Bücherhallen Hamburg

About Bücherhallen Hamburg

The Bücherhallen Hamburg, with 4.9 million visitors annually, is Hamburg's most popular cultural institution and the largest municipal library system in Germany. Approximately 13 million media items are borrowed per year. 32 libraries in all city districts, 2 bookmobiles, and the central library near the main train station with an integrated children's and youth library offer an extensive, constantly updated selection of media tailored to the needs of diverse customers of all ages and interests, for general information and education as well as for leisure and entertainment. 420 employees are happy to assist with your inquiries and requests. As a modern metropolitan library, Bücherhallen Hamburg has over 1.7 million media items in over 30 languages in its collection: 1.2 million book titles (fiction, non-fiction, children's and youth literature), over 180,000 CDs, 113,000 DVDs and Blu-rays, 64,000 magazines and newspapers, over 60,000 music scores, and 20,000 games. To ensure you always find an up-to-date media collection, Bücherhallen purchases over 235,000 new titles each year.