Amsterdam Public Library

Amsterdam is the largest library in Europe, the design of the building owned by Jo Coenen, the former Government Architect of the Netherlands, who drafted a neighboring island KNSM and Central Library Maastricht, as well as engaged in the reconstruction of the magnificent buildings in the city Glaspaleis Heerlen (Heerlen), in which the Central Library city.





We begin our tour of the parking lot. It looks like the descent for cyclists, they descend down the ramp, and upstairs to get moving walkways.





A total of 2,000 underground parking racks for bicycles and 1,200 parking stalls.



Left entrance and information desk, right in the basement of children's literature.



The area of ​​28,000 square meters library. m. In the building of 8 floors, in addition to a collection of books, it includes theater, radio, Hall talks, exhibition hall, museum department, café for readers, a restaurant with a terrace and stunning views of Amsterdam. The southern wall of glass along her special place to enjoy the view.



In the lobby of a piano, you can play. Limitation of no more than 30 minutes a day. Every time someone plays.



The library is open from 10 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week!



It is planned that the new library will be attending the annual 2.5 million people, which is about 7,000 people per day.









Department of magazines.



Here you can find all the latest magazines and newspapers.



Downstairs destky floor.









Children's computer games and developing programs.







Architects do not forget about entertainment)







On the second floor is a DVD movie. Perhaps they have collected all the movies in the history of cinema.





The disc can be taken home, and you can view or right on the spot.









Let's talk about money. Membership in the library up to 19 years free of charge. 19 to 22 - 15 euros per year. From 22 to 64 - 25 euros per year. For companies - 149 euros per year. The subscription can take no more than 10 books, CDs, cassettes, albums, etc. Books and music are free of charge for 3 weeks, further costs 10 cents a day. CD, DVD, tapes, etc. You can take a week for 1 Euro, children 3 weeks.



By the way, amtserdamskaya library is available and the disabled. For the blind have a special computer software for visually impaired people to run and voice synthesizer. Spetsailyne also have large print books and a large collection of books and audio books for the blind. All the rooms of the library are accessible to people in wheelchairs.



On each floor there are jobs. Throughout the building fast free wi-fi, everywhere there are sockets for laptops.



28 km shelves designed for additions a further 20 years. Already, in the library of more than 1, 5 million books, magazines, DVD, CD, which can be taken home or to read them on the spot.



The library has about 200 employees who help visitors to find the right materials. Issuance of materials and their returns are fully computerized.



€ 70 million has been spent on the construction of the building and another 25 million per year will be needed to ensure its functioning.



Particular attention is paid to the ecology of the building in 2008, it received the prestigious award as the "most environmentally friendly to non-public building».





















Just a library of more than 1000 jobs, 600 of them are equipped with computers with Internet access and office applications.







The library terminals 110 digital catalogs and 11 copiers / printers. The center of the rack to open the drive (all drives are closed, open only by subscription).



Zone of silence, we can not talk and talk on the phone, but you can read a book



For lovers of privacy there are rooms with different design.



There are even some booths!





No laptop? Do not worry, you can use one of the computers. Kids love to come to the library to play online games)



On the seventh floor there is a self-service restaurant V & D La Place with a south-facing terrace



On the top floor is located in the Theatre 270 people.



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