Public bookcase
A public bookcase is a cabinet which may be freely and anonymously used for the exchange and storage of books without the administrative rigor associated with formal libraries.
- Public bookcase
- …is open 24/7
- …is partly wheelchair accessible
- …operates under the RWE-Bücherschränke brand
- Description: cabinet which may be freely and anonymously used for the exchange and storage of books without the formalities associated with libraries
- Also known as“Bookswap”“community bookshelf”“Little free library”“little libraries”“mini library”“Public bookcases”“RWE Bücherschrank”“sidewalk library”“Street library”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Sebastian and Kloster Langwaden.
Kloster Langwaden
Kloster Langwaden is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Public bookcase.
An der schwarzen Brücke
An der schwarzen Brücke is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hülchrath and Kapellen.
Hülchrath
Village
Hülchrath is a district of the municipality of Grevenbroich in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Wevelinghoven
Wevelinghoven is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Public bookcase.
Public bookcase
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Latitude
51.12463° or 51° 7′ 29″ north
Longitude
6.66024° or 6° 39′ 37″ east
Open location code
9F384MF6+V3
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Public bookcase” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خزانة الكتب العامة”
- Arabic: “مكتبة الرصيف”
- Arabic: “مكتبة الشارع”
- Arabic: “مكتبة تشاركية”
- Arabic: “مكتبة مجانية”
- Armenian: “Հանրային գրապահարան”
- Azerbaijani: “İctimai kitab dolabı”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca lliure”
- Chinese: “公共書櫃”
- Czech: “Knihobudka”
- Danish: “bogbørs”
- Danish: “Bogbytteskab”
- Dutch: “boekenruilkast”
- Dutch: “mini-bieb”
- Dutch: “Openbare boekenkast”
- Dutch: “ruilboekenkast”
- Esperanto: “Publika libroŝranko”
- French: “bibliothèque libre-service”
- French: “bibliothèque participative”
- French: “boîte à lire”
- French: “Boîte à livres”
- French: “cabane à livres”
- French: “microbibliothèque”
- Galician: “biblioteca libre”
- German: “Austauschbibliothek”
- German: “Austauschbücherei”
- German: “Bücherbox”
- German: “Bücherschrank”
- German: “offener Bücherschrank”
- German: “Öffentlicher Bücherschrank”
- German: “Strassenbibliothek”
- German: “Straßenbibliothek”
- German: “Strassenbücherei”
- German: “Straßenbücherei”
- German: “Tauschbibliothek”
- German: “Tauschbücherei”
- Hebrew: “ספרייה זעירה”
- Irish: “leabhragán poiblí”
- Japanese: “みんなの本棚”
- Lithuanian: “Knygų namelis”
- Lithuanian: “vieša knygų lentyna”
- Luxembourgish: “Ëffentleche Bicherschaf”
- Macedonian: “јавен шкаф за книги”
- Portuguese: “biblioteca ao ar livre”
- Portuguese: “Biblioteca livre”
- Russian: “Общественные книжные шкафы”
- Russian: “Общественный книжный шкаф”
- Russian: “Публичный книжный шкаф”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca libre”
- Ukrainian: “Громадська книжкова шафа”
- Western Armenian: “Հանրային գրապահարան”
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