Bookstores in Vilnius
Vilnius, Vilnius County has 32 bookstores on the map. That's 32 bookshops mapped around Vilnius, 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 Vilnius (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Vaga and J. Masiulio knygynas, plus Homo Sapiens. If a bookshop's missing from Vilnius's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Vilnius bookstore lineup
32 mapped within about 40 km:
Vaga
Bookstore
Vaga — Bookstore, found on 18 Ozo g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Vaga: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-22:00, Su 10:00-21:00.
18 Ozo g., Vilnius, 08243
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-22:00, Su 10:00-21:00
J. Masiulio knygynas
Bookstore
J. Masiulio knygynas — Bookstore, found on 53 Pylimo g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about J. Masiulio knygynas: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-15:00.
53 Pylimo g., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-15:00
Homo Sapiens
Bookstore
Homo Sapiens — Bookstore, found on 49 S. Žukausko g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Homo Sapiens: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 10:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
49 S. Žukausko g., Vilnius, 09131
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 10:00-17:00
Phone: +370 5 278 8988
Vilniaus centrinis knygynas
Bookstore
Vilniaus centrinis knygynas — Bookstore, found on 13 Gedimino pr. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Vilniaus centrinis knygynas: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00, Sa 10:00-16:00.
13 Gedimino pr., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00, Sa 10:00-16:00
Prancūziškas knygynėlis
Bookstore
Prancūziškas knygynėlis — Bookstore, found on 1 Didžioji g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Prancūziškas knygynėlis: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00, Sa 11:00-18:00.
1 Didžioji g., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00, Sa 11:00-18:00
Vaga
Bookstore
Vaga — Bookstore, found on 369 Ukmergės g. in Vilnius.
369 Ukmergės g., Vilnius
Vaga
Bookstore
Vaga — Bookstore, found on 91 Ateities g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Vaga: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-19:00.
91 Ateities g., Vilnius, 06324
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-19:00
Akademinė knyga
BookstoreRun by UAB „Humanitas“
Run by UAB „Humanitas“, Akademinė knyga is Bookstore, found on 4 Universiteto g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Akademinė knyga: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa,Su off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4 Universiteto g., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa,Su off
Phone: +37052661680
Vaga
Bookstore
Vaga — Bookstore, found on 50 Gedimino pr. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Vaga: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
50 Gedimino pr., Vilnius, 01110
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +37052498392
Draugystė Vaga
Bookstore
Draugystė Vaga is Bookstore on 2A Gedimino pr., Vilnius. Draugystė Vaga also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa,Su 10:00-21:00.
2A Gedimino pr., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa,Su 10:00-21:00
Vaga
Bookstore
Vaga — Bookstore, found on 9 Gedimino pr. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Vaga: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-18:00.
9 Gedimino pr., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 11:00-18:00
Versmė
Bookstore
Versmė — Bookstore, found on 27 Didžioji g. in Vilnius.
27 Didžioji g., Vilnius, 01128
Mint Vinetu
Bookstore
Mint Vinetu is Bookstore on 16A Šv. Ignoto g., Vilnius. Mint Vinetu also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 12:00-20:00.
16A Šv. Ignoto g., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-20:00
Vaga
Bookstore
Vaga — Bookstore, found on 22 Pilies g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Vaga: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa,Su 11:00-19:00.
22 Pilies g., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa,Su 11:00-19:00
knygynas
Bookstore
knygynas — Bookstore, found on 15 Z. Sierakausko g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about knygynas: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 09:00-18:00.
15 Z. Sierakausko g., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-18:00
Zodiakas
Bookstore
Zodiakas — Bookstore, found on 4 Labdarių g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Zodiakas: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 12:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
4 Labdarių g., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-17:00
Pegasas
Bookstore
Pegasas — Bookstore, found on 9 Saltoniškių g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Pegasas: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-22:00, Su 10:00-21:00.
9 Saltoniškių g., Vilnius, 08105
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-22:00, Su 10:00-21:00
Pegasas
Bookstore
Pegasas — Bookstore, found on 9 Upės g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Pegasas: it has a website with more detail.
9 Upės g., Vilnius, 09308
VAGA
BookstoreRun by vaga
VAGA is Bookstore run by vaga on 1 Priegliaus g., Vilnius. VAGA also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00, Sa 10:00-19:00, Su 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1 Priegliaus g., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00, Sa 10:00-19:00, Su 10:00-18:00
Phone: +370 5 265 3506
Eureka! - Books in English
Bookstore
Eureka! - Books in English — Bookstore, found on 2A S. Daukanto a. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Eureka! - Books in English: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa,Su off.
2A S. Daukanto a., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa,Su off
Knygynas
BookstoreRun by UAB NINORA
Knygynas is Bookstore run by UAB NINORA on 91 Justiniškių g., Vilnius. Knygynas also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Su 10:00-16:00.
91 Justiniškių g., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Su 10:00-16:00
Knygynas „Littera“
Bookstore
Knygynas „Littera“ — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Knygynas „Littera“: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su off.
Hours: Mo-Su off
Techninė Knyga
Bookstore
Techninė Knyga — Bookstore.
knygos.lt
Bookstore
knygos.lt — Bookstore, found on 31B Verkių g. in Vilnius.
31B Verkių g., Vilnius, 09108
Vaga
Bookstore
Vaga — Bookstore, found on 11 Mindaugo g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Vaga: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-18:00.
11 Mindaugo g., Vilnius, 03225
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-18:00
Knygos.lt
Bookstore
Knygos.lt is Bookstore. Knygos.lt also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
01102
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +37064129140
Reformatų knygynas
Bookstore
Reformatų knygynas is Bookstore. Reformatų knygynas also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 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 09:00-17:00
Phone: +37068384840
Knygynas Rotas
Bookstore
Knygynas Rotas is Bookstore. Knygynas Rotas also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa,Su off.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa,Su off
Keistoteka
Bookstore
Keistoteka is Bookstore on 4 Gėlių g., Vilnius. Keistoteka also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4 Gėlių g., Vilnius, 01137
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +37069495979
Sofoklis
Bookstore
Sofoklis — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Sofoklis: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00
Antakalnio pelėda
Bookstore
Antakalnio pelėda is Bookstore on 67 Antakalnio g., Vilnius.
67 Antakalnio g., Vilnius
Pegasas
Bookstore
Pegasas — Bookstore, found on 3 Vikingų g. in Vilnius. Also worth knowing about Pegasas: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3 Vikingų g., Vilnius
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 10:00-20:00
Phone: +37052048888
What the map tells us about bookstores in Vilnius
26 of the 32 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
9 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
The Vilnius bookstore crawl
The efficient Vilnius bookstore crawl strings these together: Vaga on 18 Ozo g., J. Masiulio knygynas on 53 Pylimo g., Homo Sapiens on 49 S. Žukausko g., Vilniaus centrinis knygynas on 13 Gedimino pr., Prancūziškas knygynėlis on 1 Didžioji g., Vaga on 369 Ukmergės g., Vaga on 91 Ateities g., and Akademinė knyga on 4 Universiteto g. — 32 stops, one logical order. 24 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Vilnius
Browsing in Vilnius? A little strategy helps:
- Magazines and journals matter at Vaga. The little-magazine rack is where new writers appear first. Cheap, weird, and full of discoveries.
- Ask about ordering at J. Masiulio knygynas. Independent shops will order anything in print, often in a day or two. No need to default to the big online retailer.
- Ask about the book club discount. Many shops discount book-club orders. If your club buys local, everyone wins.
- 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 40 km around Vilnius — 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 Vilnius can take a while to appear. The 32 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 32 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 Vilnius: 32 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.