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One place Tim has often visited and found quirky and unusual items is Amsterdam in The Netherlands. One particularly nice area is the so-called ‘9 Streets’ which is actually a grid of 3 x 3 narrow bustling streets. With over 250 unusual and quirky shops, together with cafes, hotels, galleries and museums, it is a great place to find unusual items.

‘Easily Amsterdam’s best shopping hub; a charming mixture of designer boutiques, art galleries, vintage clothing stores, gift shops and places to eat and drink.’ (The New York Times)

See https://de9straatjes.nl/en

In this video, Tim shows a range of treasures he found on his trips to Amsterdam…

Strange animal masks – an owl, a cat and an orangutan, all bought in Amsterdam

Two transparent plastic sheets which give amazing patterns when you rotate them

An expanding card, showing a King Penguin, with a hidden place for your message

Edible cards, made from potato starch, and the printed designs are made from vegetable dyes

A wind up egg plant or aubergine, part of a series of fruit and vegetables that all animate when you wind them up

Chiming bells

A candle that changes position as it burns down

A mug with a built in jigsaw puzzle

A secret decanter that initially looks like a wine glass