欧洲最好的书店 The Best Book Shops Across Europe
欧洲最好的书店，看看英国都有几家？ 即使因为电子浪潮的冲击，很多老式书店已经慢慢退出了历史舞台，但不可否认的是，纸质书籍依然拥有大批忠实的拥护者。如今电子书的大量涌现，我们或许热衷于电子书，因为电子书可以随时随地的看，又不用随时携带，真的很方便。但是我们也不能遗忘了传统的纸质书籍。下面这些欧洲超级特别的书店？你去过哪一家呢？
How many best book shops are in the UK as crowned as one of the best book shops in Europe? Since the popularity of electronic books is increasing, there are quite a lot of old-fashioned book shops are closing down. However, there are still a lot of people who like to read books made with paper. Nowadays, many of the books have electronic version, we may prefer the electronic one since we can read it anywhere anytime we want, it is easy to carry, it is very convenient. But still, we cannot forget the traditional paper-based books. Which super book shops in the following have you been you so far?
1. 荷兰马斯特里赫特 教堂书店 Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen in Maastricht
在一间拥有800年历史的古教堂里读书是什么感觉？不久前，荷兰马斯特里赫特市的多米尼加教堂还是一个供人们存放自行车的地方。荷兰建筑师默克斯?吉罗德给这座废弃的教堂带来了惊人变化，他把教堂改造成了一家书店。书店2007年圣诞节前刚刚开张。吉罗德尽量保留原有建筑风貌，只在内部装饰上作了些许变动，添加了一些现代元素，令整座教堂焕然一新。在一排排书架间穿行，头顶上方是高大、美丽的教堂穹顶，难怪有人把这里称为“天堂书店”。
What does a city do with an 800-year-old church with no congregation? The old Dominican church in Maastricht was being used for bicycle storage not long ago, but thanks to a radical refurbishment by Dutch architects Merkx?Girod it has been turned into what could possibly be the most beautiful bookshop of all time. The Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen, which opened just before Christmas in 2007, retains the character and charm of the old church, while being fitted with a minimalist and modern interior design that overcomes any suggestion of fustiness. From the images you can find on the web you can see that it is a bookshop made in heaven.
2. 葡萄牙波尔图 莱罗书店 Livraria Lello in Porto
与前家不同，莱罗书店生来就是一家书店，开张于1881年。书店中央有一个漂亮的木制楼梯，一直通到楼顶。读者可以透过玻璃楼顶，360度仰望天空。楼梯四周书架上摆满各种好书，令“书虫”们流连忘返。
The divine Livraria Lello in Porto has been selling books in the most salubrious of settings since 1881. Featuring a staircase to heaven and beautifully intricate wooden panels and columns, with a gorgeous 360-degree view，stained glass ceilings and books - lots of lovely books。
3. 苏格兰格拉斯哥 边界书店 Borders in Glasgow
边界书店位于格拉斯哥市皇家汇兑广场。书店前身是皇家银行，1827年由建筑师阿奇博尔德?埃略特设计。如今，书香已取代了“铜臭味”。
Originally designed by Archibald Elliot in 1827 for the Royal Bank, Borders has occupied a prime spot on Royal Exchange Square since the millennium and won over many of the city's book lovers. People reading on the steps outside have become as much a feature of Glasgow as the traffic cone on the head of Wellington's statue。
4. 英国剑桥皮克区 斯卡廷书店 Scarthin's in the Peak District
斯卡廷书店以朴实取胜。它开业于20世纪70年代中期，既卖新书也卖二手书。它有好几个堆满了新书和旧书的房间，还有一间怡人的小咖啡馆和一个展览厅。英国剑桥皮克区，斯卡廷书店 这家书店深受当地人喜爱。不忍释卷的“书虫”甚至可以在店中过夜。
Of course, others might prefer the altogether more earthy beauty of a shop like Scarthin Books in the Peak District. Scarthin's has been selling new and second-hand books since the mid-1970s. It has rooms full of new and old books, a delightful café and what can best be described as a small exhibition of curiosities on the first floor. It is a bookshop so beloved, that it advertises local guest and farmhouses on its websites where devotees can stay overnight。
5. 比利时布鲁塞尔 波萨达书店 Posada in Brussels
它位于布鲁塞尔圣玛格达伦教堂附近一座老房子内。书店装潢美妙，与摆放的大量艺术书籍“气味相投”。书店有时举办小型艺术展览。
Located in a dear old house near St Magdalen's church in Brussels, Posada Books is famous for its pretty interior and its collection of new and second-hand art books. Has a remarkable collection of exhibition catalogues, which goes back to the beginning of the last century, and holds occasional exhibitions too.
6. 英国伦敦 哈查兹书店 Hatchards in London
位于皮卡迪利广场的哈查兹书店堪称英国最有年头的贵族书店。它诞生于1797年，是英国女王的书籍供应商。英国政治家本杰明?迪斯累里、诗人乔治?戈登?拜伦、文豪奥斯卡?王尔德都曾是此地常客。如今，它仍保有昔日的灵魂。
Hatchards of Piccadilly, which has been trading since 1797, is definitely the most aristocratic. Not only does it boast three royal warrants, meaning it supplies books to Her Majesty, it has counted Disraeli, Wilde and Byron among its regulars. Today it retains the spirit of days past, with an interior described by one follower as "reminiscent of being inside a rambling old house, with six floors of small rooms all linked together curling around a central staircase."