Record stores in Bilbao

Vinyl hunting in Bilbao, País Vasco? There are 10 record shops mapped here. That's 10 record shops mapped around Bilbao. 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 Bilbao (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Kontrapas and Switch, plus Osma. If a record shop's missing from Bilbao's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Bilbao record lineup

10 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Bilbao

3 of the 10 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.

3 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.

The Bilbao record crawl

The efficient Bilbao record crawl strings these together: Kontrapas, Switch, Osma, Harmony Rock, Power Records, Tienda de musica Hotza, Andra Mari Korala, and Brixton on 24 Goienkale — 10 stops, one logical order. 2 more are listed below.

Record digging tips for Bilbao

How the regulars work Bilbao's bins:

• Bring a want-list at Kontrapas. Write down what you're hunting. Digging is fun, but a list turns luck into strategy.
• Sleeves matter for value at Switch. Original inner sleeves, inserts, posters — completeness counts. A bare record in a generic sleeve is worth less.
• Buy the weird stuff. Private pressings, local bands, oddball compilations — the strange records are the ones that appreciate.
• Go often, dig briefly. Short frequent visits beat rare expeditions. Fifteen minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly dig.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Bilbao — 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 Bilbao can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 10 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 10 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.