As a reader who loves perusing bookshops to chance upon a book I wouldn’t have come across otherwise, it’s been frustrating over the past couple years of the pandemic not being able to physically visit many bookstores. After they reopened in London after the first lockdown ended I headed straight to some of my favourites in the city to have a wander amongst the shelves and you can see the results in a video I made in June 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0MFLk0O3LA
That video now feels like a curious time capsule. Certainly “normal” life hasn’t fully resumed but thankfully bookshops have been open here in England for some time. Hopefully this year international travel will become easier again and it’s inspired me to think about some of the beautiful bookshops around the world I’ve been able to visit in years past - including Lello bookstore in Porto. Recently I came across a list in Conde Nast Traveller about some of the most beautiful bookshops in the world so I made a new video discussing these shops such as Boekhandel Dominicanen in Maastricht, Netherlands and Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice, Italy and showing pictures as I hope to visit them someday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkb6PeKxH0U
I’d love to hear about the most beautiful bookshop you’ve ever visited in the comments.
