The town has a large central library in Southgate, at the southern end of the pedestrian precinct, with facilities including printing, fax and photocopying, children's events, study space, a carers'information point and a large public computer suite, as well as a small branch library at the northern end of the High Street in the Old Town.
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Pedestrian precincts in Bahnhofsstra�e ( " Railway Station Street " ) and K�lner Tor ( " Cologne Gate " ), both downtown, have made shopping in Siegen very convenient, as have the shopping centres City-Galerie ( opened in 1998 ) and " Sieg Carr?" ( opened in 2006, both downtown ) and " Siegerlandzentrum " ( Siegen-Weidenau ), and the Marburger Stra�e shopping street ( downtown ).
