<story><title>A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open</title><url>https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-door-at-a-swedish-library-was-accidentally-left-open-446-people-came-in-borrowed-245-books-every-single-one-was-returned/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hasoleju</author><text>I recently moved with my family to an appartment in the city. My wife and I have three children under the age of ten. One big benefit that we did not see in advance is that the public library is now in walking distance to our new home. It already has become a habit to go there with the kids and join the regular reading time.&lt;p&gt;The reading time is performed by a volunteer who usually reads out one book to the attending children. Often this is even done in two languages.&lt;p&gt;The kids meet their friends there and enjoy the stories read. We parents enjoy the silence and opportunity to stroll through all the bookshelves.&lt;p&gt;A public library really is a special place. Its atmosphere is hard to describe.</text></comment>
<story><title>A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open</title><url>https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-door-at-a-swedish-library-was-accidentally-left-open-446-people-came-in-borrowed-245-books-every-single-one-was-returned/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>geff82</author><text>Recently, we were at a resort in Switzerland. Arguably one of the safest countries on earth. But: as we exited the swimming pool house, our umbrella was gone. I said „what an irony, the first time we have something stolen is in Switzerland“.&lt;p&gt;Two hours later, the umbrella was again where we had left it: someone must have borrowed it to protect themselves&amp;#x2F;their children from heavy rain. We understood why there were no cctvs anywhere: they were not needed.</text></comment>