American Book Center http://www.abc.nl/ Kalverstraat 185 in Amsterdam (NH), and Lange Poten 23 in The Hague (ZH). They have readings, open-mike nights, book clubs, etc, and their website has a number of special interest areas.

De Boekenstal – bookshop in Gouda (ZH), at Lage Gouwe 12a, tel: 0182-670638) with good selection of maps of Australia – Dutch owner Wim Kagei lived in Australia for many years, and sometimes flies our flag out the front

Donner http://www.donner.nl/ in Rotterdam (ZH) is one of the biggest bookshops in Holland, including a wide selection of English books. They’re at Lijnbaan 150, Rotterdam, and are also open on Sundays. (NL)

A flea market (rommelmarkt, or vlooienmarkt) or recycling shop (also called a second hand shop) is usually a good place to find English language books – sometimes quite a large range

Himalaya – travel book specialist http://www.himalaya.nl/ location: Amsterdam (NH)

Interbook biggest art bookshop in NL, with over 10,000 art books, from new to antiquariat. Lange Haven 97, Schiedam (ZH), tel: 010 – 4266034

Intertaal http://www.intertaal.nl/ bookshop specialising in language books and dictionaries (for 154 different languages)

New English Bookstore – Amsterdam two locations:
Kalverstraat 223, 1012 XC Amsterdam, tel: 020-6249789
Leidse Straat 52, 1017 PC Amsterdam, tel: 020-6238283

Waterstones large outlet of the UK bookstore. Kalverstr 152, Amsterdam (NH) tel: 020 – 6383821, no website, but email: books@amsterdam.waterstones.nl

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Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk in the UK – if you use Amazon, don’t forget to go via the Aussies Abroad link!

Australian literature online http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/litsites.html full list of online journals, booksellers, Aboriginal Australian literature, major Australian literary sites and more

BOL http://www.uk.bol.com in the UK

Good Book Guide http://www.thegoodbookguide.com/ UK - book reviews etc

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Tweedehands Boeken http://www.tweedehandsboeken.com/ have an English language book section, with quite a large proportion of their stock being war / miltary books.

Vice Versa http://www.viceversa.nl/books/ site is in English, books in English, Dutch, German and French

NOTE !

The Netherlands have strict book pricing laws, so you cannot generally buy discount books here. Buying books from an online shop in another country – even including the freight charges – is often cheaper than buying them within NL.

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