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.

[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).

[azurelunatic]

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

[cmcmck]

Books!

Drools..... :o)

[sfred]

What a beautiful building!

[silveradept]

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

[tree_and_leaf]

Lovely!

[worlds_of_smoke]

*_____*

-makes gimme hands-

[cesy]

Nice library!