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The Best Place to Get Lost: The Most Impressive and Beautiful Bookstores in the World

Do you like the smell of books? We are here with bookstores that are home to books where every page contains labor, history, sometimes joy and sometimes tears. If you are wondering about the most impressive bookstores in the world, admired for both their history and architecture, in the century when we are used to buying books online, continue reading… 📖

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1. Brattle Bookstore — Massachusetts, USA

Brattle Bookstore, located in Boston, is one of the most well-known meeting points in America for book lovers. The bookstore, which fascinates its visitors with its imposing 3-storey structure, sells old and rare book series at affordable prices and auctions. In addition, on the 3rd floor of the bookstore, original versions of antique works are offered to visitors and there is a sweet garden for reading books.

2. Livraria Lello e Irmao — Porto, Portugal

Among the most beautiful bookstores in the world, there is a bookstore that Harry Potter lovers are familiar with; Livraria Lello e Irmao. Inspired by the school uniforms of Porto students with capes, J.K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter book, inspired by this bookstore, and included this bookstore in many scenes of the movies. Founded towards the end of the 1800s, Livraria Lello e Irmao is one of the bookstores where art and history are most beautifully reflected with its columns and embroidered walls.

3. Ateneo Grand Splendid — Buenos Aires, Argentina

Argentina’s most well-known and visited bookstore, Ateneo Grand Splendid, was designed to be an opera house by the important architects of the time it was built. This special building, which was converted into a movie theater in the late 1920s, took its place among the world’s leading bookstores in the early 2000s.

4. Polare Maastricht — Maastricht, Netherlands

Polare Maastricht, one of Europe’s prominent bookstores that draws attention with its structure, opened its doors to all bookworms in 2007 with its impressive Gothic architecture. Polare Maastricht, where books accompany the magnificent transformation of a cathedral built in 1294, attracts as much attention with its architectural structure as its books.

5. Barter Books — Alnwick, England

Alnwick, a small city in the north of England and attracting attention with its buildings from the Middle Ages, hosts one of the most sympathetic meeting points of book lovers in the world. Located in the old train station in the center of the city, Barter Books has gone beyond the classical English concept with its conventional bookstore design and, whether it is because of this aspect, accepts thousands of visitors every year.

6. Livraria Ler Devagar — Lisbon, Portugal

Ler Devagar, which literally translates as ‘Slowly reading’, is located on decommissioned industrial land in Alcântara. We can say that the building is a complex structure consisting of a bookstore, a concept store, an art gallery and an internet cafe.

7. Libreria Acqua Alta — Venice, Italy

Home to hundreds of thousands of books, Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice is a place full of boats, bathtubs, gondolas and books! Luis Frizzio, the owner of Libreria Acqua Alta bookstore, is such a sweet person that he is happy to meet and chat with the customers who come to the bookstore.

8. The Last Bookstore — Los Angeles, California, USA

Founded in a well-preserved old bank building, The Last Bookstore is one of the largest independent bookstores in California. Many events and concerts are held at the bookstore throughout the year.

9. Shakespeare and Co — Paris, France

Shakespeare and Co is a bookstore that is definitely visited by tourists who come to France. Another feature that makes this bookstore different is that there is a well on the ground floor into which people can throw coins and make wishes.

10. Libreria El Pendulo — Mexico City, Mexico

You can have breakfast or even have lunch and dinner while reading your book at Libreria El Pendulo. Libreria El Pendulo, which is operated as a cafe and bookstore, also hosts live music and stand-up shows from time to time.

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