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I saw this post from Read Voraciously on February 28th.

Here’s the link to Read Voraciously’s original post:

• This Small Norwegian Town Turns Abandoned Buildings Into Bookstores – Reader’s Digest

And, here’s the link to the Reader’s Digest article:

• This Small Norwegian Town Turns Abandoned Buildings Into Bookstores

I knew I wanted to write about this before I finished the Reader’s Digest article. How cool is this?

There are approximately 2.5 miles of books in the village of Mundal, part of Fjaerland, Norway. Northeast of Bergen, it looks like an absolutely beautiful area to live and visit!

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Knowing me, and my love of books, I don’t think I would want to leave! But, the bokbyen (“booktown”) is only open for business from May to mid-September.

But, fear not! The online side is open year-round.

I would love to at least see the stunning glaciers. And then, read a book next to them.

For more information, check out these sources:

• International Organisation of Book Towns
• There’s a Small Town in Britain Where There Are More Books Than There Are People
• Attention, Book Lovers: The World’s Largest Literary Hotel Contains 65,000 Books
• This Small-Town Restaurant Gives Away Books to Every Single Customer
• Association of Wigtown Booksellers
• Booktown Books
• Little Free Library
• The World’s Most Beautiful Bookstores

What about you? Have you ever visited a booktown?

Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂