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(This page's most recent update is December 2024)
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There are quite a bit of free online historical newspapers from European countries. There are also some that are subscription-based.
In 2014, this website began to curate links to free online newspapers in the United States. The initial publication listed about 10,000 titles. A few years later, digitized and free Canadian newspaper collection links were curated and published. Today, between the two countries there are over 47,500 historical newspaper titles that are listed. The common denominator is that they are free to search and/or browse online.
This brings us to Europe. There are 44 countries in Europe. I suspect that we will not be able to find free titles in all the countries, but that is our goal.
Each country’s page will list nationwide titles, titles from other collections, and individual titles that are free to search and browse. Many countries have titles from other countries in their national libraries. They will be listed on the page of the collection that holds that title.
Some on these lists are indexed and full-text searchable, some are browse-only; some have English translation capability, and some do not. Some are easy to navigate while others may present quite a challenge.
- Albania Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Andorra Free Online Historical Newspapers – In Construction
- Austria Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Belarus Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Belgium Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Free Online Historical Newspapers – In Construction
- Bulgaria Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Croatia Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Czech Republic Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Denmark Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Estonia Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Finland Free Online Historical Newspapers
- France Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Germany Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Greece Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Hungary Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Iceland Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Ireland Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Italy Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Latvia Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Liechtenstein Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Lithuania Free Online Historical Newspapers – In Construction
- Luxembourg Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Malta Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Moldova Free Online Historical Newspapers – In Construction
- Monaco Free Online Historical Newspapers – In Construction
- Montenegro Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Netherlands Free Online Historical Newspapers
- North Macedonia Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Norway Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Poland Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Portugal Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Romania Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Russia Free Online Historical Newspapers – In Construction
- San Marino Free Online Historical Newspapers – In Construction
- Serbia Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Slovakia Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Slovenia Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Spain Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Sweden Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Switzerland Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Ukraine Free Online Historical Newspapers
- United Kingdom Free Online Historical Newspapers
- Vatican City Free Online Historical Newspapers – In Construction
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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