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The WORLD's most extreme ATMs (Vol.1)

HIGHEST

FOGGIEST

FOGGIEST

On the Pakistan / China border at 4,693 m (15,397 ft) above sea level 

FOGGIEST

FOGGIEST

FOGGIEST

Try robbing an ATM when you can't see and you're being doused in 'smartwater' !

https://protectglobal.com/cases/finance/atms

TASTIEST

FOGGIEST

TASTIEST

In New York City opposite Bloomie's on 59th & Lexington

FATTEST

STRONGEST

TASTIEST

Only Austrian's have this sense of humour

STRONGEST

STRONGEST

STRONGEST

Even Hurricane Katrina couldn't destroy this one

FIRST

STRONGEST

STRONGEST

Unveiled at the Enfield branch of Barclays Bank in North London on 27th June 1967 

SHORTEST

MOST MULTI-LINGUAL

MOST DIVERSE

Outside a supermarket in Nottingham, UK (2015). Intended for wheelchair users, the local council then raised the pavement.

MOST DIVERSE

MOST MULTI-LINGUAL

MOST DIVERSE

In Sydney, Australia during Gay Pride (2016). It was so successful, ANZ Bank kept it on.

MOST MULTI-LINGUAL

MOST MULTI-LINGUAL

MOST MULTI-LINGUAL

In Hackney, North London where local people still use 'Cockney Rhyming Slang'. "Enter your 'Huckleberry Finn' (PIN) to get yer 'Bangers 'n Mash' (Cash)!"

MOST ORGANIC

MOST ORGANIC

MOST MULTI-LINGUAL

In a Church outside Austin, Texas (apologies for the pun)

HOLIEST

MOST ORGANIC

HOLIEST

In the Vatican, Rome ... with instructions in Latin !

RICHEST

MOST ORGANIC

HOLIEST

In Singapore. It dispenses gold bullion mini-bars instead of cash.

The WORLD's most extreme ATMs (Vol.2)

MOST MOBILE (Bus)

MOST MOBILE (Bus)

MOST MOBILE (Bus)

In the Wadi Rum car-park, Jordan (2017)

MOST BRITISH

MOST MOBILE (Bus)

MOST MOBILE (Bus)

London, England ... with St.Paul's Cathedral in the background

WILDEST

MOST MOBILE (Bus)

MOST HUMANITARIAN

South Africa 

MOST HUMANITARIAN

MOST HUMANITARIAN

MOST HUMANITARIAN

Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan (2017)

HUNGRIEST

MOST HUMANITARIAN

MOST BIOMETRIC

Vienna, Austria

MOST BIOMETRIC

MOST HUMANITARIAN

MOST BIOMETRIC

Cardless and contactless iris recognition is used by Syrian refugees in Jordan (2021)

BUSIEST

FURTHEST SOUTH

FURTHEST SOUTH

This ATM at Terminal 3, Heathrow Airport in London dispenses an equivalent of £1.66 million pounds sterling every month

FURTHEST SOUTH

FURTHEST SOUTH

FURTHEST SOUTH

Located about 840 miles from the South Pole at McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica

FURTHEST NORTH

FURTHEST SOUTH

FURTHEST NORTH

Located about 800 miles from the North Pole at Svalbard in Norway.

LONELIEST

LOWEST CARBON

FURTHEST NORTH

There are only 4 ATMs on Easter Island which lies 3,500 kms west of Chile

HOTTEST

LOWEST CARBON

LOWEST CARBON

This ATM outside a shop in Baghdad, Iraq has to work in temperatures of +48 C

LOWEST CARBON

LOWEST CARBON

LOWEST CARBON

Solar powered ATM in Abu Dhabi

The WORLD's most extreme ATMs (Vol.3)

QUICKEST

MOST CLOCKWORK

MOST CLOCKWORK

Mounted in a BMW in Poland. Where else ?! Sadly no longer in use. (With thanks to Krzyztof Trojak)

MOST CLOCKWORK

MOST CLOCKWORK

MOST CLOCKWORK

Opposite the railway station at Inverness, Scotland until 2020

TALLEST

MOST CLOCKWORK

TALLEST

In Split, Croatia (Dalmatian Croats must be unusually tall)

FITTEST

MOST SOPHISTICATED

TALLEST

The world's first ski-thru ATM at the top of Whistler ski resort in British Columbia, Canada. Hot air stops snow getting in. It even has a glove warmer!  

POOREST

MOST SOPHISTICATED

MOST SOPHISTICATED

In Uttar Pradesh, India after de-monetisation

MOST SOPHISTICATED

MOST SOPHISTICATED

MOST SOPHISTICATED

Amman, Jordan. With dynamic currency conversion (£, $, €, JD), deposit taking, cash recirculation, touch-screen, iris scanning, and a real-time video-teller

MOST POLITICAL

MOST TOTALITARIAN

MOST TOTALITARIAN

Benghazi, Libya in 2011 on the introduction of the new Libyan Dinar, this time without the picture of Col. Ghadaffi

MOST TOTALITARIAN

MOST TOTALITARIAN

MOST TOTALITARIAN

This Pyongyan airport ATM is always out of cash

SMALLEST

MOST TOTALITARIAN

MOST LAUNDERED

On a 42nd St. Bagel Stall near Times Square (2017)

MOST LAUNDERED

MOST LAUNDERED

MOST LAUNDERED

Money laundering in Brooklyn, New York

THIRSTIEST

MOST LAUNDERED

THIRSTIEST

Dispenses water on Ekdalia Road, Calcutta, India

SWEETEST

MOST LAUNDERED

THIRSTIEST

The ATM inside this 'Gingerbread Bank' in Philadelphia was covered in chocolate during a Christmas promotion in 2014

The WORLD's most extreme ATMs (Vol.4)

LOWEST

ROYAL'IST

DEEPEST

In a grocery store 1,400 ft below sea level at Ein Bokek, Israel

DEEPEST

ROYAL'IST

DEEPEST

Onboard a US Nuclear Submarine somewhere in an Ocean near you. Dispenses tokens rather than cash.

ROYAL'IST

ROYAL'IST

MOST PRIVATE

Buckingham Palace, UK ... which is odd, since Her Majesty doesn't use cash?!

MOST PRIVATE

MOST PRIVATE

MOST PRIVATE

Alice Cooper's Car. Rock on !

COLDEST

MOST PRIVATE

MOST CROWDED

Sarajevo. Still working at -27 C because it heats the air inside (which blows out of the slot when dispensing cash)

MOST CROWDED

MOST PRIVATE

MOST CROWDED

There are more ATMs per head of population in South Korea than anywhere else on the planet

https://businesstech.co.za/news/banking/66360/most-atm-populated-country-in-the-world/

MOST BUOYANT

MOST PHOTOGENIC

MOST BUOYANT

Floating banks serve remote island archipelago's in Indonesia

CLEVEREST

MOST PHOTOGENIC

MOST BUOYANT

Staff at GCHQ in the UK need to answer this questions before they can access their cash

MOST PHOTOGENIC

MOST PHOTOGENIC

MOST OENOPHILIC

As Hank found out in the TV series 'Breaking Bad', multiple pinhole cameras in ATMs can spot aberrant behaviour. An ATM in South Korea even foiled a kidnap gang !

MOST OENOPHILIC

MOST OENOPHILIC

MOST OENOPHILIC

Where else but in France ... ?

(with thanks to Guillaume Lepecq) 

MOST RECYCLED

MOST OENOPHILIC

MOST RECYCLED

Turns unwanted mobile phones into cash. For more, see 'ecoatm.com'

MOST CRYPTIC

MOST OENOPHILIC

MOST RECYCLED

The first Cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) ATM in the world (in a store in lower Manhattan, Oct 2016)

The WORLD's most extreme ATMs (Vol.5)

MOST DISPLACED

MOST DISPLACED

MOST DISPLACED

Dadaab Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya where humanitarian aid is dispensed in the form of cash (Photo by Brendan Bannon)

HEALTHIEST

MOST DISPLACED

MOST DISPLACED

ATM-style drug dispensaries are being piloted in South Africa https://www.ft.com/content/b2e4c07c-0392-11e9-bf0f-53b8511afd7

SMALLEST (Toy)

MOST DISPLACED

SMALLEST (Toy)

Made from Lego, this model ATM actually dispenses plastic bricks of cash !

MOST GENEROUS

MOST GENEROUS

SMALLEST (Toy)

An ATM outside this shop in the UK spat out £400 to an unsuspecting boy playing nearby https://metro.co.uk/2021/04/16/boy-hands-in-400-mistakenly-spat-out-by-cash-machine-in-asda-14419720/

DEADLIEST

MOST GENEROUS

DEADLIEST

Idlib in Northern Syria is still one of the most dangerous places on the planet. Yet ATMs still function

CHEAPEST

MOST GENEROUS

DEADLIEST

With a combined coin hopper and note dispenser, this little ATM can dispense as little as $1 in four 'quarter' coins

MOST INSURED

MOST INSURED

MOST INSURED

ATMs in India allow the purchase of low-cost, short-term personal accident insurance

WETTEST

MOST INSURED

MOST INSURED

After heavy rains in Cork, Ireland (2014)

MOST MUSICAL

MOST INSURED

MOST MUSICAL

Atom Bank provided soothing live classical music at their ATM in London’s Brick Lane in 2016 (With thanks to msn.com)  

SEXIEST

MOST FOOD SECURE

MOST MUSICAL

 Some people sure do LOVE cash machines ... !?!?

MOST FOOD SECURE

MOST FOOD SECURE

MOST FOOD SECURE

 Food ATMs improve refugees’ food security in Africa https://reliefweb.int/report/world/food-atm-revolutionizing-providing-food-refugees

MILKIEST

MOST FOOD SECURE

MOST FOOD SECURE

 Milk-dispensing ATMs are cropping up all over rural India and Africa

The WORLD's most extreme ATMs (Vol.6)

MOST TERMINAL

MOST EXPLOSIVE

MOST TERMINAL

Probably your final financial transaction, you can take out an instant funeral plan from this ATM ... with printed  proof of purchase

FREE-EST

MOST EXPLOSIVE

MOST TERMINAL

With bank branches closing at an alarming rate, free-to-use cash machines are disappearing

MOST EXPLOSIVE

MOST EXPLOSIVE

MOST GRAFFITI'D

Banksy-style street art in Glasgow, Scotland

MOST GRAFFITI'D

MOST GRAFFITI'D

MOST GRAFFITI'D

East Village, New York City

MOST PIXELATED

MOST GRAFFITI'D

MOST PIXELATED

Sweden's pixelated art by Johan Karlgren https://www.awesomeinventions.com/johan-karlgren-pixel-art-sweden/

MOST ARTISTIC

MOST GRAFFITI'D

MOST PIXELATED

Oil painting by Leon Keer

STICKIEST

MOST SECRET

MOST SECRET

Sporting the most stickers. This time, in Los Angeles 

MOST SECRET

MOST SECRET

MOST SECRET

There are ATMs at the CIA's headquarters in Langley, Virginia ... but they are kept far from prying eyes

RUNNIEST

MOST SECRET

RUNNIEST

A marathon costume ... and he completed the race is less than 3 hours, 30 minutes !!!

https://bestracecostumes.wordpress.com/2015/11/09/atm/

SCARIEST

CAPITALIST

RUNNIEST

With thanks to 

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/bellatminc/atm-art/

WOODIEST

CAPITALIST

CAPITALIST

Spotted growing in Greenfield, Massachusetts in 2022 

(with thanks to Rick Bauer)

CAPITALIST

CAPITALIST

CAPITALIST

An ATM embedded in a slab of the Berlin Wall

Art by Elmgreen & Dragset

The WORLD's most extreme ATMs (Vol.7)

MOST FUTURISTIC

MOST INTEROPERABLE

MOST INTEROPERABLE

With contactless biometric motion sensors and a floating dynamic haptic holographic interface

MOST INTEROPERABLE

MOST INTEROPERABLE

MOST INTEROPERABLE

Where digital, mobile and physical currencies meet

MOST RECYCLED

MOST INTEROPERABLE

MOST RECYCLED

ATMs capable of accepting and recycling deposits is a game-changer for cash-based economies ... for over half the world's adult population, in other words 

BLUEST

PURPLEST

MOST RECYCLED

UK 

PURPLEST

PURPLEST

PURPLEST

Thailand

GREENEST

PURPLEST

PURPLEST

Scotland

YELLOWEST

YELLOWEST

YELLOWEST

Turkey

REDDEST

YELLOWEST

YELLOWEST

US

PINKEST

YELLOWEST

ORANGEST

South Korea

ORANGEST

MOST GOLDEN

ORANGEST

The Netherlands

BLACKEST

MOST GOLDEN

MOST GOLDEN

For night-time deposits ...

MOST GOLDEN

MOST GOLDEN

MOST GOLDEN

Dubai

The WORLD's most extreme ATMs (Vol.8)

MOST MISUNDERSTOOD

MOST MISUNDERSTOOD

MOST MISUNDERSTOOD

The original 'Hole in the Wall' ATM

MOST PROTECTED

MOST MISUNDERSTOOD

MOST MISUNDERSTOOD

For use when behind bars, perhaps?

SADDEST

MOST MISUNDERSTOOD

SADDEST

They have to be painted on walls in Eastern Ukraine because the Russians stole the real ones

(with thanks to Vladimir Sokolov)

CATIEST

SLEEPIEST

SADDEST

With apologies to Dreamstime stock photos

DOGIEST

SLEEPIEST

SLEEPIEST

With thanks to Pinterest

SLEEPIEST

SLEEPIEST

SLEEPIEST

With thanks to Pinterest

CUTEST

MOST ROBBED

THINNEST

Never too early to learn how to manage your cashflow

THINNEST

MOST ROBBED

THINNEST

Also the 'cheapest'

MOST ROBBED

MOST ROBBED

MOST TALKATIVE

One in every 415 residents of Bury St.Edmunds have been robbed near an ATM. This makes this sleepy English market town more dangerous than Moscow

https://www.moneysupermarket.com/credit-cards/dangerous-cashpoints-uk/

MOST TALKATIVE

MOST TALKATIVE

MOST TALKATIVE

The world's first talking ATM was installed in Ottowa, Canada in 1997. Nowadays, they use speech recognition and dynamic voice synthesis 

MOST HAPTIC

MOST TALKATIVE

MOST HAPTIC

 ATMs were the first machines to provide the public with a haptic interface which conveys non audio-visual directions in Braille

CLEANEST

MOST TALKATIVE

MOST HAPTIC

ATMs are no more likely to spread Covid-19 and other communicable diseases than doorknobs and toilet seats

The WORLD's most extreme ATMs (Vol.9)

MOST PHILOSOPHICAL

MOST PHILOSOPHICAL

MOST PHILOSOPHICAL

Nietzsche would be proud. Does money indeed make the Euro?

(With thanks to Guillaume Lepecq)

MOST CONTAINED

MOST PHILOSOPHICAL

MOST PHILOSOPHICAL

Shipping containers played a major part in the recovery of Christchurch as the city rebuilt after the 2011 earthquake

COOLEST

MOST PHILOSOPHICAL

MOST CHARITABLE

VW Campers are the coolest form of 'staycation' vehicle

MOST CHARITABLE

MOST CHARITABLE

MOST CHARITABLE

 Muzz Buzz money machines in Australia donate a small percentage of each transaction fee to charity 

CORNIEST

MOST CHARITABLE

CORNIEST

In Canada, ATMS are still sometimes referred to as 'Johnny's' by users who remember these TV ads from 1985 ... and Johnny Cash actually wrote a song for the campaign!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7IjYs8U80E

GREYEST

MOST CHARITABLE

CORNIEST

Only possible in the drizzle of London ... 

MOST NOKIA'D

MOST NOKIA'D

MOST NOKIA'D

Remember Nokia mobile phones?

HIGHEST

MOST NOKIA'D

MOST NOKIA'D

Metaphoricaly speaking. Be warned ... paying for legalised cannabis is a regulatory minefield 

FISHIEST

MOST NOKIA'D

FISHIEST

Not really an ATM ... but if it has the letters, it qualifies

(with thanks to Mike Lee)

CHIC'EST

MOST EXPLOSIVE

FISHIEST

J'adore la plus chic de Paris

MOST EXPLOSIVE

MOST EXPLOSIVE

MOST EXPLOSIVE

Most ATMs are hardened against explosive attacks

Watch the video here

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/business-news/watch-cash-point-being-blown-10251025

MOST FLORAL

MOST EXPLOSIVE

MOST EXPLOSIVE

This floral ATM smells of roses

(with thanks to UK Daily Mail)

The WORLD's most extreme ATMs (Vol.10)

MOST TREASURED

MOST INFLATIONARY

MOST INFLATIONARY

Hunting treasure at a theme park in the US

MOST INFLATIONARY

MOST INFLATIONARY

MOST INFLATIONARY

For use in countries suffering from hyper-inflation

MOST CONVENIENT

MOST INFLATIONARY

MOST ADVENTUROUS

In the UK, a public toilet is sometimes called a 'public convenience'

MOST ADVENTUROUS

MOST ADVENTUROUS

MOST ADVENTUROUS

On the way to the Glasgow-Dublin flight 

(with thanks to Katherine Fry)

MOST ROBOTIC

MOST ADVENTUROUS

MOST HACKABLE

With the advent of AI we have to ask ourselves if robots will ever need cash? If so, which 'biometric' will they use?

MOST HACKABLE

MOST ADVENTUROUS

MOST HACKABLE

This ATM is next to F-Society's (fictional) headquarters in Coney Island, Brooklyn. You'll have to watch the TV series 'Mr Robot' to understand what this has to do with hacking

MOST ANGELIC

MOST NON-FUNGIBLE

MOST NON-FUNGIBLE

Even angels need cash sometimes

MOST NON-FUNGIBLE

MOST NON-FUNGIBLE

MOST NON-FUNGIBLE

The world's first ATM to dispense Non-Fungible Tokens

https://www.atmmarketplace.com/news/non-fungible-token-vending-machine-debuts-in-nyc/

MOST EXCUSED

MOST NON-FUNGIBLE

MOST CONVERTIBLE

There can be no excuse for abolishing cash

MOST CONVERTIBLE

MOST CONVERTIBLE

MOST CONVERTIBLE

ATMs have to convert multiple currencies at Geneva airport in Switzerland

WIDEST

MOST CONVERTIBLE

SORRIEST

Across the back of a trailer

SORRIEST

MOST CONVERTIBLE

SORRIEST

An apologetic ATM

The WORLD's most extreme ATMs (Vol.11)

Wealthiest ATM

WEALTHIEST

This ATM's 'leaderboard' displays wealthy users' bank balances for all to see (with thanks to CNN and MSCHF, Brooklyn)


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