Very cool that you have similar bookshelves near you! They are so awesome, I agree. Great source for reading material and no fees either.

Public libraries here cost a yearly, monthly or daily fee, only university libraries give out cards to non-students free of charge but they don't have many novels to borrow understandably. Some private/church libraries also give out cards free of charge but they are usually very small and only have German books while I love to read English books.