Amsterdam bookshops, OBA & reading events | Dam Daily, 9 March
Sara & Pawel 09/03/2026
Celebrating Amsterdam bookshops, libraries, bookclubs & reading events, with Sara & Pawel.
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- Boekenweek 2026 Celebrates “My Generation” across Amsterdam from 11 to 22 March 2026: bringing readers, writers and literary organisations together across the Netherlands. From Thursday to Sunday, a pop-up greenhouse called the BoekenBar will stand on Leidseplein. It looks like a bar, but instead of drinks it offers books. Visitors can exchange books, meet other readers and join conversations about literature. https://activiteiten.amsterdam.nl/activiteiten/2026/03/literaire-kroegentocht-boekenbar/
- Reasons to join the Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (OBA), the public library of Amsterdam. https://oba.nl/nl/word-lid
- English-Language Bookshops in Amsterdam 📚 | favourities include: Waterstones Amsterdam on Kalverstraat, the American Book Center (ABC) at Spui (ABC also hosts talks with authors, reading clubs and more), Athenaeum Boekhandel (also located at Spui). Plus more alternative options: Le Flaneur – secondhand, curated selection Sans serriffe – new books, weird art books, essays pamphlets contemporary art world , art critiscism – and hold lots of talks, Perdu (poetry), The Book Exchange- 100 metres away – English language secondhand.
- Silent Book Club (Amsterdam) is a group of book lovers who enjoy reading quietly together in public. https://www.meetup.com/nl-NL/silent-book-club-amsterdam/
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