Collection: City Book Nook

The easiest is the Romantic Venice book nook, a Venice canal with 110 pieces that takes about three hours, even for a first 3D wooden puzzle. Blossom Booth (116 pieces), Old Lane of Time (130), Parisian Arcade Dating (148) and Magic Alley (150) are also easy builds you can finish in an afternoon, as are Literature Bookstore, Street Scene and Champs-Élysées Florist, with 186 to 199 pieces.

The Japanese alleys Cherry Blossom Alley and Sakura Wine Alley, with about 250 pieces, are intermediate: plan on three to four hours. The hardest ones, like The Alley Waiting for the Cat, Plaza de los Muertos, Marguerite Tailor, Fairy-Tale Wonderhouse, Clock Tower and Holo Magic City, have 280 to 462 pieces and are meant for people who have built kits before.

For someone who loves cities and travel: a Kyoto alley for a Japan fan, a canal for someone who loves Venice, an arcade for a Paris lover. For anyone who likes scale models, since a miniature street shows off the depth of a book nook best. For anyone who decorates the house for Christmas, with the snowy streets of the collection.

It's also a project to build with family: each person builds a storefront, then you place the street lamps and the figures together.

Among our best-selling city book nooks, you'll find The Alley Waiting for the Cat, Parisian Arcade Dating and Champs-Élysées Florist.

The Alley Waiting for the Cat is a quiet Japanese alley with bamboo, a stone lamp, a tiny air conditioner and an izakaya behind its noren curtain: 280 pieces, difficult level, about 6 hours. Parisian Arcade Dating is a stroll through an old Paris passage, with a café terrace, checkered tablecloths and the Kirkdale bookshop: 148 pieces, easy level, about 3 hours. Champs-Élysées Florist is a Paris flower shop with six numbered pots, pink tulips and a door that really opens: 199 pieces, easy level, about 3 hours.

It's all in the depth of the box. A street book nook is often 7.1 to 7.9 in deep (18 to 20 cm) and about 4.3 in wide (11 cm). The storefronts stand one behind the other, smaller and smaller, and the back wall is painted to extend the street. Seen from the front, the street seems to keep going far behind the books.

The LEDs add to the effect: they light the signs and street lamps at different depths, like a real street at night. Place the book nook at eye level between two books so the perspective works.

You can purchase your City Book Nook directly on our website. Payments are secure, and your order will be shipped quickly.
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You can find some City Book Nook at physical retailers or in large stores, but they are not widely distributed yet. That's why we recommend ordering directly from our website to ensure you get the exact model you want at the best price.