While the e-book is slowly becoming the preferred medium when it comes to reading, some people still enjoy browsing for books in stores. Maybe because it’s nostalgic, maybe it’s because you never know what you might find. A room filled with books has a certain undeniable charm.
Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore. Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Word on the Water. London.
This bookstore is on a boat. On actual water.
The Bookàbar Bookshop. Rome, Italy.
Plural Bookshop. Bratislava, Slovakia.
Livraria Cultura. São Paolo, Brasil.
Livraria Lello, opened in 1906 in Porto, Portugal.
Acqua Alta. Venice, Italy. Books overload. A gondola filled with books. Heaven on Earth for any reader.
Cook & Book. Brussels, Belgium.
Brattle Book Shop. Boston, USA.
Librería El Ateneo Grand Splendid. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Librairie Ptyx. Brussels, Belgium.
Decorated with bios of famous writers. Such a brilliant idea.
Cafebrería El Péndulo. Mexico City, Mexico.
The Last Bookstore. Los Angeles, USA.
Bart’s Books. Ojai, California.
Corso Como Bookshop. Milano, Italy.
Barter Books. Alnwick, UK.
Now, imagine reading a book here:
The American Book Center. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ler Devagar. Lisbon, Portugal.
And, of course, last but not least, probably the most famous bookstore in the world.
Shakespeare and Co. Paris, France.
Awesome! My favorite store is a bookstore!
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Looks like heaven to me, if I only had unlimited time and money I would visit every one.
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Yes… That would be awesome.
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Can’t tell you how excited I am to see Barter Books make an appearance here! i live about an hour from it, so it is well visited by our family. It’s housed in an old railway station, the old ladies waiting room is now the cafe. It has several open fires and lots of comfortable chairs and sofas to sprawl out in while reading. The name comes from the fact that the owners allow you to ‘cash in’ old books against the value of any new ones you may wish to purchase. We’re very proud of it in the North East of England!
As a side note of interest, the current trend for ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ memes was born in this book store. The owners found an original WW2 poster bearing the legend during renovations …
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Places for book lovers to visit before they die, keep plenty of room in your luggage
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have you seen how is brought a book to life…
do you know how many people take care of the entire design of a book…
do you know who’s the first reader in typography…
I’ve been there, I put my contribution to it…
it’s so noble… so majestic… magnificent
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Such a lovely and original post! Proud to see two of them from my country of origin (the Netherlands) and world’s famous bookstore featured of which I literally live around the corner. I see there are many many more to explore, each so unique in their setting! I hope none of them will ever close down due to e-readers. Thanks for sharing their beauty in this post with us 🙂
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Wow. Great post. 🙂 I would like to visit some of these.
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Wish I could visit at least one of these..
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Me too. I’ve only been to three of them.
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😘❤❤❤❤❤❤Awwwwesome Post. Thanks for sharing Cristian.
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Wow, some lovely buildings there!
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Selexyz Dominicanen — wow, what a contrast in style!
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Wow, really beautiful buildings. I still much prefer the physical copy of a book in my hands rather than an e-copy. Excellent post Christian
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Thank you.
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Notice how nearly all of these libraries are located in developed countries. There is a direct connection between your desire to read and your future financial success: not just for the individual, but for the nation.
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It is quite paradoxical, because the countries that need education don’t have easy access to it.
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Those were awesome 👏
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beautiful OK
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I can only sum it up in one word…amazing! 💖
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Such an awesome post!! I am going to Lavraria Lello on Saturday as we are flying into Porto that morning at dawn. I so hate I didn’t visit the one in Rome when I was there. Thanks for posting
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Btw. Thoroughly enjoyed the Shakespeare and Co when in Paris. Esp loved the live-in cat!
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Wonderful posting with terrific photographs!
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Thank you, Deborah!
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Wish to visit all of them. They are so filled with books. Want to smell them all.
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What an ideal vacation stop! The Grand Tour of Great Bookshops of the world!! 🙂
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It would be pretty expensive though.
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Hands down my favourite shops! I can while away days in one of these.
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This was such a treat!!!
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Thank you so much!
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So many gorgeous bookshops….so little time. Of the ones on your post I’ve only been to Brattle Bookshop in Boston and Shakespeare & Co, Paris. Next year I’ll be visiting the UK so will try to get to Word on the Water, London and Barter Books in England’s north east. I’ll also be visiting 3 national Book Towns. Sedbergh in England, Wigtown in Scotland and Hay-On-Wye in Wales.
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Thank you for the reblog, Philip.
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Great post and hope to visit some of those bookstores you mentioned.
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I would like to visit every library shown in this post! We have a really nice library in my town in Croatia.
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