Utrecht Public Library (
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: ''Openbare Bibliotheek Utrecht'') is the
public library
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system of the city of
Utrecht
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,
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, consisting of a large central city library in the former
Utrecht Post Office
The former Utrecht Main Post Office (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Hoofdpostkantoor Utrecht'', ''Post Neude'' or ''Post Utrecht'') building completed in 1924, is situated on Neude square, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Since 2020 it has served as the he ...
and twelve further branches.
Neighborhood branches
In 1910 the first branch was inaugurated: a small 'wisselbibliotheekje' (small book swap library) of thirty books in the Jaffa neighbourhood.
[Refer to w:nl:Jaffa (buitenplaats) and w:nl:Laan van Nieuw Guinea, Spinozaplantsoen en omgeving.] In 1918 a branch was opened at Sweelinckstraat, Utrecht, followed by another one in the neighbourhood Ondiep in 1919.
In January 2024 the Public Library Utrecht counted twelve branches (libraries, ''bibliotheken'') apart from the main establishment at Neude, Utrecht:
* Bibliotheek in the city centre
* Bibliotheek
* Bibliotheek
Lunetten
* Bibliotheek
Overvecht
Overvecht is a district in the Dutch city of Utrecht. As a post-war development, it predominantly features high-rise apartment buildings with spacious greenery in between. Overvecht offers many amenities: multiple parks, a large shopping mall ...
* Bibliotheek Tuinwijk (Utrecht)
* Bibliotheek
* Bibliotheek
Zuilen
Zuilen is a district in the Northwest section of the Netherlands, Dutch city of Utrecht.
Zuilen is bordered by the train line and the river Vecht (Utrecht), Vecht, the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal, Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, the street Marnixlaan, and ...
* Bibliotheek
De Meern
De Meern () is an urbanized village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Utrecht, and is located at 6 km west of the inner city of this town. Before 2001 the villages De Meern, Vleuten and Haarzuilens formed a ...
* Bibliotheek
Kanaleneiland
* Bibliotheek
Oog in Al
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Overview
Oog acts as the junction of the road connecting the regional capitals of Burao and Erigavo. Oog is situat ...
* Bibliotheek
Leidsche Rijn
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Centrum
* Bibliotheek
Vleuten
Vleuten is a former village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. Today, it is a neighbourhood of the city of Utrecht, and lies about 6 km west from the city centre. Vleuten has a railway station on the line between Utrecht and Woerden
Woer ...
* Jeugdbibliotheek Waterwin, Leidsche Rijn
In 2023 more than 2 million visits were registered, in 2022 1,6 million,
with more than 1 million loans of children's books in 2022.
References
See also
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Utrecht Post Office
The former Utrecht Main Post Office (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Hoofdpostkantoor Utrecht'', ''Post Neude'' or ''Post Utrecht'') building completed in 1924, is situated on Neude square, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Since 2020 it has served as the he ...
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1892 establishments in the Netherlands
Libraries established in 1892
Utrecht
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