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Mad Scientess ([personal profile] nanila) wrote2018-10-09 09:16 pm

Day 282/365: Stockholm Public Library

On the afternoon of my arrival in Stockholm, [personal profile] 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 [personal profile] cactus_rs hunted up a few titles for checkout.

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

Stockholm Bibliotek
“Hiss” means lift/elevator.

Stockholm Bibliotek
Fantasy fiction, anyone?

Stockholm Bibliotek
Pleased to see there are two copies of Dracula available.

Stockholm Bibliotek
Lots of last-minute checking out.

Stockholm Bibliotek
Ceiling light fixture.

Stockholm Bibliotek
Display of unique book-binding styles.

Stockholm Bibliotek
View from the first balcony level toward the front entrance.

I can picture Dreamwidth's resident dragoncat librarian, [personal profile] silveradept, being very happy here indeed.
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[personal profile] kaberett 2018-10-09 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
... WHY HAVE I NEVER VISITED THIS PLACE IN ALL MY TRIPS TO STOCKHOLM. I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED.
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[personal profile] wohali 2018-10-09 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
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).
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[personal profile] azurelunatic 2018-10-09 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I could see a dragoncat peering down with interest from the rim of the dome.
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2018-10-10 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
Books!

Drools..... :o)
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[personal profile] sfred 2018-10-10 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
What a beautiful building!
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[personal profile] silveradept 2018-10-10 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Looks like a very lovely building, indeed, and with plenty of stacks to hold things.
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[personal profile] silveradept 2018-10-10 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
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[personal profile] tree_and_leaf 2018-10-10 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely!
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[personal profile] worlds_of_smoke 2018-10-10 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
*_____*

-makes gimme hands-
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[personal profile] cesy 2018-10-11 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice library!