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.Photo: Sir James, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Public bookcase
- 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 free library”, “little libraries”, “mini library”, “public bookcase”, “public bookcases”, “Public bookcases”, “RWE Bücherschrank”, “sidewalk library”, “street library”, and “Street library”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Sebastian and Kloster Langwaden.
Kloster Langwaden
Church
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Kloster Langwaden is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Public bookcase.
An der schwarzen Brücke
Nature reserve
Photo: Ubi2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. It is known for its castle Schloss Hülchrath.
Kapellen
Suburb
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Kapellen is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km west of Public bookcase.
Wevelinghoven
Suburb
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Wevelinghoven is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Public bookcase.
Public bookcase
- Categories: project, bookcase, fixed construction, geographic location, and education
- Location: Grevenbroich, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.12463° or 51° 7′ 29″ northLongitude
6.66024° or 6° 39′ 37″ eastBrand
RWE-BücherschränkeOperator
RWEOpen location code
9F384MF6+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 3106855437OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=public_bookcaseOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q294297
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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”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca lliure”
- Czech: “knihobudka”
- Czech: “Knihobudka”
- Danish: “bogbørs”
- Danish: “bogbytteskab”
- 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: “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: “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: “Общественный книжный шкаф”
- Russian: “Публичный книжный шкаф”
- Spanish: “biblioteca libre”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca libre”
- Ukrainian: “громадська книжкова шафа”
- Ukrainian: “Громадська книжкова шафа”
- Western Armenian: “Հանրային գրապահարան”
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