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Athenaeum Bookshop and News Centre

Athenaeum Boekhandel & Nieuwscentrum

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The living room of reading Amsterdam: a bookshop where half the stock is in foreign languages, with a separate news centre selling magazines and newspapers from all over the world. I amsterdam calls it the living room of reading and culture-loving Amsterdam; it stands on the Spui square of the Friday book market.

Address
Spui 14-16, 1012 XA Amsterdam
Hours
Mon-Sat 10:00-19:00; Sun 11:00-19:00 (Google hours via Wanderlog, 2026-09)
Price
Price not verified
Price level
€€

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Good to know

  • Combine with the Friday book market on the square.
  • The news centre stocks international magazines you rarely find elsewhere (I amsterdam).

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