Commons:Photo challenge/2025 - July - Vending machines

2025 – July – Vending machines

The new challenge features Vending machines.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout July UTC.

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Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. July 2025 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

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A fruit vending machine

Entries

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Vending machine for quick takeaway of 'Heurigen' wine in Grinzing/Vienna
Vending machine for Sweets and Toy at the Station in Kleinsteinbach (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany)
Vending machine for Sweets and Toy at the Station Simmering in Vienna (Austria)
Weinomat - wine self-servive device at winery "Amlinger" in Neef (Moselle, Germany)
Old German parking meter
Euronet ATM; Lublin, Poland
Schließfachautomat in Sachsen, Deutschland.
Coffee beans and equipment vending machine, Innsbruck, Austria
Beer vending machine at a brewery, Inneralpbach, Austria
Candle vending machine, Alpbach cemetery, Austria
Digital offertory box in Évreux Cathedral
Geldautomat in Sachsen, Deutschland.
Ticketautomat in Zwickau, Sachsen.
Parkschein Automat in Zwickau, Sachsen.
Three vending machines operated by different vendors in JR Kokura station, Fukuoka, Japan
Detail of a beverage vending machine in Tokyo underground (Japan)
Beverage vending machines in Tokyo underground (Japan)
Purchasing public transport tickets; Lublin, Poland
Halterung für abgebaute Kaugummiautomaten in Melsungen
Ticketautomat am Bahnhof Baunatal Guntershausen
Zigarettenautomat an einer Bushaltestelle in Baunatal Hertingshausen
Zigarettenautomat in Baunatal Hertingshausen
Vending machine for art in Potsdam (Germany)
coin-operated model railway in Brunswick, Germany main station
Drinks vending machine in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
Snacks, Beverage, Pregnancy Test and Condoms in Switzerland
Once nicotine, now THC – drugs from vending machines in Graz, Austria
The chewing gum machine is a desirable object for children, Mariental, Namibia
When there is nothing else left in a town, the elderly gather at the slot machines in the arcade, Pasewalk, Germany
Bottled spa water in a vending machine in the spa town Vichy, France
Ticket machines, Vsevolozhskaya railway station
Vending machine
Capsule toy machines in JR Ueno Station, Tokyo, Japan
Vending machine of souvenirs at Leal Senado building
Vending machine of souvenirs ( Bakery food)
between two vending machines ( powerbanks rental machines )
two vending machines in Uji
Partial view of a photo booth (1984), Barcelona, Spain
Old candy machine, Bad Karlshafen, Germany
Old candy machine, Witzenhausen, Germany
Baguette machine, Wittring, France
Three girls and Vending machines at NLB, Tutunska Banka, Macedonia.
An old German vending machine in Savonlinna museum
At the playground
Metro, tram and RER ticket machine in the Mairie de Montrouge metro station
Treat dispenser
Local fruit and vegetable vending machine
Local fruit and vegetable vending machine
Sehr Lustig der Witze-Automat
Automatic cotton candy vendor&maker in Ustka seaside resort
Parking meter under the market; Lublin, Poland
InPost parcel locker; Lublin, Poland
Ticket machine at the bus stop; Lublin, Poland
Ticket machines in the concourse of Nuremberg Central Station
vending machine of Golden Corral Buffet & Grill.- Las Vegas, (NV)
A smart vending machine of NK BOSS(A C2B brand in Taiwan) that sells daily necessities.
Máquina de Venda Automática de Guaraná em 2025
Corona Vending Machine
Italo tickets vending machines, Venice, Santa Lucia station, Italy
Red Crown Gasoline pump in Seligman.- Arizona (USA)
One Swiss roll vending machine by Yannick(A Taiwan patisserie brand) at Taipei Bridge Station.
Self-service ramen machine and beverage machine in Galaxy Diner in Flagstaff, Arizona
Unmanned self-service ramen machine and beverage machine by Yo-Kai Express at Ximen metro station.
That drink goods is sold out other than Lipton aluminum foil milk tea sachets inside the beverage vending machine of HeySong in Riverside Park of New taipei City.
Rural products vending machines at Daqingxi Railway Station, Daqing, Heilongjiang
Air vending machine
Kulkomat in Ustka seaside resort
Train tickets
Retro-style russian soda water vending machine
Selecta vending machine in Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.
Vending machine and coin locker in Akihabara, Japan.
Vending machine and coin locker seen in Steins;Gate in Akihabara, Japan.
Kunst für 5 €
Sake, øl og whisky i byen Fuji i Japan.
Capsule toy machines in Japan
Vending machines at New Hampshire Welcome Center
Honey vendor in Hamburg
Fuel pump at Costco Nanjo in Okinawa, Japan
Vending maching selling amulets in Nagano, Japan
Self-service karaoke box at Beijing Daxing International Airport
Self-service beer dispensing station in Qingdao
Service vending machines
Electricity vending machine
Time vending machine
Chewing gum machine in Schlüsselfeld
Gumball machine
Cofee vending machine in Provence
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