In the mid-70s, with computers getting smaller, cheaper, easier to use and more powerful, some pioneers were opening retail stores to make them available to a growing population of early adopters. We invite you now for an Around the World tour of the stores where anyone can see, touch and buy desktop 3D Printers.
Come and follow us for an exciting journey covering 33 stores in 17 countries, starting in New York and ending in Melbourne.
iMakr Store New York
152 Allen Street, Manhattan, NYC, USA – imakr.us
The beautiful large store, which opened in 2014, offers a large range of best-in-class desktop FDM and DLP/SLA 3D Printers, 3D Scanners and filaments, served by a team of passionate 3D Printing gurus. On offer also some 3D Printing classes, a Print on Demand and Design on Demand service.
Opening times are Monday to Friday 11am to 8pm, Saturday 12pm to 7pm
Get Printing 3D
9375 N. Dixie Dr., Dayton, Ohio, USA and 820 Davis Street, Evanston, Illinois, USA – getprinting3d.com
The 2 stores have a short selection of 3D Printers and 3D filaments. They also offer a print on demand service.
Open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm (Dayton) 9:30am-6pm (Evanston)
Matterhackers
27156 Burbank, foothill Ranch, CA 92610 – matterhackers.com
The Californian store offers a very wide choice of FDM 3D Printers and filaments. Lars Brubaker opened the store by end 2012.
With his team he is offering good support for customers willing to jump into the 3D Printing revolution.
They’re also behind the MatterControl T10 introduced at CES 2016.
Imagine That 3D
6526 State St, Murray, UT 84107, United States – imaginethat-3d.com
The store sells AIO Robotics, Zortrax and Makerbot, among other less known brands in FDM, and even 2 models of SLA resin printer.
They organise local events for the community.
They also offer on-site support and training, and a maintenance/repair center.
Open Mon-Sat: 10am-7pm
Ideaz3D
Colosio 425. Hermosillo, Mexico City, Mexico – ideaz3d.com
The Mexican store opened in November 2013 is selling a growing range of FDM desktop 3D Printers.
It offers also a print on demand service and a 3D scanning service, alongside training, and the Mini-Tu service, spanish for Mini-You.
3D Printing Dublin
215 Rathmines Rd Lower, Dublin, Ireland – 3dprintingdublin.com
The Irish store sells a short range of FDM 3D Printers. It holds regular workshop to introduce 3D Printing and 3D Scanning to its customers.
Founder Nigel Burke opened it in summer 2013, with his partner Leo Tilson, after he visited iMakr Store Grand Opening in London in April.
Opening times are Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm.
iMakr Store London
79 clerkenwell Road, EC1R 5AR, London, UK – imakr.co.uk
The large store opened in April 2013. This is the flagship store for the iMakr Group. On 2 floors, it sells a large range of FDM and DLP/SLA 3D Printers, 3D Scanners and related services, including the popular Mini-You 3D Selfie. It holds regular training and events.
Opening times are Monday to Friday from 10am to 8pm, and Saturday 10am to 6pm.
Cubeek
20 rue du Marechal de Tassigny, Elancourt, France – cubeek-store.com
The store is only opened by appointment.
Unic-3D
Rue de Dublin 27, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium – unic-3d.com
Just open in April 2016, the belgium store sell 3D printers from Ultimaker, Zortrax, Formlabs and Printrbot.
They offer a printing service on demand, offer training courses for individuals or pro, and offer a 3D design service on demand for specific needs
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 10AM – 7PM, Saturday: training courses and appointments
Tresdenou
Calle Pujades, 184, 08005 Barcelona, Spain – tresdenou.com
The catalan store sells Zortrax and other printers including kits.
They also offer Print on Demand service.
Repro 3D
C/Ruben Dario 6, Valencia, Spain – repro3dshop.com
The Spanish store sells FDM and SLA 3D Printers. It offers also a Print on Demand service.
3D Italy
Roma, Pescara, Ragusa, Milano, Turino, Napoly and Padova, Italy – 3ditaly.it
With 7 stores in Italy, 3D Italy is a strong partner for well established FDM and DLP 3D Printers.
It provides courses on 3D design and 3D Printing, a Print on Demand and a 3D Scan on demand service.
Opening times differ from store to store.
3Durak
Merkez, Darülaceze Cd. 4-1, 34381 Şişli/İstanbul, Turkey – 3durak.com
The turkish store is selling Ultimaker, Zortrax, Up, Leapfrog, Craftbot, and Zaxe.
They also sell 3D scanners like Structure Sensor, David 3D and Artec.
Opening hours: Monday through Friday, 8am-6pm
3Dee Vienna
Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 90, 1030 Vienna, Austria – 3dee.at
The Austrian store has a good range of FDM and SLA 3D Printers. It offers also a Print on Demand service, and a 3D Scanning on demand service.
The opening times are Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm, and Saturday from 10am to 2pm.
3Dee Budapest
Lechner Ödön fasor 2, 1095 Hungary – 3dee.hu
The second branch of the 3Dee group offers a similar range to the Vienna branch, with similar services.
Opening times are Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm.
Freeform4U [CLOSED]
Auenstraße 72, 80469 Munich, Germany – freeform4u.de
The German store opened in January 2014. It sells FDM 3D Printers and related services.
Opening times are Monday to Friday from 10am to 7pm, and Saturday from 10am to 6pm (virtual visit)
Beta2Shape GmbH
Auenstraße 72, 80469 Munich, Germany – Beta2Shape
The German store was opened in February 2019.
It sells FDM and SLA 3D printers, 3D scanners and the required filament and resins.
With more than 16 years industry experience, which started with rapid prototyping in Formula 1, they also offer CAD, 3D scanning and 3D Printing as a service.
They are official partners of Ultimaker and Formlabs and offer training and maintenance for these devices.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm or with special appointments.
Dimension Alley
Liselotte-Herrmannstr. 1, Berlin, Germany – dimensionalley.com
They only sell one brand of printers (Sharebot) and “locally produced filament”, they also offer services (3D scanning and 3D modelling) and call themselves more a 3D Printing Café.
MakerPoint
Arnhem, Eindhoven, Maastricht, Harlingen and Utrecht – makerpoint.nl
MakerPoint has 4 stores and 1 shop-in-a-shop in Netherlands. It offers a range of FDM and SLA 3D Printers. It also provides Design and Print on Demand services.
Opening times differ from store to store.
3D Printhuset
Sølvgade 85A København K, Denmark and Banegårdsgade 4, Aarhus, Denmark – 3dprinthuset.dk
The 2 large stores resell a large range of 3D Printers, and of services including the popular Mini-You 3D Selfie.
Opening times are Monday to Thursday from 10am to 5pm and on Friday from 10am to 6pm.
Zortrax Stores
Krakusa 8, Kraków and Grzybowska 4,00-131 Warszawa, Poland – zortrax.com
The 2 stores are only selling the Zortrax 3D Printers, as you would expect.
The first opened in Krakow back in October 2014, the second opened more recently in December 2015 in Warsaw.
Opening times are Monday to Friday from 9am to 7pm.
3Dfactory
Sderot Yerushalyim, 3 Tel Aviv Jaffa, Israel – 3dfactory.co.il
The store is selling essentially the flashforge 3D Printers and 3D filaments. It also provides training and print on demand services.
Opening times are Sunday to Thursday from 9am to 7pm, and Friday from 10am to 2pm.
3D Printer Superstore
95 Johnston St Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia – 3dprintersuperstore.com.au
The Australian store was launched by Mark Pestkowski back in 2012. They are selling a good range of FDM and DLP 3D Printers.
They also hold events and training, and offers Print on Demand services.
Opening times are Monday to Friday from 10.30am to 6pm.
please note: we only mentioned physical stores actually selling 3D printers
despite our efforts, we may have missed one: please let us know.