What's the strangest / quirkiest vending machine you've seen?

fatjacko

different varieties of smoked fish ! in Amsterdam.

tastyhog

Fresh pasty vending machine in St ives

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YoungBlueEyes

When you fly into Belfast and you're waiting on your bags coming through, there's a Tayto crisps vending machine

Rosa_Damascena

YoungBlueEyes said:

When you fly into Belfast and you're waiting on your bags coming through, there's a Tayto crisps vending machine

You know you're in Ireland (sort of!).

@tastyhog - £8 is an eyewatering price for a snack!

MSE_James

Near me there is a self-service printing shop (for students etc). They've recently added a vending machine with a mix of practical stationery items and London souvenirs, T-shirts, keyrings etc

Grumpy_chap

When I was in France once there was a whole corner shop that operated as just vending machines.
I was intrigued as to how the 6-pack of eggs would actually be delivered down to the drawer for collection.

TMSG

In rural parts of France you can find vending machines for all sorts of things. Baguettes (as mentioned), potatoes, some fruits, I even saw one for saucisson and foie gras in Haute Savoie.
The strangest I've ever seen was in Salamanca. It said "Snacks Drinks ... Sex Shop ...". Of course I checked and the sex shop bit was in fact a selection of Durex... in the midst of which sat a lonely stack of Kitkats. Looked somewhat incongruous

Murphybear

AlexMac said:

Really boring, but as a kid, 65 years ago, we'd use the milk machine late at night to share a pinta as a drink on the way home from the Boy Scout meetings in Brixton South London.  If we were really flush, we'd buy sixpennoth' (2.5p) of chips (from a human, not a machine). 

The only place that sells milk from a machine now is the wholesome, organic, free-range unpasturised trendoid farm shop near my mate's in Wiltshire.

Oh and completely off the topic, it reminds me that in those days, I, as a boy scouts was allowed to wear a knife in public if in uniform!  Walk around Brixton now with a six inch blade on your belt and they'd hopefully bang you up?

We live in rural Dorset close to Wiltshire.  There loads of these around. 

strawb_shortcake

My favourite vending place is in Herefordshire and they have a gorgeous selection of fruit available 24/7, you sometimes find some fancy chocolate or fruit juice in their too. 

In Tenerife there is a vending shop, I've not been in neither am I brave enough to try it but they have pizzas and hamburgers advertised, there's quite a list but that's all I remember.

Many years ago and my first trip to Blackpool as an adult, I recall their being machines you'd put a pound in, twist the handle and get a skimpy supposedly sexy pair of undies, I was not willing to part with a pound to try them out.

Clowance

Japan is known for its plethora of vending machines, many weird. This mentions insect snacks
https://digjapan.travel/en/blog/id=12454