Record stores in Gothenburg
Vinyl hunting in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland? There are 14 record shops mapped here. That's 14 record shops mapped around Gothenburg. 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 Gothenburg (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Bengans Skivbutik and Mynt & Musik, plus Andra Långgatans Skivhandel. If a record shop's missing from Gothenburg's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Gothenburg record lineup
14 mapped within about 40 km:
Bengans Skivbutik
Used record store
Bengans Skivbutik — Used record store, found on 1 Stigbergstorget in Göteborg. Also worth knowing about Bengans Skivbutik: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-16:00; Su 12:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1 Stigbergstorget, Göteborg, 414 63
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-16:00; Su 12:00-16:00
Phone: +46 31 143 30 0
Mynt & Musik
Record store
Mynt & Musik is Record store. Mynt & Musik also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-14:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-14:00
Andra Långgatans Skivhandel
Record store
Andra Långgatans Skivhandel is Record store on 33 Andra Långgatan, Göteborg. Andra Långgatans Skivhandel also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
33 Andra Långgatan, Göteborg, 413 27
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +46 31 775 01 40
Bengans
Record store
Bengans is Record store. Bengans also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-16:00; Su 12:00-16:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-16:00; Su 12:00-16:00
Linné Skivbörs
Record store
Linné Skivbörs is Record store. Linné Skivbörs 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
Skivhallen Majorna
Record store
Skivhallen Majorna — Record store. Also worth knowing about Skivhallen Majorna: the map lists its hours as Tu,Fr 12:00-18:00; We,Th 12:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-16:00; Su 12:00-16:00.
Hours: Tu,Fr 12:00-18:00; We,Th 12:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-16:00; Su 12:00-16:00
Armadillo Records
Record store
Armadillo Records — Record store.
Bullmatin records
Record store
Bullmatin records is Record store. Bullmatin records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Th 17:00-20:00; Sa 12:00-15:00.
Hours: Th 17:00-20:00; Sa 12:00-15:00
Mynt & Musik
Record store
Mynt & Musik is Record store. Mynt & Musik also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-14:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-14:00
Dirty Records
Record store
Dirty Records — Record store. Also worth knowing about Dirty Records: it has a website with more detail.
Skivhallen Majorna
Record store
Skivhallen Majorna — Record store. Also worth knowing about Skivhallen Majorna: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00
Phone: +46 31 246 84 2
Peckham Soul
Record store
Peckham Soul — Record store on Linnégatan. Also worth knowing about Peckham Soul: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:30; Sa 11:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Linnégatan
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:30; Sa 11:00-17:00
RocketRide Records
Record store
RocketRide Records — Record store.
Discreet Music
Record store
Discreet Music — Record store. Also worth knowing about Discreet Music: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-16:00
What the map tells us about record stores in Gothenburg
11 of the 14 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 Gothenburg record crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Bengans Skivbutik on 1 Stigbergstorget, Mynt & Musik, Andra Långgatans Skivhandel on 33 Andra Långgatan, Bengans, Linné Skivbörs, Skivhallen Majorna, Armadillo Records, and Bullmatin records. That's 14 stops on the Gothenburg record crawl. 6 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Gothenburg
A few things worth knowing before you work through Gothenburg's record stores:
- Check for warps in the shop at Bengans Skivbutik. Hold the record at eye level and sight along it. Warps that look minor at home look obvious in the store.
- Hit the new-arrivals bin first at Mynt & Musik. That's where fresh stock lands before anyone else sees it. The good stuff rarely survives the week.
- Check Discogs before big purchases. A quick price check on your phone keeps everyone honest — you and the shop.
- Check the dead wax. The runout groove holds matrix numbers that identify pressings. Collectors live by these; a quick phone search settles it.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Gothenburg — 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 Gothenburg can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 14 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 14 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 Gothenburg: 14 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.