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Really beautiful place.Book selection is the result of a dispute within the communist party. Take the time to see the upper levels.
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Date of experience: January 2019
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The library here is okay...I have never known such security just to get in a library before. Admittedly we did come here on a whim to see the stunning 'eye' but however, this library is a good library but the spectacularly designed one is Tianjin Binhai Library and quite quite different and distant.…
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Date of experience: February 2019
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I go to this library on a regular basis. It is in a great location with a mall, concert hall and three museums beside it. The library is peaceful and spacious. They do have foreign books but it is a 500¥ deposit for a foreign books library card and you can only take one book out at a time. However, there’s a wide selection of books so I would recommend to get one, especially if you’re a student at university. …
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Date of experience: March 2019
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This is the Tianjin Library (15 Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300191) located in Tianjin, and is often mistaken by foreigners with the Tianjin Binhai Library (No.347 Xusheng Road, Binhai New Area, Tianjin 300457). The latter was newly opened in 2017, in a very futuristic design building, and has layers of wave-pattern bookshelves. The Tianjin Library is rectangular in shape and an older building (possibly built in the 1980s or 1970s). The vast majority of the books are in Mandarin, and few books are in foreign languages. Many of the signs are in Mandarin and English. I enjoyed catching up on the latest news, by reading some daily newspapers published in English.…
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Date of experience: November 2018
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The pictures shown here are not of Tianjin library. The place you actually wants to visit is called "Binhai Library". It is quite far from the Fukang Road. Some people posted pictures of Binhai Library on this page. This misunderstanding wasted a lot time for me
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Date of experience: April 2018
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