Bookstores in Wels
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Wels, Upper Austria gives you 7 to judge by. That's 7 bookshops mapped around Wels, 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 Wels (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Press & Books and Der Weinphilosoph - Norbert Perkles, plus Thalia. If a bookshop's missing from Wels's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Wels bookstore lineup
7 in Wels, plus 19 more around Wels below:
Press & Books
Bookstore0.1 km from Wels
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
Der Weinphilosoph - Norbert Perkles
Bookstore0.6 km from Wels
Der Weinphilosoph - Norbert Perkles — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Der Weinphilosoph - Norbert Perkles: the map lists its hours as Mo 10:00-18:00; Tu-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:30; Su,PH off.
Hours: Mo 10:00-18:00; Tu-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:30; Su,PH off
Thalia
Bookstore0.9 km from Wels
Thalia is Bookstore on 16 Ringstraße, Wels. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00.
16 Ringstraße, Wels, 4600
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-17:00
Skribo Joh.Haas
Bookstore1.0 km from Wels
Skribo Joh.Haas is Bookstore on 34 Stadtplatz, Wels. Skribo Joh.Haas also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
34 Stadtplatz, Wels, 4600
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa 09:00-12:00
Phone: +43 7242 46122
Libro
Bookstore1.9 km from Wels
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
Thalia
Bookstore4.7 km from Wels
Thalia is Bookstore. Thalia also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Th 09:00-19:00; Fr 09:00-20:00; 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-Th 09:00-19:00; Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-18:00
Phone: +43 732 761567414
Bücherei
Bookstore9.4 km from Wels
Bücherei — Bookstore.
What the map tells us about bookstores in Wels
6 of the 7 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
3 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
Most of the bookstores in Wels list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Wels bookstore crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Press & Books, Der Weinphilosoph - Norbert Perkles, Thalia on 16 Ringstraße, Skribo Joh.Haas on 34 Stadtplatz, Libro on 3-5 Dalistraße, Thalia, and Bücherei. That's 7 stops on the Wels bookstore crawl.
Bookstore tips for Wels
A few things worth knowing before you work through Wels's bookstores:
- Check the events board at Press & Books. Book clubs, writing groups, story times — bookshops are community centres that happen to sell books.
- Ask about the book club discount at Der Weinphilosoph - Norbert Perkles. 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.
- The used section is underpriced everywhere. Books are heavy and slow to sell, so used shelves price to move. First editions hide here regularly.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Wels — 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 Wels can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 7 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 7 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 Wels
19 more within about 25 km of Wels — here are the 15 nearest:
Libro
Bookstore14.6 km from Wels
Libro — Bookstore, found on 4 Handelspark in Schlüßlberg. 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.
4 Handelspark, Schlüßlberg, 4707
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-18:30; Sa 08:30-17:00
Phone: +43724863731
Libro
Bookstore15.1 km from Wels
Libro — Bookstore.
Buch Schachinger
Bookstore15.8 km from Wels
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
Weltbild
Bookstore16.7 km from WelsRun 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
Thalia
Bookstore17.8 km from Wels
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
Libro
Bookstore19.2 km from Wels
Libro — Bookstore, found on 72 Neue Landstraße in Vorchdorf.
72 Neue Landstraße, Vorchdorf, 4655
Libro
Bookstore20.0 km from Wels
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
Der Kleine Buchladen
Bookstore21.5 km from Wels
Der Kleine Buchladen is Bookstore. Der Kleine Buchladen also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Libro
Bookstore21.9 km from Wels
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
Buchvertrieb Klinger
Bookstore22.0 km from Wels
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
Press & Books
Bookstore24.0 km from Wels
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
CBZ-Linz
Bookstore24.2 km from Wels
CBZ-Linz is Bookstore.
Quirin Haslinger
Bookstore24.2 km from Wels
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
Bücher & Mehr
Bookstore24.6 km from Wels
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
Libro
Bookstore24.6 km from Wels
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
Bookstore listings for Wels: 7 in Wels and 19 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.