Rough Trade Berlin Moves to Neukölln for Its 50th Year

Rough Trade's Berlin shop has a new home. The Karl-Marx-Straße store closed on 27 August 2026, and its replacement at Ganghoferstraße 10 in Kalle Neukölln opened its doors on 2 September, after a preview the day before. The move, announced by Rough Trade on 24 August, lands in the middle of the chain's year-long celebration of its 1976 founding in West London.

The new shop is bigger than a straight replacement: it folds the old shop-and-warehouse split into a single space, with a purpose-built stage, a dedicated bar and a glass storefront designed to give the Neukölln street a stronger presence than the previous location had.

What changed with the move

According to Rough Trade's own account of the relocation, the new Ganghoferstraße space brings several upgrades over the old Karl-Marx-Straße shop:

• One combined space for retail and what used to be separate warehouse storage
• A purpose-built stage, fitted with a Cambridge Audio sound system and a Marshall-powered backline for live sets
• A dedicated bar
• A glass storefront, intended to give the shop a stronger presence on the street
• The same broad stock of vinyl across genres, plus books and hi-fi equipment

An opening-day exclusive

The shop's first day of trading came with a release timed to match: the limited-edition "Rough Trade 50th Drop 4 (2006–2015)" vinyl collection, the fourth in a series of anniversary drops covering different eras of the label and shop's history. This instalment draws on the 2006–2015 period, with releases connected to Radiohead, Tame Impala, The xx, Bon Iver and Nick Cave among the artists represented.

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A party to follow

The move itself was a quiet, practical changeover — old shop closed, new one open a week later — but Rough Trade has a bigger celebration planned for 8 October 2026, with live performances and DJ sets marking the space properly. Confirmed acts include a performance from Dina Summer and DJ sets from Mark Reeder and Local Suicide. "The new space will give us even more opportunities to create memorable experiences for our customers, artists and partners," Rough Trade director Curt Keplin said of the move.

Fifty years, one drop at a time

Rough Trade was founded in West London in 1976, and the numbered "50th Drop" vinyl series is the throughline of its anniversary year: each instalment packages a different era of the shop and label's history into a limited, shop-exclusive collection. That numbering matters for anyone buying in — "Drop 4" and its 2006–2015 focus is a different, separately limited item from the drops either side of it, and mixing them up in a collection is an easy mistake to make months or years later.

What this means for Berlin diggers

For anyone with Rough Trade Berlin on a shop-crawl list, the practical takeaway is simple: update the address. The Karl-Marx-Straße location is closed for good, and the shop now trades from Ganghoferstraße 10, 12043 Berlin, in Kalle Neukölln. It joins a Berlin scene that includes long-running independents in Charlottenburg and elsewhere in the city — a useful pairing if you're planning a wider crate-digging trip rather than a single stop. Rough Trade's own history of shop openings and pop-ups this year sits alongside similar moves from other chains, including Third Man Records' UK and Ireland pop-up tour and Tower Records' new Kyoto vinyl shop.

Whatever you pick up on a visit — a "50th Drop" release or something older found in the racks — logging where and when you bought it, alongside the shop and edition details, is what keeps a limited pressing traceable later. A record store map is a reasonable way to plan the rest of a Berlin route around the new address.

Frequently asked questions

01What is the new address of Rough Trade Berlin?

Ganghoferstraße 10, 12043 Berlin, in the Kalle Neukölln development. The shop moved there from its former home on Karl-Marx-Straße, which closed on 27 August 2026.

02When did Rough Trade Berlin's new shop open?

The new space opened on 2 September 2026, after a preview the day before. A full opening celebration with live performances and DJ sets followed on 8 October 2026.

03What was Rough Trade Berlin's opening-day vinyl release?

The limited-edition 'Rough Trade 50th Drop 4 (2006–2015)' collection, part of a year-long series of anniversary drops marking the chain's 1976 founding, with releases tied to artists including Radiohead, Tame Impala, The xx, Bon Iver and Nick Cave.

Sources

• Rough Trade Berlin is Moving! — Rough Trade (official blog), 24 August 2026