A Czech community library opened on Rhodes with more than 500 books
The collection, at the Czech school on the island, is meant as a meeting place for Czech and Slovak families, not only a shelf of books.
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A Czech community library opened on Rhodes on October 10 with more than 500 books. Rhodes Online reported the ribbon-cutting at the Czech school, with Ivo Šilhavý, the Czech ambassador to Greece, and Lucie Macháčková of the National Library of the Czech Republic.
The shelves hold books for children, teenagers, and adults. A Slovak collection is growing beside them. Donations have come from libraries, publishers, organizations, and private people, with an emphasis on children's books. The Czech association has worked with the national library for more than four years on community libraries abroad. On Rhodes, the association has been active since January 2025. Its school, in new rooms since September through a partnership with the Association of Multicultural Families of Rhodes, teaches Czech to children in Czech, Greek-Czech, and multilingual families, along with history and customs.
President Lenka Kanellia said the library should be a hub where people meet, not only a room of shelves. After the opening, Czech and Slovak residents talked about shared holidays and events for children. The report is an opening and a book count. It does not say how many people borrowed a book that week.
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A local news site on the Greek island of Rhodes reported that a Czech community library opened on October 10, 2026. It already has more than 500 books for children and adults, and a smaller set of books in Slovak is growing. The library is at the Czech school, which teaches children from Czech, Greek-Czech, and other families. The Czech ambassador to Greece and a visitor from the National Library of the Czech Republic cut the ribbon. The people who started it said they want a place to meet, not only shelves. Families can read there and plan events together.
- Why would families far from home want books in their own language?
- What could a class do with a library that is also a meeting place?
- Where is Rhodes, and which languages are spoken in this new library?
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