Category: books

  • Book pairings, Winter 2018

    In the last few years, we have been posting on various bookstores around the world. If you missed the blog entries, click here for a shortlist of the visited bookstores posted on this site. I(Chris) admits to like loitering in bookstores, browsing, and buying books. Our interest is not just in the stores that display…

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  • Abbey of Saint Gall, St. Gallen

    Abbey of Saint Gall, St. Gallen

    We spent a day in St Gallen, a historic town located in the northeast of Switzerland. It is best known for its university and the Abbey of Saint Gall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983. The collection of buildings in the abbey precinct including its magnificent Baroque cathedral form a unique historical ensemble. The appearance of…

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  • 25 Bookstores and counting …

    25 Bookstores and counting …

    We love bookstores and Chris has been posting our visits on the blog. So far we have 25 bookstores from around the world from Moscow to Tokyo. Below is a sample of the posts, click on the link to see them. Moscow, House of Books Tokyo, T-site As much as Amazon is a threat especially…

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  • Breakthrough Book Gallery 突破書廊, Hong Kong

    Breakthrough Book Gallery 突破書廊, Hong Kong

    When I(Chris) was in Hong Kong during Easter, I came across this bookstore. Breakthrough (突破) was a magazine that was published between 1973 and 1999. When I was in secondary school in Hong Kong, I was a school librarian and flipped through it. The history of the magazine, the social movement and its activities are described here.…

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  • Eldorado Bokhandel, Oslo

    Eldorado Bokhandel, Oslo

    Before we leave Oslo, we have an addition to our bookstore of the world series … Eldorado Bokhandel is the largest independent bookstore in Scandinavia offering 4,000 square metres of books, culture and music. It is located at Torggata 9A. The bookstore opened in 2013. The facade is fairly non-descript, narrow and does not reveal much…

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  • Donner Books, Rotterdam

    Another bookstore … this time in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. This one barely survived. Donner is located on Coolsingel, in a former bank building, all public areas on one floor. This bookstore and the pride of Rotterdam was swallowed up by a big chain store that unfortunately went bankrupt in 2014. The Top 10 fictions and…

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