Record stores in Dortmund
Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia has 8 record stores on the map. That's 8 record shops mapped around Dortmund. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. Bring a want-list, but leave room for the find you didn't know you needed.
This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Dortmund (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Andrä and Rare Records, plus Idiots Records. If a record shop's missing from Dortmund's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Dortmund record lineup
8 in Dortmund, plus 13 more around Dortmund below:
Andrä
Used record store0.1 km from Dortmund
Andrä is Used record store on 3 Schwarze-Brüder-Straße, Dortmund. Andrä also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su,PH off; it has a website with more detail.
3 Schwarze-Brüder-Straße, Dortmund, 44137
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su,PH off
Rare Records
Record store0.4 km from Dortmund
Rare Records is Record store on 30 Stubengasse, Dortmund.
30 Stubengasse, Dortmund, 44135
Idiots Records
Record store0.8 km from Dortmund
Idiots Records is Record store on 14 Rheinische Straße, Dortmund. Idiots Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; PH off; it has a website with more detail.
14 Rheinische Straße, Dortmund, 44137
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; PH off
Archiv
Record store0.9 km from Dortmund
Archiv is Record store. Archiv also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-16:00
Black Plastic
Record store1.0 km from Dortmund
Black Plastic — Record store, found on 31 Rheinische Straße in Dortmund. Also worth knowing about Black Plastic: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00, Tu 11:00-20:00; Sa 11:00-16:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
31 Rheinische Straße, Dortmund, 44137
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00, Tu 11:00-20:00; Sa 11:00-16:00; PH off
Phone: +49 231 79948039
Flat Earth Recordstore
Record store1.0 km from Dortmund
Flat Earth Recordstore — Record store. Also worth knowing about Flat Earth Recordstore: the map lists its hours as Mo, We-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00.
Hours: Mo, We-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00
Wie schön ist das denn
Record store1.1 km from Dortmund
Wie schön ist das denn is Record store. Wie schön ist das denn also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00.
Hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00
Amsterdam Record Shop
Record store1.7 km from Dortmund
Amsterdam Record Shop — Record store, found on 11 Sternstraße in Dortmund. Also worth knowing about Amsterdam Record Shop: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 12:00-18:30; Sa 11:00-14:00; it has a website with more detail.
11 Sternstraße, Dortmund, 44137
Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-18:30; Sa 11:00-14:00
What the map tells us about record stores in Dortmund
7 of the 8 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
5 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
The Dortmund record crawl
The efficient Dortmund record crawl strings these together: Andrä on 3 Schwarze-Brüder-Straße, Rare Records on 30 Stubengasse, Idiots Records on 14 Rheinische Straße, Archiv, Black Plastic on 31 Rheinische Straße, Flat Earth Recordstore, Wie schön ist das denn, and Amsterdam Record Shop on 11 Sternstraße — 8 stops, one logical order.
Record digging tips for Dortmund
How the regulars work Dortmund's bins:
- Handle records properly in the shop at Andrä. By the edges, never the grooves. Shops notice, and so do the records.
- Genre-hop at Rare Records. The best finds are in the sections you don't know. Jazz collectors find gold in the classical bins and vice versa.
- Go often, dig briefly. Short frequent visits beat rare expeditions. Fifteen minutes twice a week outperforms a monthly dig.
- Buy the weird stuff. Private pressings, local bands, oddball compilations — the strange records are the ones that appreciate.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Dortmund — 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 Dortmund can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 8, or a record store we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
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 8 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 record stores around Dortmund
13 more within about 25 km of Dortmund, nearest first:
Schallplatten von A bis Z
Record store11.5 km from Dortmund
Schallplatten von A bis Z — Record store.
Second Vinyl
Used record store11.5 km from DortmundRun by Stephanie Ernst
Second Vinyl is Used record store run by Stephanie Ernst. Second Vinyl also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu 09:00-13:00,15:00-18:00; Th-Fr 09:00-13:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Tu 09:00-13:00,15:00-18:00; Th-Fr 09:00-13:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Phone: +49 2307 30665
Andes Plattenbau
Record store12.4 km from DortmundRun by Andreas Meggers
Andes Plattenbau is Record store run by Andreas Meggers. Andes Plattenbau also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-15:00; Su,PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-15:00; Su,PH off
Phone: +49 2302 9412135
Traumkraft
Record store15.8 km from Dortmund
Traumkraft — Record store, found on 17 Buscheyplatz in Bochum. Also worth knowing about Traumkraft: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
17 Buscheyplatz, Bochum, 44801
Phone: +49 234 9789639
CD + Plattenladen Bochum
Record store16.2 km from Dortmund
CD + Plattenladen Bochum — Record store. Also worth knowing about CD + Plattenladen Bochum: it has a website with more detail.
Haus der Musik Richard Köhler
Record store17.2 km from Dortmund
Haus der Musik Richard Köhler — Record store, found on 1 Konkordiastraße in Hagen.
1 Konkordiastraße, Hagen, 58095
MusicStore
Record store17.3 km from Dortmund
MusicStore is Record store on 11 Konkordiastraße, Hagen. MusicStore also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-13:00,14:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-14:00; it has a website with more detail.
11 Konkordiastraße, Hagen, 58095
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-13:00,14:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-14:00
DISCover Recordstore
Used record store17.3 km from DortmundRun by Rebecca Böhmelt
DISCover Recordstore is Used record store run by Rebecca Böhmelt on 1 Untere Marktstraße, Bochum. DISCover Recordstore also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1 Untere Marktstraße, Bochum, 44787
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-16:00
Phone: +49 234 65533
Musicpoint
Record store17.5 km from DortmundRun by Christoph Reinmuth
Run by Christoph Reinmuth, Musicpoint is Record store, found on 97 Kortumstraße in Bochum. Also worth knowing about Musicpoint: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-17:30; Sa 10:30-15:30; it has a website with more detail.
97 Kortumstraße, Bochum, 44787
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:30; Sa 10:30-15:30
Bahlo Records
Record store17.7 km from DortmundRun by Jens Bahlo
Bahlo Records is Record store run by Jens Bahlo on 5 Dorstener Straße, Bochum. Bahlo Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 12:00-16:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
5 Dorstener Straße, Bochum, 44787
Hours: Tu-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 12:00-16:00; PH off
Phone: +49 234 54477343
KEMPER
Record store21.6 km from Dortmund
KEMPER is Record store.
Vinyl-Spirit
Record store21.7 km from Dortmund
Vinyl-Spirit is Record store on 1 Münsterstraße, Recklinghausen. Vinyl-Spirit also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
1 Münsterstraße, Recklinghausen, 45657
Hours: Tu-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-14:00
Phone: +49 172 6080841
Die Rille
Record store24.6 km from Dortmund
Die Rille — Record store. Also worth knowing about Die Rille: the map lists its hours as Mo 09:00-11:30, Tu-Fr 09:00-12:00,14:30-18:00, Sa 09:00-12:00; Su,PH off, Mo 14:30-18:00.
Hours: Mo 09:00-11:30, Tu-Fr 09:00-12:00,14:30-18:00, Sa 09:00-12:00; Su,PH off, Mo 14:30-18:00
Record store listings for Dortmund: 8 in Dortmund and 13 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.