A Zoetermeer library subscription is one of the cheapest in the Netherlands: this is what you pay

In Zoetermeer you can go to three libraries to borrow books, study or listen to music. In the Netherlands, the rate for a library subscription varies considerably. How affordable, or expensive, is the Zoetermeer rate?

From the research of Preply it appears that the costs for a basic subscription at the Zoetermeers libraries are among the lowest in the Netherlands.

Most expensive subscriptions for adults

Zoetermeer has the cheapest rate for adults in the Netherlands. Here you pay 28.75 euros for a subscription. You can borrow 25 books and 10 e-books or audio books for this purpose. The loan period is four weeks and renewal is free. The Zoetermeer rate is more than half cheaper than the price in Zwolle, because there they have the most expensive rate: 66 euros.

Cheapest subscriptions for young people

From the research of Preply it turns out that the cost for a basic subscription at the Zoetermeer libraries for young people is 15.35 euros. This puts the subscription in the top sixteen of most affordable subscriptions in the Netherlands.

That is a big difference with the price in Apeldoorn, where young people pay 61 euros for the same subscription. In Arnhem, Emmen, Deventer, Assen and Alphen aan den Rijn it is completely affordable, because young people do not have to pay anything there. Children up to the age of 18 can borrow books for free throughout the Netherlands.

The public libraries of thirty cities in the Netherlands were chosen based on the highest number of library members according to the data from CBS and were controlled by the VoB (Association of Public Libraries).

To the library in Zoetermeer

In the three libraries in Zoetermeer you can go not only to borrow books. You can also take magazines, CDs and games home with you. Are you looking for a place to study, or perhaps just to chill? You can also do that in the library! Read more about the libraries in Zoeteermeer here.

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