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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jakub Krupa

Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones

The library
The library has opened in a new metro station in Warsaw. Photograph: Biblioteka Publiczna w Dzielnicy Targówek m.st. Warszawy

An “express” library has opened in a new metro station in Warsaw, aiming to provide an appealing cultural space to encourage residents and commuters to forgo smartphones in favour of books and, thanks to fresh herbs growing in a vertical garden, a dash of subterranean greenery too.

The stylish Metroteka, which opened this week in the Kondratowicza M2 line metro station in the Polish capital’s Targówek district, offers two reading areas for adults and children, as well as a space for public readings and events.

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