City of Reading 2012

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Stop reading the lonely in their own homes: 2012 transformed the city this summer reading 21 urban places in a wonderfully comfortable reading lounges. In Munich, a guest lounge, the reading of 31 May to 03 June, daily from 9:00 am until dusk at the Odeon Square. About 3,000 books from all genres are - absolutely free - ready to browse. Read seduces city to wasteful use of time and imagination ...Concentrate fully on an activity is luxury that we enjoy very often. Bookworms know how nice it is to forget time and context in reading, everyone else can try it at City Read 2012 comfortably. "We want to show that reading is enjoyable," said Sebastian Mettler, founder of City Read 2012 and director of the Salzburg Innovation Workshop, the cultural project. The success of his unorthodox ideas pretty. What began in 2009, Austria's nine sister cities, is touring now as large-scale literacy event by 21 European cities. Attractive targets in addition to Berlin, for example, Vienna, Saarbrücken, Stuttgart, Salzburg, Bregenz, Bolzano and in time for the Frankfurt Book Fair.In the Bavarian capital city of Reading is a guest at the Odeon Square and turns it every day from 9:00 clock until dusk in a communicative reading room. From Thursday to Sunday there is anything in the sign of the joy of reading: A book to borrow books at the tower, grab a bean bag and dive into the world of literature - the city is reading. Warm blankets are ready for cool evenings reading and sun umbrellas provide shade during the day. At the Reader's Corner may be read from his works. On Integrationslesetag on Friday 01 June, are all citizens with an immigrant background invited to present themselves in their native language written texts. Read city becomes a stage for intercultural understanding. Sunday, 03 June is Familienlesetag: Children's literature is increasingly found in the book towers, parents are invited to read and children can browse through uninhibited.The event is held under the auspices of the German UNESCO. "Reading is the key to education. Reading helps to understand the world around us and to rediscover. The promotion of literacy and cultural education is therefore one of the central concerns of UNESCO. The project supports the city reading experience "reading" in the public domain, this can be on the reading - whether alone or in groups - act and can also stimulate temporary for them to read. The reading of interesting books to beautiful places also offers a special opportunity to slow down. We want to encourage more open access to education, culture and information. Therefore, we support our town read 2012 through patronage, "said Dr. Roland Bernecker, Secretary General of the German UNESCO Commission.