Joy Of London Bookshops

 

London Vacation Planning: The Unexpected Joy Of London Bookshops

Many tourists plan museum visits.

Far fewer plan bookshop visits.

This is a mistake.

Funny Observation: Bookshops Appear To Bend Time

You enter intending to browse for five minutes.

An hour disappears.

Nobody can explain it.

Funny Observation: Every Shelf Creates New Reading Ambitions

Visitors suddenly decide they're ready to read biographies, history, poetry, architecture, and Victorian detective novels.

Funny Observation: Books Are The Heaviest Souvenirs

People purchase them anyway.

Future luggage problems are treated as tomorrow's issue.

Helpful Bookshop Advice

Explore independent stores as well as famous locations.

Many offer cafés, events, and unique local character.

The Secret

Bookshops reveal what a city thinks about itself.

London thinks about a lot of things.

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