What can you find on each floor in the KB? Read more.

Information about membership discount.

You can order high-quality digital reproductions of material from our collections, for example a title page or newspaper article.

As a member of the KB or a non-profit organisation, you can borrow books from other Dutch or foreign libraries via the KB. We call this Inter Library Loans (ILL). This page explains how ILL works and how much it costs.

The KB collects and stores every book, newspaper and magazine that has appeared in the Netherlands. We also digitise these items. We are happy to show you around and let you know where you can find things.

In order to keep material accessible for the long term, it is important to formulate principles as an organisation. Read more about the preservation policy of the KB.

Requesting, borrowing, renewing and referring to books

In 2021, the KB, National Library of the Netherlands, reached six million users with its digital services. 

What did people read in newspapers in the 17th century? We now know thanks to a collaboration between the KB and the Dutch Language Institute.

We're KB, National Library of the Netherlands. Learn more about who we are and what we do.