Shenzhen library: Straight out of Interstellar?

By Yan An, Wang Yujie and Zheng Chenxiao | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2026-10-20 20:28

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When British vlogger Toby Symonds stepped into Shenzhen Library North, he couldn't help exclaiming, "It looks like a scene out of Interstellar!" With futuristic, multi-level book stacks and robots that find and deliver books, this library is both sci-fi spectacular and seriously practical. Who knew a library could be this cool?

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