Libraries You’ll Never Want to Leave (32 Photos)
Many people assume libraries are relics of the past, that printed books are hopelessly out of style, and that sitting in reading rooms is utterly dull. Think again! For starters, reading good books will never go out of fashion (and digital screens will never truly replace traditional libraries). More importantly, there are libraries around the world that are simply irresistible—and for good reason, since they look like something straight out of a fairy-tale palace! 
1. Wiblingen Abbey Library in Ulm, Germany.
2. Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University in New Haven, USA. 
3. Admont Abbey Library in Austria. 
4. Pontifical Lateran Library in Rome, Italy. 
5. University of Coimbra Library in Portugal. 
6. George Peabody Library at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. 
7. Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland. 
8. El Escorial Library in Madrid, Spain. 
9. The Queen's College Library at Oxford University, England. 
10. Austrian National Library in Vienna. 
11. Tama Art University Library in Tokyo, Japan. 
12. Strahov Monastery Library in Prague, Czech Republic. 
13. José Vasconcelos Library in Mexico City, Mexico. 
14. New York Public Library, USA. 
15. Library of Parliament in Ottawa, Canada. 
16. Klementinum National Library in Prague, Czech Republic. 
