Oom Samie se Winkel, General store and museum in Stellenbosch, South Africa

Oom Samie se Winkel is a working shop and museum on Dorp Street in Stellenbosch, trading from the same premises since it opened as a rural trading post in 1904. Shelves and counters hold sweets, fruit, vegetables, handmade straw brooms and other crafts, with antiques and old objects on view among the goods.

The shop was founded in 1904 and stands as one of the oldest continuously operating trading businesses in the Cape region. The store has evolved over more than a century while keeping its role as a trading post.

The shop keeps alive traditional trading customs and sells handcrafted goods from local makers, fresh produce, South African spices, teas, and regional specialties. When you walk through it, you see how people still shop for everyday items the way families did many years ago.

The shop sits on Dorp Street, Stellenbosch's historic artery, and is a working shop as well as a museum, so you walk among the goods rather than through a separate exhibition. It is a compact trading post, quick to look over on foot. Visitors can buy sweets, fruit, vegetables, handmade brooms and other crafts, and view the antiques on display.

The shop began in 1904 as a rural trading post where barter was common: goods were swapped rather than only sold. Today it still operates as a working shop and museum, and visitors can buy handmade straw brooms alongside sweets, fruit and vegetables, then look at the antiques on display.