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Many regional public libraries in Australia double as wonderful community hubs!

They have spaces for business meetings, rooms for night classes, groups to meet and so on!

They really are a wonderful mix of community services.

Plus libraries are still a great place to take young children. They often have seperate kids areas where you can spend an hour or two with toddlers.

Libraries arnt stuffy old quiet buildings anymore!



Our local library here in the Netherlands is like this. The local archery club practices inside a few nights a week. There is a full court gymnasium, a stage and enough space to seat a few hundred people. There is a coffee bar, pool tables, plenty of seating and even a few books! ;)

The building is open until 11pm 4 days a week, with reduced hours on Friday and Saturday; closed on Sunday. I guess it's no surprise that the website describes as more of a "Multifunctioneel Centrum" as opposed to just a library!


Shout out to Marrickville library in Sydney. The best community centre we could have asked for.




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