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Selexyz Dominicanen: The 700-Year-Old Former Church Turned Modern Bookstore

There are numerous spectacular bookstores throughout the world, and labeling one “the finest on earth” is subjective at best. But Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen, a 700-year-old former Catholic church in the Netherlands city of Maastricht, is certainly one of the grandest.

The building has seen various uses since it was closed (reportedly by Napoleon Bonparte) in 1794, from a warehouse and archive to arguably the world’s most ornate bicycle shed.