Tattoo shops in Winterthur
Winterthur, Zurich has 7 tattoo shops on the map. 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. 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 Winterthur (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include W84 Tattoo Studio and Seven Seals Tattoo, plus Stechwerk. If a studio's missing from Winterthur's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Winterthur tattoo lineup
7 in Winterthur, plus 50 more around Winterthur below:
W84 Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio0.1 km from Winterthur
W84 Tattoo Studio is Tattoo studio. W84 Tattoo Studio also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as "Nach Vereinbarung und spontan"; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: "Nach Vereinbarung und spontan"
Seven Seals Tattoo
Tattoo studio0.3 km from Winterthur
Seven Seals Tattoo is Tattoo studio. Seven Seals Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 12:00-20:00; Sa 12:00-18:00; PH closed.
Hours: Tu-Fr 12:00-20:00; Sa 12:00-18:00; PH closed
Stechwerk
Tattoo studio0.3 km from Winterthur
Stechwerk is Tattoo studio. Stechwerk also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-20:00; Sa 11:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-20:00; Sa 11:00-18:00
2nd Skin Tattoo & Piercing
Tattoo studio0.4 km from Winterthur
2nd Skin Tattoo & Piercing — Tattoo studio, found on 34 Marktgasse in Winterthur. Also worth knowing about 2nd Skin Tattoo & Piercing: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
34 Marktgasse, Winterthur, 8400
Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Freibeuter Tattoo
Tattoo studio0.6 km from Winterthur
Freibeuter Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 4 Badgasse, Winterthur. Freibeuter Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 12:00-19:30; Sa 11:00-16:00.
4 Badgasse, Winterthur, 8400
Hours: Tu-Fr 12:00-19:30; Sa 11:00-16:00
Tattoo Salvo
Tattoo studio1.3 km from Winterthur
Tattoo Salvo is Tattoo studio on 61 St. Gallerstrasse, Winterthur.
61 St. Gallerstrasse, Winterthur, 8400
Al Capone Tattoo Ink
Tattoo studio2.5 km from Winterthur
Al Capone Tattoo Ink is Tattoo studio.
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Winterthur
5 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.
3 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.
The Winterthur tattoo shop tour
The efficient Winterthur tattoo shop tour strings these together: W84 Tattoo Studio, Seven Seals Tattoo, Stechwerk, 2nd Skin Tattoo & Piercing on 34 Marktgasse, Freibeuter Tattoo on 4 Badgasse, Tattoo Salvo on 61 St. Gallerstrasse, and Al Capone Tattoo Ink — 7 stops, one logical order.
Tattoo tips for Winterthur
Picking a studio in Winterthur? A little homework pays off:
- Ask about touch-ups at W84 Tattoo Studio. Most reputable shops offer free or cheap touch-ups within the first year. Ask about the policy up front.
- Trust the artist's placement advice at Seven Seals Tattoo. They've seen thousands of bodies. If they say the design won't age well there, listen.
- Bring sugar and water. Sessions run long and blood sugar drops. Candy and a water bottle are standard kit for regulars.
- 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 25 km around Winterthur — 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 Winterthur can take a while to appear. The 7 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 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.
Worth the trip: more tattoo shops around Winterthur
50 more within about 25 km of Winterthur — here are the 15 nearest:
G INK
Tattoo studio11.8 km from Winterthur
G INK is Tattoo studio.
Tattoo Max Studio
Tattoo studio13.3 km from Winterthur
Tattoo Max Studio is Tattoo studio.
Black Cat Tattoo
Tattoo studio13.5 km from Winterthur
Black Cat Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 16 Bahnstrasse in Schwerzenbach. Also worth knowing about Black Cat Tattoo: the map lists its hours as "Termine auf Vereinbarung"; it has a website with more detail.
16 Bahnstrasse, Schwerzenbach, 8603
Hours: "Termine auf Vereinbarung"
No Limits Ink
Tattoo studio14.0 km from Winterthur
No Limits Ink is Tattoo studio on 3 Seidenweg, Dübendorf.
3 Seidenweg, Dübendorf, 8600
Tattoo Piercing Heinz
Tattoo studio14.3 km from Winterthur
Tattoo Piercing Heinz is Tattoo studio.
BOA Tattoo
Tattoo studio14.5 km from Winterthur
BOA Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Tattoo Bull Ink
Tattoo studio14.5 km from Winterthur
Tattoo Bull Ink — Tattoo studio.
Darko
Tattoo studio14.8 km from Winterthur
Darko is Tattoo studio.
Optikart
Tattoo studio15.4 km from Winterthur
Optikart is Tattoo studio.
Noble Art -
Tattoo studio15.6 km from Winterthur
Noble Art - — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Noble Art -: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-20:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-20:00
Lupo Bodyart
Tattoo studio16.1 km from Winterthur
Lupo Bodyart — Tattoo studio.
Black Heart
Tattoo studio16.2 km from Winterthur
Black Heart is Tattoo studio on 448 Schaffhauserstrasse. Black Heart also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo,We-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
448 Schaffhauserstrasse, 8050
Hours: Mo,We-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 12:00-17:00
Phone: +41 44 303 30 03
Dirty Black
Tattoo studio16.3 km from Winterthur
Dirty Black — Tattoo studio, found on 5 Grünhaldenstrasse in Zürich. Also worth knowing about Dirty Black: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 14:00-19:00; Sa 14:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
5 Grünhaldenstrasse, Zürich, 8050
Hours: Tu-Fr 14:00-19:00; Sa 14:00-18:00
Good Day
Tattoo studio16.3 km from Winterthur
Good Day — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Good Day: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00.
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
2nd Skin Tattoo & Piercing
Tattoo studio16.7 km from Winterthur
2nd Skin Tattoo & Piercing — Tattoo studio, found on 4 Edisonstrasse in Zürich. Also worth knowing about 2nd Skin Tattoo & Piercing: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4 Edisonstrasse, Zürich, 8050
Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 12:00-17:00
Phone: +41 44 313 02 02
Tattoo shop listings for Winterthur: 7 in Winterthur and 50 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.