Copenhagen’s mayor of employment and integration visited the library to get inspiration for common spaces for Copenhagen’s refugees.

The library is furnished with wooden tables, wooden chairs, and wooden chairs, made by the volunteers and residents themselves. Materials were obtained through crowdfunding.

Most books in the library are donations. The first books were received by the library a year ago as private donations. At this time, roughly 55 different languages were spoken in the community, so building a multi-lingual library was important. There is the added benefit that the residents are able to maintain their mother tongue.

Many places that house asylum seekers are missing immersion spaces like this – it’s something other than a social gathering space.