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!

#1 New Bookstore In Chengdu, China

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#2 National Library Of The Czech Republic, Prague, Czechia

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#3 Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland

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#4 Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

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#5 Juristische Bibliothek, Munich, Germany

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#6 Stift Admont Bibliothek And Museum, Admont, Austria

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#7 Snowy Book Stand In Madrid, Spain

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#8 Zhongshuge Bookstore, Beijing, China

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#9 The Book Of Kells, Dublin, Ireland

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#10 Library Of Congress, Washington, D.c., United States

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#11 Livraria Lello, Porto, Portugal

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#12 El Ateneo Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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#13 Antlantis Books, Oia, Santorini, Greece

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#14 Corner Bookstore Selling Vintage Books In Buxton, A Market Town In High Peak, Derbyshire, England

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#15 Netherlands Bookstore

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#16 Myopic Books Basement, Chicago

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#17 “Word On The Water” The Floating Bookshop On The Regent’s Canal, London, United Kingdom

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#18 Starfield Suwon Library, Suwon, South Korea

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#19 Cook&book, Brussels, Belgium

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#20 The Norwegian Book Town

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#21 Peabody Institute Library, United States

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#22 The New York Public Library, New York, United States

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#23 Istanbul University Library, Turkey

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#24 The Old Cincinnati Library Before Being Demolished, United States

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#25 The King’s Reference Library, Denmark

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#26 Polare, Maastricht, Netherlands

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#27 Used (Books) Bookstore In Edinburgh, Scotland

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#28 Perhaps One Of The Most Beautiful Bookstores In Europe, Cărturești Carusel, In Bucharest

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#29 Itap In A Bookstore, Osaka, Japan

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#30 The Corner Bookstore, Manhattan

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#31 Small Portable Bookshop, Bonn, Germany

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#32 Jondi Shapour Library, Tehran, Iran

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#33 Boston Public Library, Boston, United States

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#34 City Library At The Mailander Platz, Stuttgart, Germany

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#35 Malmo City Library, Sweden

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#36 Chongqing Bookstore, China

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#37 Strada Arthur Verona, Bucharest, Romania

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#38 Honesty Bookshop, Hay Castle, Wales

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#39 Brattle Book Shop, Boston, USA

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#40 Halle Saint-Pierre, Paris, France

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#41 Atticos, Budapest, Hungary

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#42 Bookxcess, Sunway Big Box Mall, Malaysia

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#43 Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico City, Mexico

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#44 Libreria Acqua Alta, Venice, Italy

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#45 The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles, United States

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#46 Sinan Bookstore, China

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#47 Mi Bookstore, Shenzhen, China

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#48 Trento, Italy

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#49 Bath Old Books, United Kingdom

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#50 Library Orchard, Singapore

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#51 State Library Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

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#52 Universitätsbibliothek And Bibliotheksturm, Belgium

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#53 Library Of Alexandria, Egypt

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#54 Beinecke Rare Book And Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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#55 Cafebreria El Pendulo, Mexico City, Mexico

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#56 Lehmanns Media Gmbh, Marburg, Germany

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#57 Bosu Book Street, Busan, South Korea

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#58 Dymocks Adelaide, Australia

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#59 Galerie Vivienne, Paris, France

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#60 Tsutaya Bookstore, Pudong, Shanghai, China

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#61 Cuypers Library, Museumpromenade, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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#62 Bibliotheque Francois-Mitterrand, Paris, France

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#63 George Peabody Library Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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#64 Shakespeare & Co Books, Paris, France

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#65 Abbey Book Shop, Paris, France

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#66 Coziest Bookstore I’ve Ever Seen

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#67 Bardón Book Store, Madrid, Spain

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#68 Leakey’s Bookshop, Inverness, Scotland

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#69 Livraria Do Mercado Biologico Obidos, Portugal

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#70 Xinhua Bookstore, China

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#71 Les Bouquinistes, Paris, France

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#72 Daunt Books, London, United Kingdom

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#73 Waterstones, Bradford, England

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#74 The English Bookshop, Stockholm, Sweden

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#75 Kanda Jimbocho, A Book Town Of Tokyo, Japan

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#76 Seoul Book Report, Seoul, South Korea

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#77 Haunted Bookshop, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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#78 Qatar National Library, Doha, Qatar

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#79 Powerhouse Arena Bookstore, New York

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#80 Librairie Generale Du Calvados, Caen, France

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#81 The Grimoire Bookshop, York, England

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#82 Treadwell’s Books, United Kingdom

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#83 Used Books, Downtown Mexico City, Mexico

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#84 Second-Hand Bookstore In Taipei, Taiwan

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#85 Deichman Bjorvika, Oslo, Norway

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#86 Victoria And Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom

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#87 Livraria Cultura, Shopping Iguatemi, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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#88 Strand Bookstore, New York City, United States

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#89 Bart’s Books, California, United States

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#90 Powell’s Books, Portland

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#91 Hatchards, London, United Kingdom

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#92 Academic Bookstore, Helsinki, Finland

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#93 Harry Hartog Bookshop

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