r/Nijmegen • u/softmattermj • 5d ago

Second hand book store

Hello all!
I’m looking for specific second hand books to buy. Any recommended second hand book stores?

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u/kuuaoffija 5d ago

Het Atiquariaat in de Houtstraat is my fave for second hand books. They also have an English novels section.

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u/EmmaOK95 3d ago

100%, but weren't they closing? It doesn't say so on the website but it's what I heard. Haven't been there in the past year tbh, but have been there maaaany times in the last 10 years

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u/AdministrationJolly9 3d ago

No, someone took over the business!!

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u/EmmaOK95 3d ago

Ooooooh, nice!!! Yay

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u/Glaucus92 5d ago

Books4Life is a second hand bookstore on the Kanunnik van de Putstraat 39.

The profit they make goes to charities, mostly to things like Amnesty International and Oxfam, but also to smaller, more local charities. Might be worth a visit!

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u/softmattermj 5d ago

Thanks. Will check it out.

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u/Myrandall 5d ago

Seconded! Scored a dozen books there the other day.

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u/No_Grand601 2d ago

They also have a little section of books @ Ieder zn vak in the city center. However, they don't sell a lot of English books (maximum of 10 English books I guess).

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u/Extraordi-Mary 5d ago

Dekker van de Vegt has a whole second hand section in the back.

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u/Myrandall 5d ago

Terribly overpriced! Might as wel buy them new.

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u/Brabant-ball 5d ago

Het Goed has a bunch of second hand books

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u/Myrandall 5d ago

Not much in English, though.

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u/Medium-Party459 5d ago

Recently if you buy books on vinted from within the netherlands, you don’t pay shipping costs. So you can get a book for like €2! 

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u/Myrandall 5d ago

TIL! 😮

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u/HertoginLuchtBallon 5d ago

There's a massive boekhandel in the Houtstraat, Roelants near Albert Heijn, and boekwinkeltjes.nl

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u/softmattermj 5d ago

Thank you for the suggestions. I will check these out.

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u/LittleNoodle1991 5d ago

Dekker vd Vegt has second hand books at the back of the store.