Albert Einstein once said, “The only thing you absolutely have to know is where the library is.” And he couldn’t be more right, as even in the digital age, libraries remain important community hubs providing knowledge and other useful resources (at no cost!) that are essential to lifelong education and learning.
To rekindle our appreciation for libraries, our Bored Panda team compiled a list of the dreamiest ones that look absolutely magical. Scroll down to find them below, and don’t forget to upvote those you’d definitely want to visit!
While you're at it, be sure to check out a conversation with librarians William Ottens and Dr. Karina Quilantan-Garza, who kindly agreed to chat with us more about libraries.
#1 Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland
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#2 Corner Bookstore Selling Vintage Books In Buxton, A Market Town In High Peak, Derbyshire, England
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#3 Livraria Lello, Porto, Portugal
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#4 Juristische Bibliothek, Munich, Germany
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#5 Used (Books) Bookstore In Edinburgh, Scotland
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#6 National Library Of The Czech Republic, Prague, Czechia
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#7 Stift Admont Bibliothek And Museum, Admont, Austria
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#8 Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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#9 The Book Of Kells, Dublin, Ireland
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#10 Netherlands Bookstore
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#11 New Bookstore In Chengdu, China
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#12 "Word On The Water" The Floating Bookshop On The Regent's Canal, London, United Kingdom
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#13 Perhaps One Of The Most Beautiful Bookstores In Europe, Cărturești Carusel, In Bucharest
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#14 The Old Cincinnati Library Before Being Demolished, United States
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#15 The King's Reference Library, Denmark
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#16 El Ateneo Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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#17 Polare, Maastricht, Netherlands
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#18 Small Portable Bookshop, Bonn, Germany
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#19 Antlantis Books, Oia, Santorini, Greece
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#20 Snowy Book Stand In Madrid, Spain
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#21 The Corner Bookstore, Manhattan
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#22 Haunted Bookshop, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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#23 Starfield Suwon Library, Suwon, South Korea
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#24 The New York Public Library, New York, United States
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#25 Library Of Alexandria, Egypt
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#26 Boston Public Library, Boston, United States
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#27 Istanbul University Library, Turkey
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#28 Bath Old Books, United Kingdom
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#29 Peabody Institute Library, United States
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#30 Waterstones, Bradford, England
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#31 Jondi Shapour Library, Tehran, Iran
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#32 Library Of Congress, Washington, D.c., United States
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#33 Shakespeare & Co Books, Paris, France
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#34 Coziest Bookstore I’ve Ever Seen
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#35 Cook&book, Brussels, Belgium
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#36 The Norwegian Book Town
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#37 Halle Saint-Pierre, Paris, France
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#38 Trento, Italy
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#39 Itap In A Bookstore, Osaka, Japan
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#40 Brattle Book Shop, Boston, USA
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#41 Atticos, Budapest, Hungary
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#42 The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles, United States
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#43 The Grimoire Bookshop, York, England
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#44 Zhongshuge Bookstore, Beijing, China
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#45 Chongqing Bookstore, China
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#46 Myopic Books Basement, Chicago
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#47 Lehmanns Media Gmbh, Marburg, Germany
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#48 Honesty Bookshop, Hay Castle, Wales
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#49 Hatchards, London, United Kingdom
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#50 Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico City, Mexico
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