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Dayna McAlpine

You can pay to stay inside Edinburgh's creepy toy hospital and share a room with old dolls

In one of Edinburgh's more... unique Airbnb listings, it turns out that you can actually stay the night at Leith's Toy Hospital.

In one of two guest rooms you can "watch the cuddly comings and goings on the ward and watch the toy surgeons at work behind the scenes."

You’ll be staying in a teddy and doll themed private room - with plenty of toys to keep you company.

For instance, look at this image on the Airbnb listing, there's nothing terrifying about this doll being right next to your head while you sleep right?

See? Absolutely nothing unsettling about that.

The Toy Hospital itself is in a handsome Victorian property in historic Leith, with a bright turquoise front door and both guest rooms can be booked together if you’d like to bring the whole family to stay the night in two rooms full of teddies.

There are lots of toys in the room, which are available for rehoming at the end of your stay for a donation if you'd like to take that doll on the dresser home to haunt your house full-time.

Joking aside Mari and her team do an amazing job of restoring all of our much-loved toys that have seen better days - you can see their incredible before and after pictures here.

The Toy Hospital has been bringing joy to children and adults alike since 2017 and recently have been making scrubs for the NHS and face masks during the pandemic.

The rooms themselves are actually only £40 a night and for kids, there are toy nurses kits in the rooms so they can check the health of all the toys. You can book through Airbnb or you can contact the hospital directly to enquire about availability.

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