{"id":4709,"date":"2016-06-29T17:35:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T15:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=4709"},"modified":"2020-02-17T08:28:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T07:28:43","slug":"unique-bookshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/unique-bookshop\/","title":{"rendered":"TuuuLibrer\u00eda &#8211; a Unique Bookshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every book lover who travels to Madrid should visit a very particular bookshop called <strong>TuuuLibrer\u00eda<\/strong>. There are a number of second-hand bookstores in the city (\u00c1baco, Tik Books, La Tarde Libros&#8230;) but this one\u00a0stands out among them because there you decide how much the books cost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yes, you read it right: you put the price! When you have picked a book \u2014or more\u2014 you go to the counter where you will have to leave a donation in a wooden money box, and you&#8217;ll have the book stamped with the logo of TuuuLibrer\u00eda, so that you cannot sell it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShMadrid<\/strong><\/a> shares information on this unique bookstore today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/top-5-cafe-bookshops-in-madrid\/\">Top 5 Cafe-Bookshops In Madrid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/unique-bookshop\/#about-tuuulibreria\" title=\"About TuuuLibrer\u00eda\">About TuuuLibrer\u00eda<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/unique-bookshop\/#tuuulibreria-from-the-inside\" title=\"TuuuLibrer\u00eda from the inside\">TuuuLibrer\u00eda from the inside<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/unique-bookshop\/#other-peculiarities\" title=\"Other peculiarities\">Other peculiarities<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"about-tuuulibreria\"><\/span>About TuuuLibrer\u00eda<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4460\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/MAdrid_English_books.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4460\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4460\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4460 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/MAdrid_English_books-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"woman looking in book\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TuuuLibrer\u00eda<\/strong> has been working since 2012 as a bookstore and a non-profit organization, whose main purpose is to make books available for everyone. All the shopkeepers are volunteers and the maintenance of the bookshop works thanks to the hundreds of donations it receives from people concerned about <strong>culture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moreover, their main job is gathering\u00a0books and donate them to public libraries and schools as well as recycling those which are considered obsolete or too damaged and old.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"tuuulibreria-from-the-inside\"><\/span>TuuuLibrer\u00eda from the inside<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4458\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/English_bookstores_madrid.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4458\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4458\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4458 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/English_bookstores_madrid-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"walls and boxes with only books and person in front of it\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from the comfort of contributing to an NGO, if you visit TuuuLibrer\u00eda you will feel more than welcomed in such a pleasant place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first thing you see when you enter whichever of the two shops in Madrid is the huge\u00a0amount of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/english-book\/\"><strong>books<\/strong><\/a> they have, all of which are stacked in big\u00a0piles and put in open boxes depending on their genre or subject: you&#8217;ll find children&#8217;s books, horror novels, dictionaries, books in foreign languages such as English and German and much more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is also a section\u00a0that consists of DVDs and a\u00a0huge blackboard that has the &#8220;rules&#8221; of the shop (&#8220;This is TuuuLibrer\u00eda: we don&#8217;t sell nor buy books. Take all the books that you can carry in your hands and leave a donation.&#8221;) written in colorful shades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The people who take care of the shop are really attentive and there is usually nice music playing (Jazz, mostly).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/second-handbook-shops-in-madrid-best-selection\/\">4 Second-hand Bookshops in Madrid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"other-peculiarities\"><\/span>Other peculiarities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4712\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/11692721_660641210736463_5906939291075574642_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4712\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4712\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/11692721_660641210736463_5906939291075574642_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"entrance of TuuuLibreria Madrid\" width=\"187\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/11692721_660641210736463_5906939291075574642_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/11692721_660641210736463_5906939291075574642_n-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/11692721_660641210736463_5906939291075574642_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This one-of-a-kind bookshop plays an active role in <strong>cultural events<\/strong>: they host a literary contest in April, free painting lessons on Tuesdays, talks on topics such as reading and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/madrids-best-schools\/\"><strong>education<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also leave books around the city to gain publicity and have a section at their shops called &#8216;Blind date with a book&#8217;: you pick a wrapped book about which you only know a few details written on the wrapping, but not the title nor the author.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0two\u00a0<strong>TuuuLibrer\u00eda<\/strong> establishments in Madrid are located in Calle de Embajadores, 11, in the <strong>Embajadores neighbourhood<\/strong> and Calle de Padilla, 78, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/long-term-rental?order-by=availabilitylowestprice&amp;price-to=3000&amp;surface-to=240&amp;district=1007\"><strong>Salamanca district<\/strong><\/a>. They are open Mondays to Sundays from 12 pm to 8 pm. Should you need more information you can check their <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuuulibreria.org\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\">web page<\/a><\/strong>. Don&#8217;t miss this unique bookstore!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What is your favourite bookstore in Madrid?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-center kksr-disabled\"\n    data-id=\"4709\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 125px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">2<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            votes        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every book lover who travels to Madrid should visit a very particular bookshop called TuuuLibrer\u00eda. There are a number of second-hand bookstores in the city (\u00c1baco, Tik Books, La Tarde Libros&#8230;) but this one\u00a0stands out among them because there you decide how much the books cost. Yes, you read it right: you put the price! 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