Record stores in Interlaken

Vinyl hunting in Interlaken, Bern? There are 9 record shops mapped here. That's 9 record shops mapped around Interlaken. 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 Interlaken (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include musikhaus hirsiger and Musikschule Riversound, plus Funk und Ton Technik AG. If a record shop's missing from Interlaken's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Interlaken record lineup

9 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Interlaken

3 of the 9 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.

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

Most of the record stores in Interlaken list a phone number. Useful for asking what's just come into the used bins.

The Interlaken record crawl

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: musikhaus hirsiger on 4 Kirchweg, Musikschule Riversound, Funk und Ton Technik AG on 6 Stapfackerweg, MHM-Musik GmbH on 2 Thunstrasse, Baff Music on 32 Thunstrasse, ZIG ZAG records on 22 Untere Hauptgasse, Alpofonia, and Liebermann. That's 9 stops on the Interlaken record crawl. 1 more are listed below.

Record digging tips for Interlaken

Digging in Interlaken? A few habits pay off:

• Check the bargain wall rhythm at musikhaus hirsiger. Shops restock the cheap sections on cycles. Ask when — that's when the fresh bargains land.
• Check for box sets at Musikschule Riversound. Box sets get broken up or sold whole; either way the per-record price is often excellent.
• Learn to spot reissues. Reissues are cheaper and often sound great. Originals cost more for the history. Know which you're paying for.
• The listening station is the test. If a record looks questionable, play the loud passages. That's where surface noise shows up.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Interlaken — 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 Interlaken can take a while to appear. The 9 above are only as current as the community map. A record store that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.

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 9 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.