If you ’re a jet-propelled plane - set book lover , you might require to plan a trip to Hong Kong or Edinburgh . According to data point from theWorld Cities Culture Forum , those two cities are pile full of large places to buy or borrow Book .
Quartzexplains that the World Cities Culture Forum collect information each year on ethnic institutions and consumption in cities around the world . Cities self - report data , which means the Forum ’s data set is limited to the metropolis that choose to take part . The organization report on everything from the figure of film or plastic film festival to the number of bars and club in each city . For the World Cities Culture Forum survey on lit , 18 cities reported how many bookstall they have per capita , while 20 reported how many library they have per head .
The results from the past three years provide insights into the centrality of lit in a range of cities around the world . Edinburgh , for case , does n’t just have a lot of libraries — it has 60 libraries for every 100,000 people . This is almost six times more than Warsaw , which holds the second plaza spot with 11.4 libraries per 100,000 citizenry . Other cities with an telling number of places to bribe or take up Book include Taipei ( 17.6 bookstores per 100,000 people ) , Madrid ( 16 bookstores per 100,000 hoi polloi ) , and Brussels ( 10 libraries per 100,000 people ) . While the list is only a sampling of a fistful of major city , it show just how much cities around the world love their books .
View the full leaning onQuartzor check off out the top 10 cities for bookstore and libraries below .
Bookstores Per 100,000 People :
1 . Hong Kong ( 21)2 . Taipei ( 17.6)3 . Madrid ( 16)4 . Shanghai ( 16)5 . Toronto ( 13.9)6 . New York ( 10)7 . Sydney ( 9.4)8 . Paris ( 9)9 . Seoul ( 9)10 . Austin ( 8.2 )
Libraries Per 100,000 masses :
1 . Edinburgh ( 60.5)2 . Warsaw ( 11.4)3 . Brussels ( 10)4 . Paris ( 9.2)5 . Seoul ( 6)6 . Shenzhen ( 5.9)7 . Vienna ( 5.9)8 . Hong Kong ( 4.2)9 . London ( 4.2)10 . Moscow ( 4.2 )
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