Biblioteca Națională a Moldovei
The National Library on 31 August, with a rare book collection and free lockers at the entrance
A few hours in the high-ceilinged halls, with access to the rare book collection
Worth it for the building, the collection and a library card issued in minutes. If you come to study, one review warns that quiet is not guaranteed.
The National Library, on 31 August 1989 street. Reviews describe it as one of the oldest libraries in the country, with a history of more than a hundred and eighty years, and as a place where you find almost anything you are looking for, including access to its rare book collection. The building has high ceilings and several areas where you can read or work, plus a beautiful courtyard at the front. One reader sums up the feeling simply: silence in the kingdom of books. The practical details come from the reviews too: the library card is quick and easy to get, the lockers for bags at the entrance are free, and there is a good cafe across the road. The exhibitions are praised separately. There is a reverse side, in a two-star review: for someone coming to study, the place can be frustrating. The writer says the staff talk to each other or on the phone in all the halls, that teachers hold their lessons there without regard for anyone else, that it is cold in autumn, and that the tables and chairs are arranged at random, with sockets only here and there.
- One of the oldest libraries in the country, with a history of more than a hundred and eighty years, per one review
- You find almost anything you look for, including access to the rare book collection
- High ceilings and several areas where you can read or work
- The courtyard at the front, mentioned as beautiful
- The library card is quick and easy to get
- Free lockers for bags at the entrance
- A good cafe across the road, flagged by one reader
- The exhibitions, praised separately
- One reader describes the place as silence in the kingdom of books
- The reading hall with its high ceilings
- The courtyard at the front
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“The place isn’t really suitable for studying. The workers are speaking with each other or on the phone all the time in all halls. The place is cold in fall. Just a waste of huge building. Randomly thrown chairs and tables with sometimes charging sockets. Plus random teachers conduct their lessons here without really caring about everyone else’s work. Disappointing”
“Wonderful library. High ceilings inside with multiple areas to work or read. Great courtyard at the front. I experience positive feeling and a calm mind each time I spend time here. Great cafe across the road you get hungry or thirsty. Free lockers to store your bags before you enter. Don’t forget your library card! Thanks to the staff who run this place. 👍👍👍”
“One of the eldest library in Moldova with a history for more than 180 years. With a large volume of books, you can find almost anything you look for it, even they allow you to access their rare collection of books.”
- A two-star review says the staff talk to each other or on the phone in all the halls
- Teachers hold their lessons there without regard for anyone else, in the same review
- It is cold in autumn, flagged in the same review
- The tables and chairs are arranged at random, with sockets only here and there
- Closed on Fridays, a detail easy to miss