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Reviewed August 29, 2015

The bookstore which has a charm, because it is built in an old church and is loved by locals at the same time being an attraction for the tourists, who have the craving for good literature. Loved the idea behind - making the home of god appealing to many different people and also putting some design details and pieces of modern art that make the place somewhat charming and completely new.

The fact that locals donated money for this bookstore to be re-opened shows, how important Dutch people think it is to have a place where classical monument and modern ideas can coexist.

Date of experience: June 2015
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Reviewed August 21, 2015

It is a rare moment when the whole of you just goes Ahhhh ... the cares disappear and the soul leaps for joy. Only one other place I've encountered -- ironically, also a bookshop, Munro's in my home town -- has brought on this instantaneous Ahhhh ...

I am not sure I can explain why, only account for the fact. I think that the classical music playing did much of it -- and Emperor Concerto is not usually something I would put as background music, but here it fits the nobility of the space. Secondly, the repurposed church is quite lovely. It glows a calming pale bottle green. If there was stained glass before is now more monochromatic in the soft green spectrum. The church walls are no longer clad with incense and candle smoke, yet remnants of the ceiling frescoes are still there, seeminly undisturbed. The floor is still wobbly with irregularities brought on by tombs of those long passed. It's a church and it's a book shop. Truth in several different guises.

I actually picked up some Dutch magazines -- two on crafts that I can at least use for the photos and one on my boys' favorite sport -- again for the pictures. Then I trotted these back to the coffee shop in the back: Coffee Lovers. It wasn't lost on me that this was at the altar where sacraments had been observed for so many centuries. A different style of worship, I suppose. Through all of this, I could feel my head clear and my worries drop away. Isn't that appropriate for a sacred space.

Had I not been on a bit of a schedule, I'd still be there now, typing this from the lovely coffee shop at the altar of a repurposed church.

Date of experience: August 2015
Thank Mary B
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Reviewed August 21, 2015

What an idea to turn the church into a bookstore. Lovely place, lots of books, a cafe but was a bit to stuffy when I went there.

Date of experience: July 2015
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Reviewed August 18, 2015

We try to visit here whenever we happen to be in Maastricht. The place is a beautifully modified church with a good selection of books and a nice cafe (although we didn't make use of it). We were able to find quite a few books in English, although many are in Dutch, so you need to look around if you are not a native speaker. There are also postcards and other small nick-knacks available to purchase.

If you're a book-lover, you may spend quite a bit of time here, but for the average person, it's a few minutes to walk around, look at the beauty of the place, maybe make a purchase, and then head out.

Date of experience: August 2015
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Reviewed August 9, 2015 via mobile

I've read about this book store long time ago. It was not disappointing when I finally visited it. I like the way they turned an unused church into a book store. I took a lot of good pictures and I enjoyed it a lot.

The second visit I found good quality postcards here next to the magazine section, instead of the cards section. Wish I could find it earlier so I won't waste money on those not so good postcards from the souvenir shop.

They are doing a good job maintaining it. Hope they could keep doing so.

Date of experience: August 2015
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