The most popular libraries and bookstores in the world

The feeling and smell of book pages, immersing in a very own world: bookstores and libraries have their very special charm. A recently published ranking of the language learning platformPreplytook a close look at this spell. For this purpose, online reviews of numerous bookstores were analyzed worldwide to determine the most popular.

1st place goes to Europe

First place on the popularity scale secures itselfDaunt Booksin London. Second and third place go to libraries in Argentina and Australia. In fourth place, theBookstore Dominicansin Maastricht, which is housed in the impressive vaults of a church.

AlsoShakespeare and Companyin Paris makes it into the top ten and finished seventh. The famousTrinity College Libraryin Dublin and theHigh water bookcaseIn Venice, the ranking in the places complete nine and ten.

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The top 12 at a glance

1. Daunt Books, London
2. The Grand Splendid Athenaeum, Buenos Aires
3. State Library Victoria, Melbourne
4. Bookstore Dominicans, Maastricht
5. The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles
6. Starfield Library, Seoul
7. Shakespeare and Company, Paris
8. Powell’s Books, Portland
9. Trinity College Library, Dublin
10. High Acqua Library, Venetian
11. Knamentinum, Prague
12. LELLO Bookstore, Porto