Category: books
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
Oldest bookstore in the World – Livraria Bertrand, Lisbon
Continuing with my tour of the world’s bookstores … Livraria Bertrand at Rua Garrett 73 in Lisbon is the oldest and largest bookstore chain in Portugal. Since it was launched in 1732, the Bertrand Bookstore stayed open, and has thus entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest bookstore in the world still in operation. The
Waterstones, Edinburgh West End
Continuing with our bookstore tour … this one in Scotland The Waterstones at Edinburgh’s West End is one of four in the city. The four-floor bookshop is right at the heart of the city, opposite Edinburgh Castle, on the capital’s main shopping street; Princes St. They have “a large and inviting Children’s department, a robust
Bookstore Librairie, Biarritz
Another entry to our tour of bookstores around the world … We found this gem of a bookstore in Biarritz. The bookstore is called “BOOKSTORE”. And to confirm the nature of its business, on the storefront below the name, it says “Librairie Bookstore”. It is understandable that this establishment at a French beach town is