NEWS

We are open Monday-Wednesday & Friday 9-18 & Sat 11-13. We close on Thursdays.

On weekdays we are open as self-service from 9-16. During this staff support might not be available. Book purchaces, pick-ups, donations and subscription swaps are possible.

Free Book Market at Your Local English Bookstore


Thousands of free and discounted books including travel, cooking, photography, design, children's books, fiction and classics.

Join us on Monday-Wednesday September 15-17 from 9-18h, Friday September 19 from 9-18h or Saturday September 20 from 11-17h.

We are open as self-service on weekdays from 9-16h but the door is open for you to explore our Free Book Market.

About us

Vastela is a Zürich-based and second-hand bookstore selling exclusively English books. We want to provide a sustainable book thrifting platform to ensure you can purchase any book at a fair price while remaining environmentally conscious.

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What do we offer?

  • Buy Second-hand Books

    Conveniently purchase a selection of our books online (not all books are available unfortunately)

  • Buy Audiobooks

    We have partnered with Libro.fm to provide you the possibility to buy audiobooks while supporting our store

  • Swap Subscription

    For only 10CHF/month, you can purchase our 2026 swap subscription which allows unlimited swaps with the bookstore

  • Donate

    Don't know what to do with your old books? You can donate your english books to us. Bring them to the bookstore!

  • Wishlists

    Send us your wishlist or let us know who your favorite authors are and we will thrift for you

  • Bookclubs

    We host a weekly bookclub on Mondays at 7pm where everyone just brings a book to talk about. Do you want to host your own bookclub. Contact us!

  • Reading events

    Are you an author and want to host a reading at our bookstore? Contact us!

  • Newsletter

    Subscribe to our newsletter to receive monthly updates on new books, news from the store and our bookclub reviews

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