Obergass Bücher GmbH

About us

In a consumer landscape where retail spaces are getting bigger and bigger, but expertise, friendliness, and helpfulness are steadily declining, our bookstore is almost a world unto itself: we still place great emphasis on service, and our customers are still treated like royalty.

Our credo is "small is beautiful": the store may be small, but our enthusiasm for books is all the greater! If you can't find what you're looking for in our constantly updated range, we'll be happy to order it for you as quickly as possible – even for you to browse through. Because what could be better for us than advising our customers and using our expertise to help them find the right (i.e., suitable) book?

We are proud of our profession and we love our craft: we are happy to solve even tricky "book problems" – for example, by sourcing books from all over the world or tracking down out-of-print titles from antiquarian booksellers.

With this in mind, welcome to Obergass Bücher, your service providers and bookworms!

Our range

Our store is small, so we focus on the essentials. Our range focuses on fiction, travel literature and maps, children's and young adult books, cooking, and wine. We also carry illustrated and photo books on architecture and design, as well as "beautiful" (or bibliophile) books, which we can display particularly well in our large shop windows. In addition, we carry many special postcards (from our own and other producers).

Our services

We sell, recommend, and advise on books, life, and many other questions (we have even exchanged recipes...).

We order and procure books from Germany and abroad and deliver them wherever our customers wish. If necessary, we also track down out-of-print titles from antiquarian booksellers. Worldwide.

We believe in clear communication and disclose our cost structure (particularly delivery charges, etc.) to our customers.

We are happy to wrap books as gifts—using our own gift wrapping paper, which is available in a variety of designs. Free of charge and postage paid.

We still deliver to schools and libraries in Winterthur by handcart or bicycle (as a form of exercise for our trainees!), as well as by bicycle or car courier and post.