Record stores in Split

Vinyl hunting in Split, Split-Dalmatia? There are 2 record shops mapped here. That's 2 record shops mapped around Split. 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 Split (within about 30 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Analogija and Dancing bear. If a record shop's missing from Split's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Split record lineup

2 mapped within about 30 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Split

2 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 6 Dioklecijanova — worth combining with whatever else brings you to that side of town.

The Split record crawl

Making a day of it in Split? Work this order: Analogija and Dancing bear on 6 Dioklecijanova. That's the record crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking.

Record digging tips for Split

A few things worth knowing before you work through Split's record stores:

• Check Discogs before big purchases at Analogija. A quick price check on your phone keeps everyone honest — you and the shop.
• Ask to play it at Dancing bear. Good shops have turntables for exactly this. If they won't let you listen, that's information too.
• Inspect the seams. Split seams and ring wear tell you how a record lived. Light wear is fine; trashed sleeves drag the value.
• 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 30 km around Split — 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 Split 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.