Reading books, magazines and newspapers “for free” is quiet easy and comfortable in Hannover. At first, You may use the public libraries:
TIB - Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover,
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek ( formerly: NLB - Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek ), the public city library
STADTBIBLIOTHEK HANNOVER ). Both newspapers and magazines may be read very well in all big supermarkets (
REAL,
MARKTKAUF,..), at the bookstores in the main railway station You are limited to read magazines. Electronic and computer magazines may be read completly at the electronic store
CONRAD. With Bielefeld, it is similar: Besides the public city library
STADTBIBLIOTHEK BIELEFELD, the university library of
University of Bielefeld,
CONRAD, the big supermarkets, there is a bookstore at the main railway station, too. In Hamburg, however, You may not read anything at all three main railway stations ( Altona, Hauptbahnhof, Harburg ) !