THE world is full of weird and wonderful things, and that includes museums.
easyJet has found the quirkiest of them all in Europe, from ones filled with taxidermy frogs to the history of sewers and another that’s fully underwater.
The strangest museums in Europe have been revealed[/caption]
The Icelandic Phallological Museum in Reykjavik topped the list[/caption]
2,000 Brits voted for the weirdest museums in a study by easyJet – and here are the results.
At the very top of the list is the Icelandic Phallological Museum in Reykjavik, Iceland.
It’s the world’s only scientific penis museum and contains over 300 penises and penile parts from more than 100 species of mammals.
The museum is the only one dedicated to collecting, studying and presenting actual phalluses.
It was founded in 1997, and in July 2011, the museum obtained its first human penis.
The theme doesn’t stop at the exhibits either; at the coffee shop, visitors can enjoy a coffee or beer with a penis-shaped waffle with either sweet or savoury toppings.
Entry to the Icelandic Phallological Museum costs from 3,500ISK (£21.46).
The second strangest museum as voted for by the Brits is the Paris Sewer Museum (called Musée des Égouts) in France.
The museum was completely renovated in 2021 and you can now see it from the Seine.
Inside, visitors will learn all about Paris‘ underground sewers where work began in the 19th century.
The Surgeons’ Hall Museums in Edinburgh was voted as one of the strangest[/caption]
As well as exhibits, visitors can walk through a section of the actual underground sewer tunnels and explore the city’s historical sewage system.
Visitors can see how the network of tunnels was built, how it evolved, and how it works to drain waste from Paris.
Along with standard entry to the museum for
€9 (£7.83), there are additional events like guided night tours.
Another of the strangest museums is Froggyland in Croatia which has 507 taxidermy frogs.
Across 21 dioramas, frogs are posed to look like they’re participating in human activities like playing musical instruments, teaching a class or rowing a boat.
Entry into Froggyland is around €13 (£11.30).
Froggyland has taxidermist frogs posed to do human activities[/caption]
In the UK, the Surgeons’ Hall Museums in Edinburgh came in eighth position.
It’s one of the oldest museums in the UK dedicated to telling the story of surgery throughout history.
Inside are pathology specimens, surgical and dental instruments, artefacts – including a book said to be made from human skin, and art depicting historic tooth extraction.
The medical collection is spread across four galleries, including the Wohl Pathology Museum, the History of Surgery Museum, and the Body Voyager Gallery.
Standard admission to the museum is £9.50, and for those who want to learn a little more, there are Blood and Guts Walking Tours for more in depth facts on medical history.
Over in Lanzarote is Europe’s only underwater museum called the Museo Atlántico which features over 300 life-size sculptures at 12 to 14 meters deep.
The project started in 2017 and is a series of stunning and thought-provoking sculptures placed on the seafloor and it’s designed to evolve over time as artificial reefs.
It’s not just the sculptures divers can see underwater; swimming around the site will be angel sharks, sardines, parrot fish and even barracudas.
One dive costs €45 (£39.13) and you either have to be certified to dive or take a course first.
You can fly to almost all of these destinations with easyJet – in autumn, flights to Reykjavik start from £28.17.
There are also flights to Paris from £22.49 and head to Edinburgh or Split from £17.99.
The Top 20 Quirkiest Museums in Europe…
- Icelandic Phallological Museum (Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Paris Sewer Museum (Paris, France)
- Torture Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Museum Of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft (Hólmavik, Iceland)
- Froggyland (Split, Croatia)
- Museum of Miniatures (Prague, Czech Republic)
- House of Illusions (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
- Surgeons’ Hall Museums (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Museum of Broken Relationships (Zagreb, Croatia)
- Dialog Museum (Frankfurt, Germany)
- Museo Atlántico (Lanzarote, Spain)
- Kattenkabinet (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Museo e Cripta dei Cappuccini (Rome, Italy)
- Museu del Perfum (Barcelona, Spain)
- The Comic Art Museum (Brussels, Belgium)
- Museu dos Fósforos (Tomar, Portugal)
- Fairground Art Museum (Paris, France)
- Nederlands Watermuseum (Arnhem, Netherlands)
- Stained Glass Museum (Kraków, Poland)
- Imperial Carriage Museum (Vienna, Austria)
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One of the weirdest museums is completely underwater[/caption]
