Current opening and service times
Until 10 July 2020: Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm / Lending desk closed 12.30pm - 1.30pm
From 13 July 2020: Monday - Friday 9 am - 1pm and 2pm - 6pm
The use of on-site services is only possible after booking an time slot, as we are legally obliged to avoid queues.
If you only want to return books, you do not need an appointment. You can return them at the entrance during opening hours.
Service news (in German only)
The library is closed on all Sundays and on public holidays in Berlin. Information about all different opening hours can be found here:
| New Year's Day | 1 January 2020 | closed |
| International Women's Day | 8 March 2020 | closed |
| Good Friday | 10 April 2020 | closed |
| Holy Saturday | 11 April 2020 | closed |
| Easter Monday | 13 April 2020 | closed |
| Labour Day | 1 May 2020 | closed |
| Saturday | 2 May 2020 | closed |
| Liberation Day | 8 May 2020 | closed |
| Ascension Day | 21 May 2020 | closed |
| Whit Monday | 1 June 2020 | closed |
| Anniversary of German unification | 3 October 2020 | closed |
| Christmas Eve | 24 December 2020 | closed |
| Christmas Day | 25 December 2020 | closed |
| Boxing Day | 26 December 2020 | closed |
| Monday | 28 December 2020 | opened from 9 am to 5 pm |
| Tuesday | 29 December 2020 | opened from 9 am to 5 pm |
| Wednesday | 30 December 2020 | opened from 9 am to 5 pm |
| New Year's Eve | 31 December 2020 | closed |
| New Year's Day | 1 January 2021 | closed |
| Saturday | 2 Januar 2021 | closed |
