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Friday, July 24, 2026

This was sweet...

Swedish Library Forgot to Close Its Doors and Something Beautiful Happened: They say a reader does not steal and a thief does not read. In the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, that's definitely true.

It was All Saints' Day, a national holiday, and the library traffic was light, but still well-used.
Unbeknownst to the staff, a door had been left unlocked the previous evening. Throughout the day, 446 visitors entered the library, unaware it was officially closed. Families gathered in the children’s section, individuals browsed the shelves, and others perused newspapers—all behaving as they would on any regular day. Some patrons even borrowed books using the self-service system. By day’s end, 246 books had been checked out, and remarkably, every single one was returned on time.


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