Queen Wilhelmina Library

The 100-year-old Queen Wilhelmina Library is the only public library on Saba, but its place in the community’s lives and hearts is one that most mainland libraries would envy. Founded in 1923, the same year as Queen Wilhelmina’s Silver Jubilee, it was named for the occasion. Located at the entrance of the Johan Cruyff Sportsfield in The Bottom, the library provides resources for residents and visitors alike and organizes events as a community center, which include an annual Book Week, spelling bee, and reading-support resources for students in the summer. As it says on their website, “Although we are only small, we have a lot going on!”

Throughout the library’s long history, which includes two moves and a branch that existed at Windwardside at one point, it’s had a long track-record of being supported by volunteers, and it’s a welcoming place stocked not only with books, but magazines and a reading area that make it a relaxing indoor place to spend time. Chat with the friendly and knowledgeable librarians (quietly, of course), and if school’s out for the day, prepare to be chatted at in turn by groups of local kids.