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Montolieu: the French village with 15 bookshops and no ATM

Original: Μοντολιέ: Το μικροσκοπικό χωριό στη Γαλλία με 800 κατοίκους, κανένα ΑΤΜ, και 15 βιβλιοπωλεία Αυτή η ουτοπία βιβλίων στη

Montolieu, a village of about 800 inhabitants near the Pyrenees in southern France, has become known as a book town with fifteen bookshops, a second-hand printing museum culture inspired by Belgian bookbinder Michel Braibant, and no ATM at all. Readers are sharing the story of this self-styled 'village of books', comparing it to other book destinations and admiring its slow, literary way of life.

Why now: The story of a car-free-of-commerce, all-books village is being widely shared as a charming travel and literary curiosity.

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