Tattoo shops in Belfast

Belfast, Northern Ireland has 16 tattoo shops on the map. All 16 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. Walk-ins are worth asking about, but the good custom work everywhere books weeks out.

This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Belfast (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Cloak & Dagger and Seven of Swords Tattoo, plus Paradise Ink. If a studio's missing from Belfast's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Belfast tattoo lineup

16 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Belfast

2 of the 16 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.

The Belfast tattoo shop tour

Making a day of it in Belfast? Work this order: Cloak & Dagger on 24 Fountain Street, Seven of Swords Tattoo on Main Street, Paradise Ink, Skull and Bones Tattoo Studio Belfast, A Sailor's Grave, Tattoo Studio, Belfast, Bitter Sweet Tattoo on Crumlin Road, Joker Tattoo Studio on 90 Royal Avenue, and Love Ink on High Street. That's the tattoo shop tour in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 8 more are listed below.

Tattoo tips for Belfast

A few things worth knowing before you work through Belfast's tattoo shops:

• Sun is the enemy of fresh ink at Cloak & Dagger. UV fades tattoos fast, especially new ones. Once healed, sunscreen on the tattoo becomes a lifelong habit.
• Think about placement long-term at Seven of Swords Tattoo. Hands, neck and face limit job options in some fields. Your artist will be honest about this if you ask.
• A second opinion is fine. Consult two studios if you're unsure. Good artists respect it; only the insecure ones mind.
• Ask about touch-ups. Most reputable shops offer free or cheap touch-ups within the first year. Ask about the policy up front.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Belfast — 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 tattoo shop in Belfast can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 16 that's closed, or a great tattoo shop we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.

If you run one of the 16 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.