Bookstor

Bookstor is a beautiful café and bookstore in the city center of The Hague.

Nearly 100 years ago this was the only bookstore in the Netherlands where you could find law and judicial books. The entire first floor was packed with cupboards filled to the ceiling with all kinds of national and international legal works. Now, 99 years later, those cupboards are still filled. But with different kinds of books, Dutch and English and fiction and non-fiction. What hasn’t changed that much is parts of the interior. You’ll even find one of these old movable stairs to get to the top shelf.

Nowadays the Bookstor is a bookshop and café in one. It's a perfect place to escape from the busy city centre. With a calm vibe, music on a nice and low volume and great coffee. The shop is exactly like a living room, except it’s packed with books (we dere you to find a empty spot). There’s a big table to read the newspaper on, Persian rugs, plants, wooden cupboards and the smell of fresh coffee and new books. Also, on the end of the shop is an old conservatory with stained glass and a huge window as a ceiling. Prefer to sit outside? There is room in front of the shop, but if you walk through the shop there are also places outside to sit. In their small greenhouse for example. Take a seat on the sofa surrounded by (ofcourse) more books.