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Polare, Maastricht
Polare书店，荷兰马斯特里赫特
Converted from a 13th Century Dominican church in 2006, the Polare bookstore in Maastricht is a temple of books that raises reading to a religious experience. Polare came under threat when Polare declared bankruptcy in February. It remains open for the time being under the name `Boekhandel Dominicanen` but staff have launched a crowdfunding campaign to save it from closure.
荷兰马斯特里赫特的Polare书店是2006年由一座13世纪的多米尼加教堂改造而来 的。在这座书籍殿堂里读书，阅读不再是阅读，而是一种虔诚的体验。不过，Polare公司今年2月宣布破产，因此Polare书店正面临关门的危机，现在 书店以Boekhandel Dominicanen的名义继续经营，员工们正在发起众投以挽救书店关张。
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El Ateneo, Buenos Aires
El Ateneo书店，阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯
Visitors can go from stage to page at this Argentinian icon. First built as the Teatro Grand Splendid in 1919, before becoming a cinema in 1929, El Ateneo appeals to the dramatic reader. With frescoed ceilings, ornate carvings and plush red stage curtains, it has retained its original splendour: customers can sit in the theatre boxes to browse in comfort.
在这栋如同阿根廷名片的建筑中，游客可以收获到由舞台到书墨的美妙体验。该建筑始建于 1919年，当时是Teatro Grand Splendid大剧院，1929年改成电影院。无论是天顶画、华丽的雕刻还是奢华的红色大幕布，El Ateneo依然保留着当初的雄伟壮观：顾客可以坐在剧院包厢里享受舒适阅读。
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Libreria Acqua Alta, Venice
Libreria Acqua Alta书店，意大利威尼斯
Could this be the world’s only underwater bookstore? Translating as ‘high water bookshop’, its canalside spot means an extra level of organisation for staff: the rubber boot-wearing owner has to move his books from the floor to bathtubs and higher shelves during regular flooding.
这或许是世界上唯一一家“水下书店”。店名直译过来意为“高水书店”，这家书店位于威尼斯运河边，为了防止书籍受水泡，员工必须具备一定的书籍摆放能力。隔三差五洪水来袭时，老板就要穿上橡胶雨鞋将书从澡盆和地上挪到更高的书架上。
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Librairie Avant-Garde, Nanjing
先锋书店，中国南京
Called China’s most beautiful bookshop, Nanjing’s Librairie Avant-Garde was built inside a former government car park that had also been a bomb shelter. To find their way into the 4,000 sq m underground space beneath Wutishan Stadium, visitors follow a yellow-striped road; inside, a replica of Rodin’s The Thinker sits alongside a cash till made out of old books, and pillars with famous literary verses carved into them.
这座坐落于南京五台山体育场地下的4000平方米书店被称为中国最美的书店，改建自早年间的一个地下车库，当时也是一处防空洞。读者可以顺着地上的黄线前行，书店门口是一尊罗丹的思考者雕塑复制品。书店的收银台由旧书堆砌而成，两旁的柱子上还刻有不同的文学名言。
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El Péndulo, Mexico City
El Péndulo书店，墨西哥城
This branch of Mexcian bookstore Péndulo offers a cultivated way to avoid the heat of Mexico City. Customers can leaf through shelves spanning two storeys or sit at the cafe listening to live music. In 2013, the chain celebrated its 20th anniversary by ‘releasing’ 1,000 books stamped with the message “This is a free book. Read it and return it to another public place.”
El Péndulo是墨西哥城一处文雅的避暑场所，读者可以在这个环形双层书店里翻阅书籍，或是在其咖啡厅聆听现场音乐会。2013年，这家连锁书店为庆祝创立20周年，免费派送了1000本书。这些书本上印着“这本图书是免费的。读完后请将其送到其它公共场所。”