Beachfront Libraries Are Pretty Much The Best Idea Ever

RobertSwanderson · 01 Jan 2007

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What's a beach day without a good book?

Beachfront libraries are an ingenious addition to shorelines around the world. Forget your book? Go grab a replacement. Finished your latest read? No worries, many choices await you.

Pop-up libraries are a growing trend at beaches around the world, according to Atlas Obscura. In May, Bulgaria's Black Sea resort, Albena, reopened its beach library for the second summer in a row. The library houses more than 6,000 books.

Most travel trends (Napwrap, anyone?) have us raising an eyebrow, but this is one we can definitely get onboard with.

Check out photos of beach libraries across the globe below!

That meddlin kid · 26 Mar 2007

While I was in library school a couple of years ago I read an article about a library in the Great Lakes region that had begun offering books and programs at the local beach resort area. They seem to have made it work quite well for their community.

Not an option for us, there being no beaches anywhere near us. We have recently gotten in our share of the annual crop of novels about mothers/daughters/sisters/old school friends going to Nantucket or the Carolinas for a journey of self-discovery and renewal on the beach. For some reason these are never set around Gulf Shores or Pascaguola or anywhere else on the Gulf coast....

Beachfront Libraries Are Pretty Much The Best Idea Ever

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