Det Kgl. Bibliotek, The Royal Library
Black granite waterfront library extension with a glass-cut atrium overlooking the harbor.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Royal Library in Copenhagen centers on Frede Moller-Kristensen, the quiet, well-liked director of its oriental department who began slipping rare sixteenth-, seventeenth-, and eighteenth-century volumes out of the antique collections around 1970. It follows him as he kept at it for years, choosing books prized for their illustrations and value, and stayed on at the library for two more decades after he stopped without ever being suspected. He died in 2003, his secret apparently intact. Picture the antique reading rooms behind the black granite walls as you listen.
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