Day 282/365: Stockholm Public Library

[nanila]

On the afternoon of my arrival in Stockholm, cactus_rs met me at a cafe after work so we could have some cheap and tasty risotto followed by a stroll up Sveavagan to the Stockholm Public Library. The building is nice enough from the outside, but it’s the interior that inspires awe. I would give a lot to be reincarnated as this library’s resident cat.

We arrived about 10 minutes before closing, so it was a bit of a mad dash round the place with my camera whilst cactus_rs hunted up a few titles for checkout.


View from the first balcony level toward the big clock. The time reads one minute prior to closing.


“Hiss” means lift/elevator.


Fantasy fiction, anyone?


Pleased to see there are two copies of Dracula available.


Lots of last-minute checking out.


Ceiling light fixture.


Display of unique book-binding styles.


View from the first balcony level toward the front entrance.

I can picture Dreamwidth's resident dragoncat librarian, silveradept, being very happy here indeed.

Comments

[kaberett]

... WHY HAVE I NEVER VISITED THIS PLACE IN ALL MY TRIPS TO STOCKHOLM. I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED.

[nanila]

YAY, YES PLEASE, DO GO!

[wohali]

very very cool. closest thing to this that I've seen is the famous bookstore in Buenos Aires.

If the books were English, I could have lost myself in the stack all day (every day).

[nanila]

There is an English section, so you could at least re-read Dracula. Twice. :D

[azurelunatic]

I could see a dragoncat peering down with interest from the rim of the dome.

[nanila]

A happy image.

[cmcmck]

Books!

Drools..... :o)

[nanila]

Yay, books! And this is a superior book-house.

[sfred]

What a beautiful building!

[nanila]

Yes, it's well worth popping in, even if it's just for a couple of minutes, to admire the interior.

[silveradept]

Looks like a very lovely building, indeed, and with plenty of stacks to hold things.

[nanila]

Yes! There are additional rooms all around the outside of the main central rotunda so even more stacks available there.

[silveradept]

Good. Although I would also likely be looking at the space itself to see how it's used, if there are enough tables, where the programming, of there is any, gets held, and so forth. Not something you can do on a five minute dash, of course, but after working in a few different locations, you start appreciating space as much as stacks.

[tree_and_leaf]

Lovely!

[nanila]

It's worth a look in if you're ever in the city!

[worlds_of_smoke]

*_____*

-makes gimme hands-

[nanila]

100% with you there. :D

[cesy]

Nice library!

[nanila]

It's well worth a visit, even if you can't read anything in it. :)