Utrecht Public Library

52°5′35.26″N 5°7′5.44″E / 52.0931278°N 5.1181778°E / 52.0931278; 5.1181778LocationNeude 11, 3512 AE UtrechtEstablishedJanuary 8, 1892; 132 years ago (1892-01-08)Branches12 (2024)Access and usePopulation servedvisits: 1,6 million (2022), exceeding two million (2023)Other informationDirectorDeirdre CarassoWebsitewww.bibliotheekutrecht.nl

Utrecht Public Library (Dutch: Openbare Bibliotheek Utrecht) is the public library system of the town of Utrecht, The Netherlands, consisting of a large central city library and twelve further branches.

In 1910 the first branch was inaugurated: a small 'wisselbibliotheekje' (small book swap library) of thirty books in the Jaffa neighbourhood.^[1] In 1918 a branch was opened at Sweelinckstraat, Utrecht, followed by another one in the neighbourhood Ondiep in 1919.

In January 2024 the Public Library Utrecht counted twelve branches (libraries, bibliotheken) apart from the main establishment at Neude, Utrecht:

In 2023 more than 2 million visits were registered, in 2022 1,6 million, ^[2] with more than 1 million loans of children's books in 2022.^[3]

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  Main hall, Central library Neude Utrecht, 2023.
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  Main hall, Central library Neude Utrecht, 2023.
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  Entrance with art work Intellectual heritage by Maarten Baas.
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  Front, Central library Neude Utrecht, 2023.
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  Lion-man by Daan Paans. Department Reizen (Travel), Library Neude Utrecht, 2023.
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  Boekenhuis (House of Books) by Frank Halmans. Department Jeugd (Youth), Library Neude Utrecht, 2024.

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