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URINALS
by Tanja August 13, 2016
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Finding a public toilet in Amsterdam is not an easy task. If you think popping
into a bar or restaurant to ask politely if you may use the restroom is the
answer, think again. Many bars just say no or charge you up to €1 to take a
simple piss. Many boys and men use trees, buildings (churches and monuments
preferably it seems) and canals to release themselves of that annoying pressure
on their bladders.
But wild peeing as we call it in Amsterdam (‘wild plassen’) could set you back
over 90 euros in fines in Amsterdam. Peeing in the Amsterdam canals is not just
forbidden, you might not even survive that! Are you smiling? Well, I’m not
kidding.
DEATH BY TAKING A PISS IN AMSTERDAM
Each year on average 15 people die while peeing into an Amsterdam canal.
Especially during night time, the risk is high. It’s dark and when people are
drunk, the blood pressure is higher. When they lose their balance, they fall
into the canal. Because the water is so cold, they hit paralyzes within minutes.
These deaths are easy to spot: they find the body with the fly open.
2011 was particularly heavy. In April 2011, police dragged out 4 dead bodies.
Friends of the Irish man Paul Nolan (36) had been searching for their friend for
some time when they found his body in parts in the canals around the
Leidseplein.
While searching for Nolan, who worked a the nearby Hard Rock Cafe, they dragged
out the body of a Polish man. Also Gijs Thio, missing for some time, was found
dead in the canal. All had been out late and last spotted drunk.
AMSTERDAM PISSOIR: DE KRUL
All these dramatic events happen, when Amsterdam is actually proud to have its
own beautiful Krul: the curled pissoir, or urinal as they say in good English.
De Krul has been in Amsterdam since 1880 and the design is still more or less
the same. They are available in one person or two-person variant. The Krul is
rarely cleaned and swarming with bacteria, so make sure you don’t touch
anything.
A pissoir in Amsterdam School style. Oudezijds Voorburgwal.
The plastic version of the Amsterdam urinal is somewhat more hygienic. At busy
days they are installed in the necessary spots, after which they are taken away
and cleaned.
Public WC at Beurs / Rokin Amsterdam
WHERE CAN A WOMAN PISS IN AMSTERDAM?
Well. It’s not easy. In a famous court case in 2017 Geerte Piening (23) fought
against the charges of wild peeing. She had to pay a fine of €140 when she was
caught by the police when she was peeing in the night nearby Leidseplein.
She really had to go, the woman told the judge. There are 35 urinals for men in
the city of Amsterdam, and only 3 for women. The judge, however, was relentless
and told her she could have urinated in a men’s urinal.
Women demonstrated against the judge’s verdict that stated women should also
urinate in a men’s urinal.
But the court case did have some effect. In areas in Amsterdam where toilet
facilities are lacking, causing people to pee in the wild, toilets have been set
in place. At parks like Vondelpark there are now public toilets. The council
also came with a map where public toilets are located.
Public toilets in Amsterdam. Source: maps.amsterdam.nl
DUTCH TOILET VOCABULARY
How to find a toilet in Amsterdam? Toilets are called ‘WC’ (pronounce ‘way say’)
in Dutch or ‘toilet’ (as in the French ‘toilet’, but with a pronounced ‘T’ at
the end.)
Mannen / Heren = boys
Dames = girls (toilet vocabulary).
Doors open by ‘trekken’ = pull; ‘duwen’= push
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Kathe Lo April 22, 2016 - 22:01
Good post! We are linking to this great post on our site. Keep up the good
writing.
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Tourist Info October 15, 2012 - 08:35
“If you think popping into a bar or restaurant to ask polity if you may use the
restroom is the answer, think again. Many bars just say no or charge you up to
€1 to take a simple piss.”
The (local) answer to this problem is very, very simple: DON’T ask, just go.
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Ryan Hellyer September 23, 2012 - 19:56
They also allow public urination in Norway. I find it truly bizarre.
http://ryanhellyer.net/2012/09/22/public-urination-in-norway/
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I C July 29, 2012 - 08:39
the risks one could never think of
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eva August 31, 2011 - 16:15
But if you ask in a bar or restaurant with a big smile you might get lucky!
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