Record stores in Padua

Padua, Veneto has 2 record stores on the map. That's 2 record shops mapped around Padua. 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 Padua (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Armellin Zanibon - Elindro Renato and Gold Soundz - Dischi all'Arcella. If a record shop's missing from Padua's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Padua record lineup

2 in Padua, plus 6 more around Padua below:

What the map tells us about record stores in Padua

1 of the 2 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.

The one mapped record store sits on 18 Riviera San Benedetto — worth combining with whatever else brings you to that side of town.

The Padua record crawl

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Armellin Zanibon - Elindro Renato on 18 Riviera San Benedetto and Gold Soundz - Dischi all'Arcella. That's 2 stops on the Padua record crawl.

Record digging tips for Padua

Digging in Padua? A few habits pay off:

• Learn your labels at Armellin Zanibon - Elindro Renato. Certain labels mean certain quality. A quick education in the labels of your favourite genres pays off fast.
• Check for box sets at Gold Soundz - Dischi all'Arcella. Box sets get broken up or sold whole; either way the per-record price is often excellent.
• The dollar bin is honest work. Nobody's getting rich off the dollar bin, but the joy-per-dollar ratio is unbeatable. Flip through all of it.
• Learn the grading. Mint, near mint, very good — and check whether the grade is visual or play-graded. A visual VG+ can play like an EX.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Padua — 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 Padua can take a while to appear. The 2 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 2 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 Padua

6 more within about 40 km of Padua, nearest first: