Budapest among best European cities for book lovers!

the best European city for booklovers is Zürich, Switzerland

– boasting the highest overall score (9.37/10). With its almost perfect library score (9.68/10) bumping the city to first place, book-obsessed Swiss readers will be glad to know that it also secured a high score for its bookshops (9.06/10).

Subsequently, Luxembourg followed in second place with a final bookish score of 9.30/10 – only a mere 7% less than Zürich in first. Luxembourg earned an impressive score across all categories – 9.68/10 for its bookshops, libraries (9.37/10) and expenditure (8.84/10), securing its rightfully high score.

Following in third is Slovakia’s capital, Bratislava, which achieved a stellar 8.38/10. Despite earning just above a median score of 5.76/10 from expenditures, Bratislava earned a perfect score from its libraries (10/10) and an equally high score of 9.37/10 for its bookshops.  

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Top five worst European cities to be a bookworm:

Please find the full breakdown of results and complete list of European cities analysed in the data sheet.

Out of all the cities analysed for the study, TheKnowledgeAcademy.com can also reveal that the worst European city for booklovers is Skopje, North Macedonia which earned a final bookish score of 0.31/10, as it tallied the same underwhelming scores for both its libraries and bookshop (0.31/10). 

For the full data breakdown, please see the blog HERE