"Fewer Europeans are reading books or going to the theatre, mainly due to lack of interest, time and money, according to new research. Cinema-going was the only activity not to see a fall in numbers between 2007 and 2012, said pollsters Eurobarometer. The survey carried out for the European Commission, which contacted 27,000 people, also suggests that northern Europeans are more likely to visit museums and art galleries than those in the south and east of the bloc." (Quoted from article)