Record stores in Brussels
Vinyl hunting in Brussels, Brussels? There are 33 record shops mapped here. That's 33 record shops mapped around Brussels. 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 Brussels (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include The Collector Shop and Caroline Music, plus Elektrocution. If a record shop's missing from Brussels's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Brussels record lineup
33 mapped within about 40 km:
The Collector Shop
Record store
The Collector Shop — Record store.
Caroline Music
Used record store
Caroline Music is Used record store. Caroline Music also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 13:00-18:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 13:00-18:30
Phone: +32 2 502 10 83
Elektrocution
Record store
Elektrocution — Record store. Also worth knowing about Elektrocution: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-18:30.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:30
Veals & Geeks
Record store
Veals & Geeks — Record store. Also worth knowing about Veals & Geeks: it has a website with more detail.
Sax
Record store
Sax is Record store on 31 Parijsstraat, Leuven. Sax also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
31 Parijsstraat, Leuven, 3000
Arlequin
Record store
Arlequin is Record store. Arlequin also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 14:30-19:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 14:30-19:00
Mélopée
Record store
Mélopée is Record store.
Kozmic
Record store
Kozmic is Record store. Kozmic also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-18:30; Su 13:00-18:30; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-18:30; Su 13:00-18:30
Hors-Serie
Record store
Hors-Serie — Record store. Also worth knowing about Hors-Serie: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:30-18:30; Su 12:30-18:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:30-18:30; Su 12:30-18:30
Phone: +32 2 534 79 59
Bilbo
Record store
Bilbo is Record store on 2 Monseigneur Ladeuzeplein, Leuven. Bilbo also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
2 Monseigneur Ladeuzeplein, Leuven, 3000
Seymour Kassel Records
Record store
Seymour Kassel Records — Record store. Also worth knowing about Seymour Kassel Records: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-20:00, Su 13:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-20:00, Su 13:00-17:00
72 Records
Record store
72 Records is Record store.
Mark Sound
Record store
Mark Sound — Record store. Also worth knowing about Mark Sound: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-18:00; Su,Mo off; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-18:00; Su,Mo off
Arlequin
Record store
Arlequin is Record store. Arlequin also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 11:00-14:00.
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 11:00-14:00
Pop-up MyGeneration
Record store
Pop-up MyGeneration is Record store. Pop-up MyGeneration also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: We-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Phone: +32 2 646 65 01
The Vinyl Touch
Record store
The Vinyl Touch is Record store.
Music Art Design
Record store
Music Art Design is Record store.
My Generation
Record store
My Generation — Record store. Also worth knowing about My Generation: the map lists its hours as Sa 10:00-18:00; We-Fr 11:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Sa 10:00-18:00; We-Fr 11:00-18:00
Phone: +32 2 646 65 01
We Insist!
Record store
We Insist! is Record store.
The Tropicall records
Record store
The Tropicall records is Record store. The Tropicall records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-19:00
Jukeboxplezier
Record store
Jukeboxplezier — Record store on 179 Steenweg naar Oudegem.
179 Steenweg naar Oudegem
HMV
Record store
HMV is Record store.
Doctor Vinyl
Record store
Doctor Vinyl is Record store.
Crevette Records
Record store
Crevette Records — Record store. Also worth knowing about Crevette Records: the map lists its hours as We-Sa 12:00-20:00; Su 13:00-18:00.
Hours: We-Sa 12:00-20:00; Su 13:00-18:00
Archive
Record store
Archive — Record store.
The Vintage Shop
Record store
The Vintage Shop — Record store.
Turtle Records
Record store
Turtle Records — Record store. Also worth knowing about Turtle Records: it has a website with more detail.
Sono Ventura
Record store
Sono Ventura — Record store.
Bart Vinyl
Record store
Bart Vinyl — Record store.
Bart Vinyl
Record store
Bart Vinyl — Record store.
Veals & Geeks
Record store
Veals & Geeks — Record store.
Den Albumist
Record store
Den Albumist is 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
What the map tells us about record stores in Brussels
13 of the 33 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
12 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
The Brussels record crawl
The efficient Brussels record crawl strings these together: The Collector Shop, Caroline Music, Elektrocution, Veals & Geeks, Sax on 31 Parijsstraat, Arlequin, Mélopée, and Kozmic — 33 stops, one logical order. 25 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Brussels
How the regulars work Brussels's bins:
- Sleeves matter for value at The Collector Shop. Original inner sleeves, inserts, posters — completeness counts. A bare record in a generic sleeve is worth less.
- Bring a want-list at Caroline Music. Write down what you're hunting. Digging is fun, but a list turns luck into strategy.
- Learn your labels. Certain labels mean certain quality. A quick education in the labels of your favourite genres pays off fast.
- Handle records properly in the shop. By the edges, never the grooves. Shops notice, and so do the records.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Brussels — 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 Brussels can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 33 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 33 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 Brussels: 33 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.