tu-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-16:00.
Hours: Mo 14:00-18:30; Tu-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-16:00
Buchhandlung Opal
Bookstore0.1 km from Sankt Gallen
Buchhandlung Opal is Bookstore on 18 Spisergasse, St. Gallen. Buchhandlung Opal also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 12:00-18:30; Tu-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
18 Spisergasse, St. Gallen, 9000
Hours: Mo 12:00-18:30; Tu-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-17:00
Orell Füssli
Bookstore0.1 km from Sankt Gallen
Orell Füssli is Bookstore on 4 Spitalgasse, St. Gallen. Orell Füssli also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Th 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
4 Spitalgasse, St. Gallen, 9000
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30; Th 09:00-21:00; Sa 09:00-17:00
Buchhandlung zur Rose
Bookstore0.1 km from Sankt Gallen
Buchhandlung zur Rose is Bookstore on 18 Gallusstrasse, St.Gallen. Buchhandlung zur Rose also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
18 Gallusstrasse, St.Gallen, 9000
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Lüthy
Bookstore0.2 km from Sankt Gallen
Lüthy is Bookstore. Lüthy also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We 09:00-18:30; Th 09:00-20:00; Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00.
Hours: Mo-We 09:00-18:30; Th 09:00-20:00; Fr 09:00-18:30; Sa 09:00-18:00
Buchcafé Benedikt
Bookstore0.2 km from Sankt Gallen
Buchcafé Benedikt is Bookstore on 12 Bankgasse, St.Gallen. Buchcafé Benedikt also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo 13:30-18:30; Tu-Fr 09:00-18:30; Fr 09:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
12 Bankgasse, St.Gallen, 9000
Hours: Mo 13:30-18:30; Tu-Fr 09:00-18:30; Fr 09:00-17:00
Comedia
Bookstore0.3 km from Sankt Gallen
Comedia is Bookstore on 20 Katharinengasse, St.Gallen. Comedia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-We, Fr 09:30-18:30; Th 09:30-20:00; Sa 09:30-17:00.
20 Katharinengasse, St.Gallen, 9000
Hours: Mo-We, Fr 09:30-18:30; Th 09:30-20:00; Sa 09:30-17:00
Orell Füssli
Bookstore0.5 km from Sankt Gallen
Orell Füssli is Bookstore. Orell Füssli also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 10:00-19:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 10:00-19:00
HSG Skriptekommission
Bookstore0.8 km from Sankt Gallen
HSG Skriptekommission — Bookstore, found on 19 Varnbüelstrasse in St. Gallen. Also worth knowing about HSG Skriptekommission: it has a website with more detail.
19 Varnbüelstrasse, St. Gallen, 9000
Orell Füssli
Bookstore5.6 km from Sankt Gallen
Orell Füssli is Bookstore.
Buchpunkt
Bookstore8.4 km from Sankt Gallen
Buchpunkt is Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Sankt Gallen
8 of the 11 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 Sankt Gallen bookstore crawl
The efficient Sankt Gallen bookstore crawl strings these together: Kinderbuchladen, Buchhandlung Opal on 18 Spisergasse, Orell Füssli on 4 Spitalgasse, Buchhandlung zur Rose on 18 Gallusstrasse, Lüthy, Buchcafé Benedikt on 12 Bankgasse, Comedia on 20 Katharinengasse, and Orell Füssli — 11 stops, one logical order. 3 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Sankt Gallen
Browsing in Sankt Gallen? A little strategy helps:
- Check the staff picks shelf first at Kinderbuchladen. It's the fastest read of a shop's personality. If the picks excite you, the rest of the store will too.
- Come back seasonally at Buchhandlung Opal. Stock turns over with the publishing seasons. The shop you browsed in spring is a different shop by autumn.
- Don't judge by the window display. The front table is marketing. The back shelves are the shop's real taste. Walk the whole floor.
- 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 Sankt Gallen — 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 Sankt Gallen can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 11 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 11 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 Sankt Gallen
18 more within about 25 km of Sankt Gallen — here are the 15 nearest:
Buchhandlung WörterSpiel
Bookstore10.5 km from Sankt GallenRun by Buchhandlung WörterSpiel GmbH
Buchhandlung WörterSpiel is Bookstore run by Buchhandlung WörterSpiel GmbH on 65 Hauptstrasse, Rorschach. Buchhandlung WörterSpiel also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-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.
65 Hauptstrasse, Rorschach, 9400
Hours: Tu-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-16:00
Phone: +41 71 554 24 48
bücherladen
Bookstore10.7 km from Sankt Gallen
bücherladen — Bookstore, found on 10 Hauptgasse in Appenzell. Also worth knowing about bücherladen: the map lists its hours as Mo 13:30-18:30; Tu-Fr 09:00-12:00,13:30-18:30; Sa 09:00-16:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10 Hauptgasse, Appenzell, 9050
Hours: Mo 13:30-18:30; Tu-Fr 09:00-12:00,13:30-18:30; Sa 09:00-16:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +41 71 787 29 30
Papeterie Sauder
Bookstore12.7 km from Sankt Gallen
Papeterie Sauder — Bookstore, found on 11 Neugasse in Bischofszell.
11 Neugasse, Bischofszell, 9220
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Bookstore13.3 km from Sankt Gallen
more and more Books is Bookstore. more and more Books also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Sa 08:30-11:30, Th 15:00-18:00; Su-Tu,PH off.
Hours: We-Sa 08:30-11:30, Th 15:00-18:00; Su-Tu,PH off
Häderli
Bookstore14.9 km from Sankt Gallen
Häderli — Bookstore.
Heidi Bilderbuch Selbstverlag
Bookstore18.5 km from Sankt GallenRun by Marlene Stör-Brenner
Run by Marlene Stör-Brenner, Heidi Bilderbuch Selbstverlag is Bookstore, found on 8 Torackerstrasse in Bichwil. Also worth knowing about Heidi Bilderbuch Selbstverlag: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
8 Torackerstrasse, Bichwil, 9248
Phone: +41 71 951 15 59
Christliche Buchhandlung
Bookstore19.4 km from Sankt Gallen
Christliche Buchhandlung is Bookstore on 63 Hauptstrasse, Au SG. Christliche Buchhandlung also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
63 Hauptstrasse, Au SG, 9434
Phone: +41 71 744 58 11
Bücherwurm
Bookstore21.1 km from Sankt Gallen
Bücherwurm — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Bücherwurm: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-12:00,14:00-18:00; Sa 08:30-12:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-12:00,14:00-18:00; Sa 08:30-12:00
Libro
Bookstore21.4 km from Sankt GallenRun by Libro
Run by Libro, Libro is Bookstore.
Brunner
Bookstore22.5 km from Sankt Gallen
Brunner — Bookstore, found on 1 Bahnhofstraße in Götzis. Also worth knowing about Brunner: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 08:30-12:00,14:00-18:00; Sa 08:30-13:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1 Bahnhofstraße, Götzis, 6840
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-12:00,14:00-18:00; Sa 08:30-13:00
Phone: +43 5523 64248
Ruckeisen
Bookstore22.8 km from Sankt GallenRun by Andreas Hiemer e.K.
Run by Andreas Hiemer e.K., Ruckeisen is Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Ruckeisen: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +49 7543 2505
Buchladen Inge Jäger
Bookstore23.0 km from Sankt Gallen
Buchladen Inge Jäger is Bookstore on 11 von-Kiene-Straße, Langenargen.
11 von-Kiene-Straße, Langenargen, 88085
Libro
Bookstore23.5 km from Sankt Gallen
Libro — Bookstore, found on 99b Rheinstraße in Hard.
99b Rheinstraße, Hard, 6971
Der Bücherbasar
Bookstore23.8 km from Sankt Gallen
Der Bücherbasar is Bookstore on 50 Schweizer Straße, Rankweil.
50 Schweizer Straße, Rankweil, 6830
Bücherstube
Bookstore24.2 km from Sankt Gallen
Bücherstube is Bookstore.
Bookstore listings for Sankt Gallen: 11 in Sankt Gallen and 18 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.