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- Thibault LemaitreApril 23, 2013Recommended to me by a friend living in the city, a great view in the city from the roof terrace, a very well designed huge library and if you're lucky someone awesome will be playing piano!
- Cizenbayan Elif TanverdiSeptember 23, 2014One of my favourite buildings in Amsterdam. Has personal and group study spaces and lots of lots of media. if you're hungry there's a cafe upstairs with a beautiful terrace.
- Adrián MorenoMarch 14, 2015Beautiful building with lots of space and places to read one of their books or use your computer. Wifi is not free (1€ 30min), unless you are a library club member. Check the views from 7th floor!
- @michaelkwanMay 22, 2013"The main library next to the central train station is worth visiting too. Yes, it’s “just” a library, but the architecture is amazing and the interior design is something else...." Read more
- Ihar IvanouApril 18, 2019There is an interesting LGBT+ collection on the third floor and a great inexpensive cafe on the sixth - in addition to all the other handy stuff like study space and toilets.
- GijsMarch 23, 2015Wonderful place to visit. Spacious interior, loads of places to sit, hang, chill & read, beautiful view of the city on top floor terrace and an amazing kids section in the basement. Excellent library!
- If you want to work here with both books and free wi-fi, go to the 6th floor and take a seat near the stairs. There's a good signal from the cafe upstairs!
- Janine BeckMay 16, 2015Top floor - La Place cafe (huge variety of market inspired cooking stations, very reasonable prices...Pizza, wok, salad, etc... ) All with a first class view of the city skyline.... Over lunch
- Adrián MorenoMarch 14, 2015Great views from the 7th floor, where there's also a buffet bar (a La Place Express). Lots of places to sit with your PC or read a book (wifi is not free, tough, 1€ per 30 min)
- Aolani SmytheNovember 16, 2013A very innovative historical collective library in Amsterdam. The architectural interior design is wow! There's even a radio station. Am impressed to the intellectual outlook of Deutsche ppl. Love it.
- Anna LevinaDecember 5, 2015one of my most favorite libraries in the entire world and i've seen a lot of them. the view from the 6th floor is great, super inspiring to look at while working.
- Melanie RapAugust 30, 2012Stupenda. An amazing place. Exactly what a library should be all about. iMacs for public use everywhere. Books, music, DVDs. 6 floors of bliss! Go to the top floor for an amazing view. FOC!
- Jeremy AkersFebruary 14, 2015Very swanky library, great place to chill out. Checkout the lounge chair desks by the window. If you're hungry there is a cafeteria upstairs, the food sucks, but the view is worth the trip
- Mark DregerJuly 12, 2014Beautiful library! Be sure to make it up to the top floor for a beautiful view of Amsterdam. There's an excellent café up there too with surprisingly tasty food.
- big place, great selection, awesome view, great place to hide away in a quiet corner and study.
- ArnoldFebruary 2, 2014Great place to read and do some work. Especially if you sit on the 6th floor and overlook the city! The only thing is that you need to paid for the wifi..
- Ivan DiadinMay 20, 2019Nice place for work or education. On floors from 0 to 6 you can find places with power supply. WiFi is free, but you need to register via phone number and sms.
- Priscilla CamargoOctober 27, 2011Apart from the great collection of books the library in Amsterdam presents a very modern design and a delicious terrace on the 7th floor. Definitively one of the best views in the city.
- Markus F.July 27, 2020very cool architecture, interior, kids labs in the basement & panorama restaurant
- David HavířSeptember 14, 2013Beautiful modern building with nice interior and more than hundred iMacs inside! Must-see place for Apple fans.
- A public library that doesn't feel like a library. Go to the 1st floor in the multimedia section, look for classic movies and enjoy your time.
- Helen ZhangJune 6, 2017The most modern and functional public library you will ever visit, you will wish your local branch was like this one.
- Amsterdam MagazineFebruary 4, 2011One of the best views of the city not to mention an ultra cool modern library. Go to the top floor, order a hot chocolate and enjoy the view.
- Melinda KAugust 23, 20167 floors of unique experience, with great exhibitions. The view is very nice too. Can I just say, if all libraries were this cool, the whole world would love to study?!
- Use the coupons to get some discount at the La Place Express and La Place Restaurant. You can find them on laplace.nl. Don't even need to print them. Just show them on your smartphone!
- Christine HSeptember 24, 2020Beautiful library right on the water. 1,000 seats but good luck finding one! Especially one with a power outlet
- Beautyful library, with a great children's department. Beware of the pigeons at the terrace on the La Place top floor.
- OuicestmoiOctober 17, 2012amazing non touristic place in adam! gotta love the 6th floor and its breath taking view of the city!! beautiful students to look at as well ;-)
- Best library ever. They have great source, best view and taste at the top of the restaurant. Peaceful and motivated...
- Michael TrouwOctober 14, 2011If you like playing the piano, but haven't practiced enough to play on the piano in the main hall on the first floor: there's a silent piano ( ment for practicing) on the fourth floor! members only!
- Brilliant place to study at 5th floor, quiet, free wi-fi, power outlets for laptops and lovely design..
- Anna LevinaDecember 5, 2015a lifehack for non-members: you can use the wifi from the cafe on 7th floor for free. the reception is quite good on the 6th
- Go to the children's section (Floor 0) and find the huge installation with Mice House. It's worth the whole visit
- Leo WillemseMay 14, 20133rd floor for its combination of new and old library at a beautiful spot at the right side.Great view of the Oosterdok!
- Zahra ZeinaliOctober 29, 2014What a gorgeous big public library. Restaurant on the last floor with good variety of food (buffet)
- A CDecember 29, 2014Experienced piano players are welcomed to play the piano on the left right thru the entrance (for max. 30 mins)
- Martijn BeenNovember 27, 20105th floor, black armchair with table-top attached, huge window, overlooking Nemo and Woedy's Tricky Theater. Ideal spot for reading/studying
- Matthew ScottSeptember 8, 2012Beautiful design, make it a part of the T'IJ brewery trip. Check out each floor, and don't miss the kid's section either
- Benjamin HollwayApril 28, 2017If you can make it to the top floor, the terrace has a great outlook of the city.
- Brilliant location to study. Upstairs on the 7th floor is the perfect place to eat,have a coffee and have meetings if needed. Tip: wanna eat cheap,just have the fries:half French/half potatoe wedges
- One of my favorite places in Amsterdam for many reasons, you can find books almost about anything, use free internet, run into your favorite writer, watch random people play a piano, just walk aroun
- Go to the sixth floor and enjoy an even better view than on the top floor!
- My favourite place on earth. So many books. Brilliant to study, get lost and people-watch whilst procrastinating.
- KAugust 15, 2017Absolutely huge. Currently doing refurb works on 7th floor so loud and has a temp cafe
- Nuno GouveiaAugust 23, 2014Amazing views of the whole city, worth a visit for that at the very least.
- Kate StoneJune 13, 2018Each floor has a different study feel, so take the escalator up to see each one, and skip the elevators.
- Vasiliy ZJuly 14, 2010On the top floor of the library is located 'La Place' cafe. It is really nice place to eat and look outside to see Amsterdam.There is also free WiFi.