Your Guide to Record Stores and Vinyl Culture in Florence
Florence has a compact but varied vinyl scene, with 15 record shops spread across the historic center and a few outer districts. You can build an easy digging day around central spots like Contempo Records, Sleeve Records and Rock Bottom records, then branch into San Frediano or Santa Reparata for smaller-store browsing. The scene mixes straightforward new-and-used bins with broader book, comics and lifestyle spaces that still carry worthwhile vinyl.
All Record Stores in Florence
Logout Records
Logout Records is a record shop selling music gear and T-shirts; its Instagram profile lists opening hours from Monday to Saturday.
Via S. Gallo, 67R, 50129 Firenze FI, Italy
Deal With A Feeling
Via Bronzino, 19R, 50142 Firenze FI, Italy
Isoma
Via Ubaldino Peruzzi, 44, 50012 Antella FI, Italy
Twisted
Borgo S. Frediano, 21r, 50124 Firenze FI, Italy
Comics & Discs Cortelloni
Comics & Discs Cortelloni, established in 1996, sells Italian and foreign vinyl LPs, compilations, heavy metal LPs, 12-inch rarities and Italian 45s, plus comics.
Viale Francesco Petrarca, 10 rosso, 50124 Firenze FI, Italy
Rock Bottom records
Via Giraldi, 16r, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
Sleeve Records
New and second-hand records from independent labels, selected for DJs and collectors, with a Discogs shop featuring rare international grooves.
Via dei Banchi, 15r, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy
Dischi Fenice
Dischi Fenice specializes in classical music, offering new and used recordings alongside books, gadgets, objects and locally made food products.
Via Santa Reparata, 8/B, 50129 Firenze FI, Italy
Contempo Records
Record store and label since 1977, offering new records and rarities through its shop, alongside releases, news, events and mail order.
Via dei Neri, 15/r, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
Danex Records
Via degli Artisti, 8C, 50132 Firenze FI, Italy
Librievinile
Since 1997, Librievinile has bought and sold rare and second-hand vinyl from the 1930s–80s, plus rare and collectible books dating from 1600 to the early 20th century.
Largo Pietro Annigoni, Stand 16, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
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Borgo S. Lorenzo, 40R, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy
Feltrinelli Librerie
Piazza della Repùbblica, 26-27-28-29 R, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy
Move On - Italian Pub & Record Store
A vinyl record store and pub offering new, used and rare records across rock, pop, Italian, electronic, funk/soul, hip-hop, jazz and world, plus food and drinks.
Piazza di San Giovanni, 1/R, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy
Galleria del Disco
Galleria del Disco sells CDs and LPs, DVDs and Blu-rays, turntables, clothing, vinyl accessories, gadgets, video games and related merchandise.
Piazza Stazione, 14 - Galleria Commerciale Ingresso, Via Luigi Alamanni, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy
The Vinyl Scene in Florence
Florence’s record-store scene is dense enough to cover on foot in the center, but varied enough that each stop feels distinct. There are 15 real vinyl shops in and around the city, with the strongest concentration in the central districts around Via dei Neri, Via dei Banchi, Borgo San Lorenzo and Santa Reparata. That makes Florence a good city for focused crate-digging rather than sprawling, warehouse-style hunting. Shops such as Contempo Records and Sleeve Records sit right in the tourist heart of town, while Rock Bottom records adds a more explicitly rock-oriented angle near Via Giraldi. Elsewhere, stores like Twisted in Borgo S. Frediano and Dischi Fenice on Via Santa Reparata give the scene a more neighborhood feel. What stands out in Florence is how record buying often overlaps with other cultural spaces: books, comics, bars and general music retail all play a part. You are not dealing with one single vinyl quarter, but with a cluster of walkable pockets that reward moving between districts.
Best Neighborhoods for Record Shopping
The historic center is where most visitors should start. Around the 50123 area, you can link Sleeve Records on Via dei Banchi with Feltrinelli Librerie in Piazza della Repùbblica, Move On - Italian Pub & Record Store by Piazza di San Giovanni, Galleria del Disco near Piazza Stazione, and the long-named red light est. 1992 ROCK SHOP on Borgo S. Lorenzo. This part of Florence is ideal if you want several stops within a short walk. In the 50122 district, close to Santa Croce and Sant’Ambrogio, Contempo Records on Via dei Neri, Rock Bottom records on Via Giraldi, and Librievinile at Largo Pietro Annigoni form another strong cluster. Across the river in the 50124 district, Borgo S. Frediano and Viale Francesco Petrarca give you Twisted and Comics & Discs Cortelloni, making Oltrarno worth the detour. North of the center, the 50129 area around Via S. Gallo and Via Santa Reparata brings together Logout Records and Dischi Fenice. Farther out, Danex Records in the 50132 district, Deal With A Feeling in 50142, and Isoma in Antella widen the map if you are prepared to travel beyond the old center.
What Genres & Pressings to Look For
Only one shop in this list comes with a declared specialty, and that is Rock Bottom records for rock, so rock collectors should put it high on the route. Beyond that, Florence is best approached the way you would approach many Italian cities: expect a mix of current reissues, standard catalog titles, classic singer-songwriter LPs, Italian pop and cantautori records, soundtrack staples, jazz staples, and the usual international rock and alternative stock. Stores such as Contempo Records and Twisted are the kind of places where you would realistically look for crossover finds rather than one narrowly defined niche. In Italy, it is also worth scanning bins for local and national pressings that may be less common abroad, particularly seventies and eighties editions in clean condition. If you are after contemporary issues, central shops like Sleeve Records and Logout Records are sensible starting points because mixed-stock stores often balance accessible new releases with selected used copies. Florence is not presented here as a specialist dance-music or rare-jazz capital, but as a city where broad, well-curated stock can still turn up strong Italian and European pressings.
New vs. Used Vinyl in Florence
Every store in this Florence list is marked as carrying both new and used stock, which is useful if you want one route that covers sealed reissues, recent releases and secondhand browsing without having to sort shops by format. That applies to central names like Contempo Records, Sleeve Records and Galleria del Disco, as well as neighborhood stops such as Twisted, Danex Records and Deal With A Feeling. In practice, that means Florence works well for mixed shopping days: you can pick up a new reissue at one stop and still spend time flipping through older stock at the next. For collectors who also want to sell records, the key name in this list is Librievinile, the only shop specifically marked as buying used collections. If you are thinning out shelves or traveling with records to sell, that is the clearest first call. Elsewhere, even though the other stores are all listed as both new and used sellers, they are not marked here as known buyers, so collectors should not assume purchasing of collections without asking directly in store.
Record Store Day & Local Vinyl Events
Record Store Day in Florence follows the wider Italian pattern: the main event lands every April, with the Black Friday edition arriving in November. In a city with a compact center, that usually means the busiest action is concentrated in the best-known central shops, especially places like Contempo Records, Sleeve Records and Feltrinelli Librerie, where foot traffic is already high. Because Florence’s stores are close together, Record Store Day works well as a walking route rather than a one-shop mission, but it also means popular exclusives can move fast. If you are in town for RSD, start early and be prepared for queues in the center. Shops with a broader cultural role, such as Move On - Italian Pub & Record Store, can also be worth watching during vinyl-heavy weekends because Florence often blurs the line between record retail and general music hangout culture. Outside official RSD dates, local activity is less about major fairs in this list and more about regular browsing, chance finds and neighborhood-to-neighborhood digging.
Vinyl Shopping Tips for Florence
Walk the center efficiently
Florence is one of the easier Italian cities for a no-transit record crawl. Group together Contempo Records in 50122 with Sleeve Records, Feltrinelli Librerie and Galleria del Disco in 50123, then branch outward only after you have covered the central cluster.
Cross the river for a second round
If the historic center bins feel picked over, head into the 50124 district for Twisted on Borgo S. Frediano and Comics & Discs Cortelloni on Viale Francesco Petrarca. That Oltrarno stretch gives your digging day a different pace and a more neighborhood-focused feel.
Bring a sell list if needed
Collectors looking to move records should note that Librievinile is the only shop here clearly marked as buying used collections. If you plan to sell, contact or visit there first, then use the rest of the day to browse nearby 50122 shops like Rock Bottom records and Contempo Records.
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