Record stores in Antwerp
Vinyl hunting in Antwerp, Flanders? There are 20 record shops mapped here. That's 20 record shops mapped around Antwerp. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. The new-arrivals bin is always the first stop — that's where the good stuff lands before anyone else sees it.
This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Antwerp (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Stolk Orgels and Blue Moon, plus Inside Records. If a record shop's missing from Antwerp's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Antwerp record lineup
20 mapped within about 40 km:
Stolk Orgels
Record store
Stolk Orgels — Record store, found on 1S Oostpolderweg in Krabbendijke. Also worth knowing about Stolk Orgels: the map lists its hours as Fr "na afspraak", Sa 10:00-17:00; PH,Mo-Tu,Su off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1S Oostpolderweg, Krabbendijke, 4413NN
Hours: Fr "na afspraak", Sa 10:00-17:00; PH,Mo-Tu,Su off
Phone: +31 113 503 523
Blue Moon
Record store
Blue Moon is Record store on 8 Hoogstraat, Roosendaal. Blue Moon also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We 10:00-18:00; Fr 10:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
8 Hoogstraat, Roosendaal, 4702ZT
Hours: We 10:00-18:00; Fr 10:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Phone: +31 165 565 754
Inside Records
Record store
Inside Records — Record store. Also worth knowing about Inside Records: it has a website with more detail.
Djingel Djangel
Record store
Djingel Djangel is Record store on 7A Bordeauxstraat, Antwerpen. Djingel Djangel also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
7A Bordeauxstraat, Antwerpen, 2000
Chelsea Records
Record store
Chelsea Records is Record store. Chelsea Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Su,Mo,PH 13:00-18:00; Tu-Sa 11:00-18:00.
Hours: Su,Mo,PH 13:00-18:00; Tu-Sa 11:00-18:00
Backtrack
Record store
Backtrack — Record store. Also worth knowing about Backtrack: it has a website with more detail.
The Rocking Bull Arena
Record store
The Rocking Bull Arena — Record store.
Ritmo
Record store
Ritmo — Record store. Also worth knowing about Ritmo: it has a website with more detail.
forestwalkerrecords
Record store
forestwalkerrecords is Record store.
The Vinyl Touch
Record store
The Vinyl Touch is Record store.
Theater Hutsepot
Record store
Theater Hutsepot — Record store, found on 48 Molenstraat in Sinaai.
48 Molenstraat, Sinaai, 9112
Vinyl & more
Record store
Vinyl & more — Record store, found on 35 Zandstraat in Zoersel. Also worth knowing about Vinyl & more: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
35 Zandstraat, Zoersel, 2980
Phone: +32 3 284 81 67
Jukeboxplezier
Record store
Jukeboxplezier — Record store on 179 Steenweg naar Oudegem.
179 Steenweg naar Oudegem
Tune Up
Record store
Tune Up — Record store.
The Record Collector
Record store
The Record Collector is Record store.
Bart Vinyl
Record store
Bart Vinyl — Record store.
Bananarama
Record store
Bananarama is Record store. Bananarama also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-18:00.
Hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-18:00
Bart Vinyl
Record store
Bart Vinyl — Record store.
Smelt Records
Record store
Smelt Records — Record store. Also worth knowing about Smelt Records: the map lists its hours as Fr,Sa 11:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Fr,Sa 11:00-19:00
Grey Vinyl Treasures
Record store
Grey Vinyl Treasures is Record store. Grey Vinyl Treasures also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
What the map tells us about record stores in Antwerp
5 of the 20 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
7 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
The Antwerp record crawl
Making a day of it in Antwerp? Work this order: Stolk Orgels on 1S Oostpolderweg, Blue Moon on 8 Hoogstraat, Inside Records, Djingel Djangel on 7A Bordeauxstraat, Chelsea Records, Backtrack, The Rocking Bull Arena, and Ritmo. That's the record crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 12 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Antwerp
Digging in Antwerp? A few habits pay off:
- Handle records properly in the shop at Stolk Orgels. By the edges, never the grooves. Shops notice, and so do the records.
- Go often, dig briefly at Blue Moon. Short frequent visits beat rare expeditions. Fifteen minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly dig.
- Don't clean records with your shirt. A proper brush costs little and saves grooves. Shirt fibres and spit are how records get ruined.
- Ask the staff what's new. Shop staff know what's just come in and what's about to. One question can save an hour of digging.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Antwerp — 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 record store in Antwerp can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 20 that's closed, or a great record store we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't list prices or stock — both change by the day. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 20 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.
Record store listings for Antwerp: 20 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.