Rockmark

'Writing about music is like dancing about architecture'; so goes the oft-quoted remark attributed to American comedian Martin Mull. This has certainly never bothered Rockmark, a boutique bookshop devoted to tomes about music – mostly of the rock and pop variety. It has a wider selection of English-language titles than many other mainland European bookshops (we counted three different histories of Joy Division/New Order/Factory Records alongside all manner of rock-star biographies, autobiographies and songbooks), and also sells rock T-shirts. Hidden down a flight of steps two blocks away from the main square, it’s definitely in a niche of its own.