Tattoo shops in Interlaken

A tattoo is a permanent decision made in a room you'll spend hours in, so the studio matters as much as the artist. Interlaken, Bern has 7 tattoo shops mapped right now. All 7 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 Interlaken (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Rekar and Sarred Tattoo, plus Lighthouse Tattoo. If a studio's missing from Interlaken's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Interlaken tattoo lineup

7 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Interlaken

1 of the 7 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.

2 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.

Most of the tattoo shops in Interlaken list a phone number. Use it — a quick call tells you more about a studio's vibe than any review.

The Interlaken tattoo shop tour

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Rekar, Sarred Tattoo, Lighthouse Tattoo, Molinari, Studio No Name, Inkspire me on 8 Dorfstrasse, and Tattoo Art on 9 Käsereistrasse. That's 7 stops on the Interlaken tattoo shop tour.

Tattoo tips for Interlaken

First tattoo or fiftieth — the rules don't change in Interlaken:

• Sun is the enemy of fresh ink at Rekar. UV fades tattoos fast, especially new ones. Once healed, sunscreen on the tattoo becomes a lifelong habit.
• Match the artist to the style at Sarred Tattoo. Fine line, blackwork, traditional, realism — artists specialise. The best studio in town is the wrong one if the style's off.
• Ask about the deposit. Custom pieces usually need a deposit that comes off the final price. Ask how it works before you sit down, not after.
• Don't drink the night before. Alcohol thins the blood and makes you bleed more, which pushes ink out. Arrive sober and hydrated.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Interlaken — 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 Interlaken can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 7 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 7 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.