Enjoy riverside reading at London’s floating bookstore, Word on the Water

By MOOK Scenic Spots Travel Life Network Editorial Department, compiled and reported by Liao Qiyu
 

“Word On The Water”—just the name itself sparks the imagination. In London, UK, there is the world’s most unique bookstore, drifting along the canals with a wide variety of second-hand books, sometimes moving, sometimes moored by the shore, setting its own pace to offer people the most delightful urban reading experience.

“Word On The Water” is a second-hand bookstore on a Dutch-made boat. Though compact, it offers an incredibly rich selection of used books—whether cookbooks, photography collections, or literary novels, you can find them all here. Visitors can browse books on the shore or step inside the cabin to sit on the sofa and read. Sometimes “Word On The Water” docks beside large trees and green lawns, where tourists can enjoy music and picnics on the grass while flipping through books in leisure. Occasionally, the owner invites musicians to perform on the roof of the boat, guiding passersby into the world of words as they turn pages to the rhythm of the music.