Boekhandel Dominicanen

Painted Gothic vaults arching over the upper gallery of Boekhandel Dominicanen in Maastricht, the Netherlands, photographed in 2025. The church was built in the 13th century, lost its religious role about two centuries ago and spent years as, among other things, a bicycle shed, before the bookstore moved in during autumn 2006. You browse under ceiling and wall paintings, and the former chancel is now a café, so the place where the altar stood is where you sit with a coffee and your new book.