As internet spreads widely and cheap, possessing a book becomes an expensive thing I must say. For almost 20% of Rotterdam citizens who pay around 25 euro/month to have internet home, reading an e-book is a preferred option. It’s even more expensive for international students whose books are mostly imported. However, there are a couple of bookstores in town that you should check out if you are one of a number of people who love to hold a book, turn page after page and feel free to read no matter you sit, lie, stand or walk.

Donner, the biggest chain of bookstores in The Netherlands, situates their largest store in center of Rotterdam. With about 2500 square metres, they offer thousands of books, multimedia, CD’s and stationery. For Dutch-language books, there is a fixed price in the whole country. So same price in every bookstores. But the price of foreign language books (such as English) are different since they are mostly imported. It cost me 12,95 euro for "The Da Vinci Code" 4 months ago. Let’s do a calculation to see how much expensive i had to pay when the original price on the back of the book was 7,90 US$.

Want to read new books and cheaper price? Buy them online, check out www.ebay.com.

Besides that, you could save some money by buying secondhand books. If you are interested, there is an address you should visit - "De Slegte". This is a secondhand bookstore where you can find some interesting books with 5-10 Euro. It’s quiet economical for students. There you can buy books, you can also sell your old books.

Donner

Lijnbaan 150, 3012 ER Rotterdam

De Slegte

Coolsingel 83, 3012 AE Rotterdam