The Berlin Book Nook

02/10/2020

To make up for our not being open tomorrow on account of the Public Holiday, we are open an extra two hours tonight, until 8pm!

03/06/2020

The Berlin Book Nook at Pflügerstrasse 63 is now open regularly from 12 until 6. We are observing the social distancing measures in force and if you visit us you must wear a mask and apply either our or your own hand disinfectant before coming in. Both rooms are open and we have rearranged things in such a way as to create more space. We are not letting more than 3 in at a time, and if you see 3 in the shop, please wait. The R number in Berlin has increased to 1.95, so it is important that we all continue to take sensible measures. We will not be cutting corners and we ask you not to either. If one of the other two metrics move into yellow or red, the Senat will take measures. If we want Berlin to remain relatively open, we must accept that the price is that we continue to be careful (keeping hands clean, etc). For those who can read German, here is something from the Morgenpost about the rising R number.

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30/05/2020

We are open again! Here until 5pm. No need to make an appointment.

17/04/2020

From tomorrow (Saturday, April 18th), the Book Nook is reopening by appointment only. Our own safety and that of our customers and the wider public is very important to us, and we are going to play it very safe. Here's how it is going to work:

1. If you really need books to get you through this period, please write to [email protected] specifying days/times that would work for you. We will then agree on a half-hour-or-so slot for you to have exclusive browsing access to the Book Nook.
2. We may well be coming to open the shop just for you and so have decided to apply a 10 EURO minimum spend. If you can't find 10 EURO worth of books, we would charge you 10 EURO and then email you a book voucher that you can redeem at some point in the future. I'm afraid we really are trying to deter idle browsing.
3. When you come, you wear a mask (homemade or scarf over mouth and nose is fine).
4. We will provide hand disinfectant and would ask you to apply this before and after. You may be touching books that someone else will touch later that day, so we are going to be inflexible about this.
5. Payment by card only, ideally contactless. We will disinfect the card reader after each use.
6. When on your way to and from the shop, please observe the usual social distancing rules.

If you are ok with all the above, email us at [email protected] and we'll take it from there.

Stay safe and sane.

18/03/2020

Dear book lovers, indeed dear everyone, please, please minimize social contact to contain the spread of this virus. Germany now has over 10,000 confirmed cases. Two days ago it was 4000. While there have been relatively few deaths, every one of them is tragic. If there are relatively few, it probably has a lot to do with the fact that the German health care system can still cope with the numbers needing hospitalization and intensive care. Confirmed cases are doubling every few days - if the virus is not contained, the health system will come under impossible strain. If you want to know what that looks like, look at Italy. Now, as of today, additional sensible restrictions have been placed on social contact. Most shops are now no longer allowed to open in Berlin. Some types of shop can remain open. In some cases - as with supermarkets and chemists - this makes sense. In others, it really doesn't. One of the spared categories is bookshops. I would normally delight in any measure that advanced the cause of bookshops, but I would not dream of opening the Berlin Book Nook now. It is simply impossible to guarantee the 2m distance between customers that all people are advised to maintain from each other - indeed with more than two or three customers in the shop, I could pretty much guarantee that the 2m minimum distance will be breached. People can carry this virus without any symptoms and be infectious. I just don't understand what is not to get here. If you get too close to others, whether you or they seem ill or not, you risk infecting them or becoming infected. It seems absolutely straightforward that we should not be going to cafes or restaurants or cosy little bookshops right now, and should be limiting our trips to food shops. It is depressing to see how much evidence there is of people not taking this thing seriously. Please, please be responsible and avoid contact with others as much as possible. Please also wash or disinfect your hands regularly - the virus can survive on surfaces for hours or even days.

14/03/2020

Our cosy little shop cannot guarantee 1m of space between customers, and is therefore sadly closing until further notice. They are closing the Kneipes, so it seems responsible to take this step. Hope to see you soon!

01/11/2019

Our sister shop at Antwerpener Str 46a is reopening today under new management. Opening times are Tuesday through Friday, 2pm to 8pm and Saturday, 12pm to 8pm. Paul and Britt look forward to welcoming you!

12/06/2019

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The Berlin Book Nook in Wedding! Several thousand used books, all in English, across a range of fiction and non-fiction genres and subjects. Books for adults and children.

15/11/2018

Looking for some after-hours reading? All three Berlin Book Nooks are open until 11pm tonight, so why not drop by? We're at Antwerpenerstr. 46a in Wedding and Braunschweigerstr. 66 and Pflügerstr. 63 in Neukölln.