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In France, lots of restaurant give you a carafe, and they are obligated by law to give you free water if you ask (and you ordered something).

• 6510 3y ago
  In the Netherlands, if a stranger shows up at your door and asks for water you are obligated to give it to them.
  • sneak 3y ago
    This is true everywhere on Earth, just perhaps not codified into law.
  • Thiez 3y ago
    Really? Could you point me to that law? I think it's a cool rule but can't find it. Unless you mean in emergencies?
    • r0b1n 3y ago
      In Germany, there is "case law" to that effect. Letting someone suffer of thirst is "unterlassene Hilfeleistung", roughly translated "neglecting to give aid". Not giving someone suffering of thirst any water is considered as an example in legal literature, however, I know of no real case where someone was convicted solely for that. And it isn't really straightforward to argue that a restaurant not serving tap water would fulfil the criteria of "unterlassene Hilfeleistung", at least because the usual restaurant-goer isn't suffering that badly. Also, aforementioned aid doesn't have to be free, the person benefiting from your aid owes you the cost of that aid.