Burtz

Burtz is growing city by city

Burtz opens one city at a time. Find yours, or help bring it closer to launch.

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Building the community now

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Amsterdam

Netherlands

The Spui book market is a hunt for old editions in unexpected languages. The best find might be the book you never meant to buy.

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Eindhoven

Netherlands

Artists’ books at the Van Abbemuseum give Eindhoven a place where reading and visual art meet.

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Riga

Latvia

Some books in Riga’s People’s Bookshelf carry handwritten messages from strangers. Open one, and you might find two stories inside.

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Rotterdam

Netherlands

A bronze Erasmus turns a page in Rotterdam. Even the city’s statues make time to read.

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Tallinn

Estonia

Step into Tammsaare’s old home in Kadriorg and literature suddenly has an address. What story is hiding on the shelf next door?

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The Hague

Netherlands

Louis Couperus brought The Hague into his novels. Follow his words through the city’s streets.

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Utrecht

Netherlands

Utrecht is writing a poem into its pavement, one letter at a time by the Oudegracht. Even a walk to coffee can become a verse.

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Vilnius

Lithuania

On Literatų Street, writers have a gallery of their own, right on the walls. In Vilnius, even a shortcut can turn into a literary detour.

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On the expansion roadmap

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Antwerp

Belgium

Antwerp’s Plantin-Moretus Museum preserves historic printing presses. Discover the craft behind the books on your shelf.

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Barcelona

Spain

On Sant Jordi, Barcelona gives books and roses as if stories were love letters. For a day, the whole city feels like a bookshop.

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Berlin

Germany

Döblin turned Alexanderplatz into a novel full of noise and chance meetings. Berlin still reads best when you wander without a plot.

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Brussels

Belgium

Comic-book murals turn Brussels’ walls into illustrated pages. Here, stories step out into the street.

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Cologne

Germany

Cologne’s Heinrich Böll Archive preserves the writer’s work. The city keeps its literary conversations alive.

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Frankfurt

Germany

Goethe grew up in Frankfurt’s Großer Hirschgraben. A literary life begins behind an ordinary front door.

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Hamburg

Germany

Hamburg’s Literaturhaus brings readers and writers together beside the Alster. Every book can start a conversation.

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Kraków

Poland

Krakow is a UNESCO City of Literature. Its public spaces give books and readers a shared stage.

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Lisbon

Portugal

Fernando Pessoa’s former home holds a poetry library. Lisbon’s literary voices leave room for your own.

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Łódź

Poland

Julian Tuwim sits in bronze on Piotrkowska Street. In Lodz, take a place beside a poet.

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Madrid

Spain

Cervantes and Lope de Vega once walked Madrid’s Literary Quarter. Look down on Calle de las Huertas: the pavement has lines to read.

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Paris

France

The green bouquinistes along the Seine invite you to browse without a plan. In Paris, a little detour can become your favourite chapter.

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Prague

Czechia

Prague’s Kafka Museum explores the writer’s world. A familiar street can lead into an unexpected story.

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Warsaw

Poland

In Prus’s The Doll, nineteenth-century Warsaw almost becomes a character. Walk its streets and let the city tell you its side.

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Wrocław

Poland

Wroclaw treasures the manuscript of Pan Tadeusz. Handwritten pages connect the city with generations of readers.

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