Another Country opened in Kreuzberg in 1999 as an English-language second-hand bookshop - though it has always been more of a library, and more of a club, than a shop. Around twenty thousand books line the shelves, you can buy or borrow any of them, and comfortable chairs invite you to stay and read.

More than a bookshop, it is a culture club: a place for readings, film nights, social evenings and long conversations, run on the simple ideas of free speaking, liberal thinking and, above all, reading. Welcoming and slightly eccentric, it has been a home for Berlin's English-speaking community for a quarter of a century.

"One of the world's greatest bookshops."

"A welcoming 'culture club'... a meticulously sorted library/store of used English-language books, including a vast science fiction collection. You can borrow or buy, join the book club, come for film screenings and poetry readings, or simply hang out on the sofas."

"Around 20,000 used books... if you find you're running out of shelf space they'll take your purchases back and refund the purchase price - minus a 1.50 euro fee per book. Almost a sort of library, and with some nice chairs to sit and browse in."

"Berlin's Another Country, a large English-language bookstore, doesn't fall into the muck of a thousand poseurs."

"The store meets all the needs of a bookshop... but it also reaches for that deeper desire, the desire for community. If you're in this town for any length of time, life would be a little better if you dropped by here."

"Down in the heart of Kreuzberg, where the punks and the Turks like to play, the Another Country bookshop is a cosy place where they do not seem to mind if you sit in a comfy chair and read for a while."

"Quirky, cozy Another Country in Kreuzberg 61 is more of a library than an actual bookstore. Regulars come for weekly cultural events, stay for the staff's British humor."

"Der kleine Laden in der Riemannstrasse ist etwas ganz Besonderes. Mysterioes, fast maerchenhaft, mutet der Verkaufsraum an, der mit Sofas, Sesseln und einem blauen Kuechenbuffet eingerichtet ist. Die Auswahl ist sehr gross und vielfaeltig... Im Keller kann man unter etwa 6000 englischsprachigen Science-Fiction-Taschenbuechern stoebern."