In Photos: Outstanding Libraries Around the World

Starfield Library, a mega-library located within COEX, a huge shopping mall in Seoul, South Korea.

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The modern interior of the Stuttgart Library, in Stuttgart, Germany.

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People visit Liyuan Library on the outskirts of Beijing, China. Deep in the heart of a valley surrounded by rocky hills, this wooden library sits over a creek on the outskirts of Beijing, seemingly in the middle of nowhere.

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