Tattoo shops in Heidelberg
A tattoo is a permanent decision made in a room you'll spend hours in, so the studio matters as much as the artist. Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg has 21 tattoo shops mapped right now. All 21 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Heidelberg (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include LA Tattoo Studio and Merlin Tattoo, plus Nadelfabrik. If a studio's missing from Heidelberg's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Heidelberg tattoo lineup
21 in Heidelberg, plus 77 more around Heidelberg below:
LA Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio0.8 km from Heidelberg
LA Tattoo Studio is Tattoo studio on 3 Hebelstraße, Heidelberg.
3 Hebelstraße, Heidelberg, 69115
Merlin Tattoo
Tattoo studio1.1 km from HeidelbergRun by Ilker Altinsir
Run by Ilker Altinsir, Merlin Tattoo is Tattoo studio, found on 32 Schillerstraße in Heidelberg. Also worth knowing about Merlin Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 12:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-14:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
32 Schillerstraße, Heidelberg, 69115
Hours: Tu-Fr 12:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-14:00
Phone: +49 162 6668222
Nadelfabrik
Tattoo & piercing studio1.4 km from Heidelberg
Nadelfabrik is Tattoo & piercing studio on 81 Rohrbacher Straße, Heidelberg. Nadelfabrik also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
81 Rohrbacher Straße, Heidelberg, 69115
Anarchist Tattoo Collective
Tattoo studio1.5 km from Heidelberg
Anarchist Tattoo Collective is Tattoo studio. Anarchist Tattoo Collective also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-18:30; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-18:30
Mirror Tattoo
Tattoo studio1.6 km from Heidelberg
Mirror Tattoo — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Mirror Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Hautcore Tattoos
Tattoo studio1.8 km from Heidelberg
Hautcore Tattoos — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Hautcore Tattoos: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00
Phone: +49 175 6151420
Fame & Drang
Tattoo studio1.9 km from Heidelberg
Fame & Drang — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Fame & Drang: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 11:00-17:00
Tattoo by Real
Tattoo studio2.3 km from Heidelberg
Tattoo by Real — Tattoo studio.
Ink-Daytona
Tattoo studio2.4 km from Heidelberg
Ink-Daytona — Tattoo studio, found on 28 Hegenichstraße in Heidelberg. Also worth knowing about Ink-Daytona: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
28 Hegenichstraße, Heidelberg, 69124
Phone: +49 6221 7177608
Nativ Heidelberg
Tattoo studio2.5 km from Heidelberg
Nativ Heidelberg — Tattoo studio.
Absolut Tattoo
Tattoo studio2.5 km from HeidelbergRun by Alex Weigand
Absolut Tattoo is Tattoo studio run by Alex Weigand on 54 Plöck, Heidelberg. Absolut Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 12:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
54 Plöck, Heidelberg, 69117
Hours: Tu-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 12:00-16:00
Phone: +49 6221 5028599
Ink District
Tattoo studio2.8 km from Heidelberg
Ink District is Tattoo studio. Ink District also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 12:00-19:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 12:00-19:00
Crazy Greg's Tattoos & Piercing
Tattoo studio5.3 km from Heidelberg
Crazy Greg's Tattoos & Piercing is Tattoo studio. Crazy Greg's Tattoos & Piercing also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-15:00
Phone: +49 6224 9062147
Deep Memory
Tattoo studio6.3 km from Heidelberg
Deep Memory is Tattoo studio.
DoubleD Tattoo
Tattoo studio6.4 km from Heidelberg
DoubleD Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 57 Bahnhofstraße in Leimen. Also worth knowing about DoubleD Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
57 Bahnhofstraße, Leimen, 69181
Hours: Tu-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-18:00
Phone: +49 178 8506172
MagicPain TattooArt
Tattoo studio6.6 km from Heidelberg
MagicPain TattooArt — Tattoo studio, found on 16 Hauptstraße in Edingen-Neckarhausen. Also worth knowing about MagicPain TattooArt: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
16 Hauptstraße, Edingen-Neckarhausen, 68535
Phone: +49 176 20989944
Resinkdence Oftersheim
Tattoo studio7.3 km from HeidelbergRun by Ink District GmbH
Run by Ink District GmbH, Resinkdence Oftersheim is Tattoo studio, found on 68 Mannheimer Straße in Oftersheim. Also worth knowing about Resinkdence Oftersheim: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 12:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
68 Mannheimer Straße, Oftersheim, 68723
Hours: Mo-Sa 12:00-19:00
V2STUDIO
Tattoo studio7.3 km from Heidelberg
V2STUDIO is Tattoo studio on 129 Mannheimer Straße, Oftersheim. V2STUDIO also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
129 Mannheimer Straße, Oftersheim, 68723
Noble Tattoo
Tattoo studio7.4 km from Heidelberg
Noble Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Butenko Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio7.4 km from Heidelberg
Butenko Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio.
Tattoo Art Project
Tattoo studio7.6 km from HeidelbergRun by Dominik Göhlich
Run by Dominik Göhlich, Tattoo Art Project is Tattoo studio, found on 1 Wildemannstraße in Schwetzingen. Also worth knowing about Tattoo Art Project: it has a website with more detail.
1 Wildemannstraße, Schwetzingen, 68723
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Heidelberg
10 of the 21 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.
10 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 Heidelberg tattoo shop tour
Making a day of it in Heidelberg? Work this order: LA Tattoo Studio on 3 Hebelstraße, Merlin Tattoo on 32 Schillerstraße, Nadelfabrik on 81 Rohrbacher Straße, Anarchist Tattoo Collective, Mirror Tattoo, Hautcore Tattoos, Fame & Drang, and Tattoo by Real. That's the tattoo shop tour in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 13 more are listed below.
Tattoo tips for Heidelberg
A few things worth knowing before you work through Heidelberg's tattoo shops:
- Wear the right clothes at LA Tattoo Studio. Easy access to the spot being tattooed, and nothing you love — ink stains don't wash out.
- Think about placement long-term at Merlin Tattoo. Hands, neck and face limit job options in some fields. Your artist will be honest about this if you ask.
- Document the healing. Photos of the healing process help your artist advise you, and help you judge their work honestly.
- Avoid the cheapest shop in town. There's a reason it's the cheapest. With tattoos you get exactly what you pay for, permanently.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Heidelberg — 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 Heidelberg can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 21, or a tattoo shop we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
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 21 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 Heidelberg
77 more within about 40 km of Heidelberg — here are the 15 nearest:
PickAss
Tattoo studio10.6 km from Heidelberg
PickAss — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about PickAss: it has a website with more detail.
Piercing Center Schwetzingen
Tattoo studio11.6 km from HeidelbergRun by Corina Probst
Run by Corina Probst, Piercing Center Schwetzingen is Tattoo studio.
Renate Schneider
Tattoo studio11.9 km from Heidelberg
Renate Schneider — Tattoo studio, found on 68, 70 Am Geheugraben in Mannheim.
68, 70 Am Geheugraben, Mannheim, 68219
Yakuza INK Tattoo
Tattoo studio11.9 km from Heidelberg
Yakuza INK Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 18 Ringstraße in Wiesloch. Also worth knowing about Yakuza INK Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-19:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
18 Ringstraße, Wiesloch, 69168
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-19:00; PH off
Phone: +49 6222 5716977
MeinStich
Tattoo studio13.1 km from Heidelberg
MeinStich — Tattoo studio.
Samael Tattoo
Tattoo studio14.7 km from Heidelberg
Samael Tattoo — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Samael Tattoo: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +49 176 82427581
Tribal Manufaktur
Tattoo studio15.0 km from Heidelberg
Tribal Manufaktur is Tattoo studio. Tribal Manufaktur also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +49 621 8430370
Adrian Tattoo Studio Mannheim
Tattoo studio15.7 km from HeidelbergRun by Adrian Focseneanu
Adrian Tattoo Studio Mannheim is Tattoo studio run by Adrian Focseneanu on 6 Geraer Ring. Adrian Tattoo Studio Mannheim also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
6 Geraer Ring, 68309
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +49 173 9082621
Captain Cat Tattoo
Tattoo studio16.0 km from Heidelberg
Captain Cat Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Matzes Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio16.4 km from HeidelbergRun by Matthias Schäfer
Run by Matthias Schäfer, Matzes Tattoo Studio is Tattoo studio, found on 122 Rathausstraße in Viernheim. Also worth knowing about Matzes Tattoo Studio: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-16:00 "Öffnungszeiten" || Tu-Fr 16:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-16:00 "Terminvergaben"; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
122 Rathausstraße, Viernheim, 68519
Hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-16:00 "Öffnungszeiten" || Tu-Fr 16:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-16:00 "Terminvergaben"
Phone: +49 6204 9113888
Claudio Vera
Tattoo studio16.6 km from Heidelberg
Claudio Vera — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Claudio Vera: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 13:00-18:00; Sa 13:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Tu-Fr 13:00-18:00; Sa 13:00-16:00
Phone: +49 174 9537290
Smilin' Demons Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio16.6 km from Heidelberg
Smilin' Demons Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Smilin' Demons Tattoo Studio: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 13:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 13:00-16:00
Phone: +49 621 4314774
Tattoostudio Nadelsucht
Tattoo studio16.8 km from Heidelberg
Tattoostudio Nadelsucht is Tattoo studio on 95 Mannheimer Straße. Tattoostudio Nadelsucht also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
95 Mannheimer Straße
Crazy Skin Art Tattoo & Piercing
Tattoo studio16.8 km from Heidelberg
Crazy Skin Art Tattoo & Piercing — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Crazy Skin Art Tattoo & Piercing: it has a website with more detail.
Pearl
Tattoo studio17.1 km from Heidelberg
Pearl is Tattoo studio.
Tattoo shop listings for Heidelberg: 21 in Heidelberg and 77 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.