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Five Libraries That Are Probably Nicer Than The Ones You're Revising In

Libraries That Are Probably Nicer Than The Ones You're Revising In
Louisa Clack
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Most university libraries look the same. It's a sad but honest truth; most contain quite depressed students who have drunk too much coffee stressfully queuing for the printer.

As you gaze miserably out your library windows, indulge in some healthy library porn as proscrastination.

Five Libraries That Are Probably Nicer Than The Ones You're Revising In
Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France(01 of05)
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You'd have to pretend you were in Beauty and the Beast in this beautiful library in the National Library of France. Répétez après moi: je voudrais aller à la bibliothèque (credit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_de_France,_site_Richelieu_%28salle_ovale%29.jpg)
University of Coimbra General Library, Coimbra, Portugal(02 of05)
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Does your library have a chandelier? Mine neither. (credit:www.chantagold.blogspot.com)
Handelingenkamer, Netherlands(03 of05)
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Not only is it pretty and red, the Dutch Parliament's library has an impressive glass dome that provides natural light reducing the need for electric lamps. Environmentally friendly books are just better. (credit:travel.allwomenstalk.com)
Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut, USA(04 of05)
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A archivist's heaven, Yale's rare book store is one of the world's largest libraries devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts. (credit:www.pixgrove.com)
The Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland(05 of05)
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This university's library aka “The Long Room,” would probably be the most ideal place to read Joyce, Beckett or Wilde. (credit:www.fillthewell.com)
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