Tattoo shops in Bologna
Thinking about ink in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna? Start with the studios: 17 are mapped here. All 17 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. A consultation costs nothing and tells you everything about how a shop runs.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Bologna (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Dice Tattoo Shop and Street Dream Tattoo, plus Tak Tak Tattoo. If a studio's missing from Bologna's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Bologna tattoo lineup
17 in Bologna, plus 13 more around Bologna below:
Dice Tattoo Shop
Tattoo studio0.2 km from Bologna
Dice Tattoo Shop is Tattoo studio on 3d Via San Nicolò. Dice Tattoo Shop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
3d Via San Nicolò
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00
Phone: +39 051 014 9563
Street Dream Tattoo
Tattoo studio0.5 km from Bologna
Street Dream Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 4c Via Caldarese in Bologna. Also worth knowing about Street Dream Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
4c Via Caldarese, Bologna, 40125
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +39 327 199 8885
Tak Tak Tattoo
Tattoo studio0.7 km from Bologna
Tak Tak Tattoo is Tattoo studio.
Body Markings
Tattoo studio1.0 km from BolognaRun by Marco Leoni
Run by Marco Leoni, Body Markings is Tattoo studio, found on 123 Via del Borgo di San Pietro in Bologna. Also worth knowing about Body Markings: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
123 Via del Borgo di San Pietro, Bologna, 40126
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:00-19:00
Phone: +390510416940
Horror Vacui Tattoo Parlour
Tattoo studio1.0 km from BolognaRun by Mattia Jey
Run by Mattia Jey, Horror Vacui Tattoo Parlour is Tattoo studio, found on 123a Via del Borgo di San Pietro in Bologna. Also worth knowing about Horror Vacui Tattoo Parlour: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
123a Via del Borgo di San Pietro, Bologna, 40126
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +39 051 041 6940
Meta Tattoo Lab
Tattoo studio1.1 km from Bologna
Meta Tattoo Lab is Tattoo studio on 11 Via della Grada. Meta Tattoo Lab also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
11 Via della Grada, 40122
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00
Phone: +39 351 892 4688
Apelles tattoo
Tattoo studio1.2 km from Bologna
Apelles tattoo — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Apelles tattoo: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00.
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00
Mea Culpa Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio1.2 km from Bologna
Mea Culpa Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio, found on 4d Via San Donato in Bologna.
4d Via San Donato, Bologna, 40127
The Black Hobo Society Tattoo & Piercing
Tattoo studio1.4 km from BolognaRun by Fabio Grazia, Marco de Matteis
Run by Fabio Grazia, Marco de Matteis, The Black Hobo Society Tattoo & Piercing is Tattoo studio, found on 13/5 Via Camillo Ranzani in Bologna. Also worth knowing about The Black Hobo Society Tattoo & Piercing: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
13/5 Via Camillo Ranzani, Bologna, 40127
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Phone: +390514127582
Black Virgo
Tattoo studio1.4 km from Bologna
Black Virgo — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Black Virgo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-19:00
Luna Private Studio
Tattoo studio1.5 km from Bologna
Luna Private Studio is Tattoo studio on 9g Via Luigi Vestri. Luna Private Studio also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
9g Via Luigi Vestri
Necromantic
Tattoo studio1.9 km from Bologna
Necromantic is Tattoo studio.
Darko tattoo & piercing
Tattoo & piercing studio1.9 km from Bologna
Darko tattoo & piercing is Tattoo & piercing studio on 163c Via Saragozza, Bologna.
163c Via Saragozza, Bologna
Stoned Tattoo Space
Tattoo studio2.3 km from Bologna
Stoned Tattoo Space is Tattoo studio.
Garden Ink
Tattoo studio3.5 km from Bologna
Garden Ink is Tattoo studio.
La Camera dei Segreti
Tattoo studio5.1 km from Bologna
La Camera dei Segreti is Tattoo studio on 7d Via Cracovia, Bologna.
7d Via Cracovia, Bologna, 40139
Freak Circus Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio5.7 km from Bologna
Freak Circus Tattoo Studio is Tattoo studio on 18/e Via Marco Emilio Lepido, Bologna. Freak Circus Tattoo Studio also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 15:30-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
18/e Via Marco Emilio Lepido, Bologna, 40132
Hours: Tu-Sa 15:30-19:00
Phone: +39 051 0395538
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Bologna
9 of the 17 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.
6 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.
1 of the studios are also tagged for piercings, handy if you're after both in one visit.
The Bologna tattoo shop tour
The efficient Bologna tattoo shop tour strings these together: Dice Tattoo Shop on 3d Via San Nicolò, Street Dream Tattoo on 4c Via Caldarese, Tak Tak Tattoo, Body Markings on 123 Via del Borgo di San Pietro, Horror Vacui Tattoo Parlour on 123a Via del Borgo di San Pietro, Meta Tattoo Lab on 11 Via della Grada, Apelles tattoo, and Mea Culpa Tattoo Studio on 4d Via San Donato — 17 stops, one logical order. 9 more are listed below.
Tattoo tips for Bologna
First tattoo or fiftieth — the rules don't change in Bologna:
- Browse portfolios before anything else at Dice Tattoo Shop. A studio's Instagram or website tells you more than any review. If nobody there does the style you want, keep looking.
- Aftercare is half the tattoo at Street Dream Tattoo. Follow the artist's instructions, not your friend's. Keep it clean, keep it moisturised, keep it out of the sun.
- Don't drink the night before. Alcohol thins the blood and makes you bleed more, which pushes ink out. Arrive sober and hydrated.
- Moisturise, don't drown it. Thin layers of the recommended ointment. Too much suffocates the skin and slows healing.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Bologna — 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 Bologna can take a while to appear. The 17 above are only as current as the community map. A tattoo shop that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
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 17 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 tattoo shops around Bologna
13 more within about 40 km of Bologna, nearest first:
God Save the Queen
Tattoo studio12.4 km from Bologna
God Save the Queen is Tattoo studio.
Graffiti Skin Tattoo
Tattoo studio23.1 km from Bologna
Graffiti Skin Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 93 Via Licurgo Fava.
93 Via Licurgo Fava
EMPATHIK Tattoo & Piercing Studio
Tattoo studio23.2 km from Bologna
EMPATHIK Tattoo & Piercing Studio is Tattoo studio on 592 Via San Paolo, Medicina.
592 Via San Paolo, Medicina, 40059
Queen inK
Tattoo studio24.6 km from Bologna
Queen inK — Tattoo studio.
Neko Tattoo
Tattoo studio25.6 km from Bologna
Neko Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 51 Via Paolo Andrea Parenti, Castelfranco Emilia.
51 Via Paolo Andrea Parenti, Castelfranco Emilia, 41013
Nuovo Impero Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio25.6 km from Bologna
Nuovo Impero Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio, found on 82 Corso Libertà in San Cesario sul Panaro. Also worth knowing about Nuovo Impero Tattoo Studio: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
82 Corso Libertà, San Cesario sul Panaro, 41018
Phone: +39375 559 1780
Kiowa Totem
Tattoo studio25.8 km from Bologna
Kiowa Totem is Tattoo studio.
Oceania Tattoo
Tattoo studio28.2 km from Bologna
Oceania Tattoo is Tattoo studio.
Zion Ink
Tattoo studio31.9 km from Bologna
Zion Ink — Tattoo studio on 50 Via Giacomo Puccini. Also worth knowing about Zion Ink: the map lists its hours as Tu,We,Fr,Sa 11:00-19:00; Th 11:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
50 Via Giacomo Puccini
Hours: Tu,We,Fr,Sa 11:00-19:00; Th 11:00-14:00
Phone: +39 348 0816483 "Tattoo";+39 333 3671529 "Piercing"
NoInkHere
Tattoo studio33.6 km from Bologna
NoInkHere is Tattoo studio.
Elysdraka Ink
Tattoo studio35.3 km from Bologna
Elysdraka Ink — Tattoo studio, found on 212 Via Alassio in Modena. Also worth knowing about Elysdraka Ink: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-12:00, 13:00-18:00; Sa 14:00-18:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
212 Via Alassio, Modena, 41125
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-12:00, 13:00-18:00; Sa 14:00-18:00; PH off
Phone: +39 366 458 5693
MaioInk Tattoo
Tattoo studio36.0 km from Bologna
MaioInk Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 90/a Via Cervino in Modena. Also worth knowing about MaioInk Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-13:00,15:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
90/a Via Cervino, Modena, 41122
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-13:00,15:00-20:00
Phone: +393341568577
Titani Tattoo
Tattoo studio38.9 km from Bologna
Titani Tattoo — Tattoo studio on 12 Via piazzetta Giovannini.
12 Via piazzetta Giovannini
Tattoo shop listings for Bologna: 17 in Bologna and 13 more nearby 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.