{"id":5259,"date":"2026-07-09T12:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/?page_id=5259"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:46:34","slug":"parliaments-reading-room","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament\u2019s reading room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The reading room serves members of the Riigikogu, staff of the Chancellery and other state agencies, as well as readers of the National Library of Estonia. The reading room stocks publications on fields related to legislation and governance, as well as reference works. Estonian and foreign newspapers , magazines and various e-publications can be consulted there.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reading room stocks mostly books and publications focusing on law, politics, economy, history, philosophy, psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening times<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reading room is open from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. from Monday to Thursday, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday. During the longer sittings on Wednesdays, the reading room is open until the end of the sitting, but not longer than until 7 p.m.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/parlamendi_lugemissaal-1024x607.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/parl_lugemissaal1-1024x607.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Parliament\u2019s reading room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rara.ee\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Library of Estonia<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reading room serves members of the Riigikogu, staff of the Chancellery and other state agencies, as well as readers of the National Library of Estonia. The reading room stocks publications on fields related to legislation and governance, as well as reference works. Estonian and foreign newspapers , magazines and various e-publications can be consulted there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":257307,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5259","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parliament\u2019s reading room &#8211; Riigikogu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parliament\u2019s reading room &#8211; Riigikogu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The reading room serves members of the Riigikogu, staff of the Chancellery and other state agencies, as well as readers of the National Library of Estonia. The reading room stocks publications on fields related to legislation and governance, as well as reference works. Estonian and foreign newspapers , magazines and various e-publications can be consulted there.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Riigikogu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/riigikogu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-09T14:46:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/parl_lugemissaal1-1024x607.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@riigikogu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/en\\\/news-and-publications\\\/parliaments-reading-room\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/en\\\/news-and-publications\\\/parliaments-reading-room\\\/\",\"name\":\"Parliament\u2019s reading room &#8211; Riigikogu\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/en\\\/news-and-publications\\\/parliaments-reading-room\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/en\\\/news-and-publications\\\/parliaments-reading-room\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/wpcms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/parl_lugemissaal1-1024x607.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-09T09:06:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-09T14:46:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/en\\\/news-and-publications\\\/parliaments-reading-room\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/en\\\/news-and-publications\\\/parliaments-reading-room\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/en\\\/news-and-publications\\\/parliaments-reading-room\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/wpcms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/parl_lugemissaal1-1024x607.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/wpcms\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/parl_lugemissaal1-1024x607.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/en\\\/news-and-publications\\\/parliaments-reading-room\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News and publications\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/en\\\/news-and-publications\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Parliament\u2019s reading room\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/\",\"name\":\"Riigikogu\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Riigikogu\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/riigikogu__m2rk_RGB.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/riigikogu__m2rk_RGB.jpg\",\"width\":1360,\"height\":940,\"caption\":\"Riigikogu\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.riigikogu.ee\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/riigikogu\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/riigikogu\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/riigikogu\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/meieriigikogu\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Parliament\u2019s reading room &#8211; Riigikogu","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Parliament\u2019s reading room &#8211; Riigikogu","og_description":"The reading room serves members of the Riigikogu, staff of the Chancellery and other state agencies, as well as readers of the National Library of Estonia. The reading room stocks publications on fields related to legislation and governance, as well as reference works. Estonian and foreign newspapers , magazines and various e-publications can be consulted there.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/","og_site_name":"Riigikogu","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/riigikogu","article_modified_time":"2026-09-09T14:46:34+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/parl_lugemissaal1-1024x607.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@riigikogu","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/","url":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/","name":"Parliament\u2019s reading room &#8211; Riigikogu","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/parl_lugemissaal1-1024x607.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-09T09:06:26+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-09T14:46:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/parl_lugemissaal1-1024x607.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/parl_lugemissaal1-1024x607.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/parliaments-reading-room\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News and publications","item":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/news-and-publications\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Parliament\u2019s reading room"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/","name":"Riigikogu","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/#organization","name":"Riigikogu","url":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/riigikogu__m2rk_RGB.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/riigikogu__m2rk_RGB.jpg","width":1360,"height":940,"caption":"Riigikogu"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/riigikogu","https:\/\/x.com\/riigikogu","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/riigikogu","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/meieriigikogu\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5259"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8483,"href":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5259\/revisions\/8483"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}