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I don’t know about your town, but my town has a great little bookstore that we did not think would survive the arrival of the big box stores. But it has and there continues to be a real culture surrounding this particular little gem in the downtown core. There’s nowhere better to while away some time. Actually, the lakeside pubs probably beat it for time-whiling-away (though with book in hand), but suffice it to say that bookstores can survive and can thrive.

CNN has a great gallery of what they call, the “World’s coolest bookstores”. Included is the fantastic Buenos Aires El Ateneo, which is a traditional theatre that has been converted in to a book selling space and features the old theatre boxes that are now reading spaces. Amazing. The photo above is of El Ateneo.

Also making the list is Livraria Lello (Porto, Portugal) which CNN claims can arguably be called

the world’s most beautiful bookstore with neo-Gothic architecture incorporating stained glass, a sweeping staircase and a plaster ceiling imitating wood.

Check out the gallery (with links to the stores) at the link below.

Full story here: CNN: Travel.

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