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book cafés i’d happily get lost in
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Reynaldo Bebe | Books + Travel
these are the places i’d love to wander into, grab a coffee, pick up a book, and just stay awhile.
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i’d probably order coffee, pick a random book, and completely lose track of time here.
minoa pera - istanbul, turkey
this feels like the perfect place for a slow morning with a book and absolutely nowhere to be.
paludan bog & café - copenhagen, denmark
six floors of books and cozy reading spaces sounds dangerously good to me.
café comma - seoul, south korea
i’d definitely browse the books first and then reward myself with coffee.
jimbocho book center - tokyo, japan
the name alone already sounds like somewhere i’d happily spend an entire afternoon.
tranquil books & coffee - hanoi, vietnam
i like the idea of grabbing a coffee, finding a book, and just hanging around for a while.
book bar - singapore
this has that little hidden-bookshop feeling that makes me want to stay longer.
books & co - hong kong
give me those big windows, a coffee, and a good book and i’m not leaving anytime soon.
bleu&book - taipei, taiwan
i feel like i’d come here for the coffee and accidentally spend hours looking through the books.
flobookstore - bangkok, thailand
two floors of books plus coffee and food is pretty much my kind of chaos.
cafebrería el péndulo - mexico city, mexico
i’d love getting lost between all those books before settling down with a coffee.
ampersand café & bookstore - sydney, australia
this looks like the kind of place where i’d accidentally turn a quick coffee into a three-hour reading session.
beacon hill books & cafe - boston, usa
finally, a place close to home where i can have books and a proper meal in the same stop.
book & cook - manila, philippines
i’d happily spend an afternoon here pretending i’m having a very important literary moment.
spazio sette libreria - rome, italy
this feels like the kind of little Paris stop where i’d sit with coffee and completely forget my itinerary.
the used book café at merci - paris, france
i’d love reading here surrounded by all that greenery instead of rushing around the city.
nielson hays library garden café - bangkok, thailand
i feel like i could browse for a while, grab a coffee, and accidentally make this my whole afternoon.
the chestnut tree bookshop & cafe - melbourne, australia
books, coffee, and a little literary atmosphere in buenos aires sounds like a pretty good afternoon to me.
eterna cadencia - buenos aires, argentina
i love when a place basically combines two things i already wanted to do anyway
atlántica libros y café - buenos aires, argentina
a cozy café with bookshelves, coffee, and cake is exactly the kind of place where i’d say “one more chapter” way too many times.
lovecrumbs - edinburgh, scotland
i’d pick the quietest seat i could find, order something good, and just let myself read for a few hours.
aunty peg’s - melbourne, australia
i’d happily spend a slow afternoon here with coffee, a book, and nowhere else i need to be.
calíope café y libros - buenos aires, argentina
i love that i could browse books, grab something to drink, and just settle into the whole creative atmosphere.
dain usina cultural - buenos aires, argentina
a bookstore with a little café upstairs sounds like exactly the kind of place where i’d lose track of time.
american book center - amsterdam, netherlands
i’d probably spend more time admiring the old theater than actually choosing a book.
el ateneo grand splendid - buenos aires, argentina
books, coffee, cozy couches, and jazz later on feels like a pretty perfect reading day to me.
borges 1975 - buenos aires, argentina
i love that this feels more like someone’s cool living room than a traditional café, because i could definitely read here for hours.
phil - vienna, austria
i’d grab a coffee, find a quiet spot, and probably get distracted by the art and books before actually reading.
halle saint-pierre - paris, france
a book café on a boat is exactly the kind of unnecessarily charming place i’d want to visit.
péniche l’eau et les rêves - paris, france
i’d love finding a little book-filled café like this while exploring somewhere completely new.
livraria funambule - petrópolis, brazil
