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You can bring in empty water bottles and every airport I've been to has bottle refill stations after security
by bowsamic 2y ago
You can bring in empty water bottles and every airport I've been to has bottle refill stations after security
- lanna 2y agoNot at tourist destinations in Mexico and Dominican Republic. It is inhumane that those airports offer absolutely no free drinking water options for passengers. Tap water in these countries is not safe to drink.
- Rinzler89 2y ago>and every airport I've been to has bottle refill stations after security Many in Europe do not.
- bowsamic 2y agoEvery airport I've been to personally in Europe does
- Rinzler89 2y agoHow does repeating this make any kind of point? Your anecdotes don't become a general rule across a continent. For example, most I've been to do not. That doesn't become a rule now, it just disproves the point that hydration stations are the norm. So why do you insist to dismiss the existence of other airports you've haven't been to that don't have water stations just because it doesn't match your personal experience? Please keep an open mind and arguments in good faith as per HN rules.
- ramon156 2y agoHave you heard of a bathroom?
- kjrfghslkdjfl 2y ago[dead]
- Rinzler89 2y agoHave you heard about having a civil discussion without being snarky for no reason? Have you seen the dark patterns some airports use like very low taps that don't fit a water bottle under them in the sinks, or hooking up the taps to the warm water lines? Also, tap water in some countries, while safe to drink, tastes awful, like chlorine, so even if you can get it from the bathroom tap, it's not ideal.
- chgs 2y agoClaiming “many” proves nothing. There has been one claim in this thread, that Hamburg does not. It does. https://www.wateratairports.com/topic/flughafen-hamburg-ham-airport/ https://www.wateratairports.com/topic/flughafen-hamburg-ham-...
- Rinzler89 2y ago>Claiming “many” proves nothing. And claiming "every one I've been to" proves what exactly? >There has been one claim in this thread, that Hamburg does not. It does. Great, but what does that have to do with my comments? Since I never mentioned Hamburg airport, so why rub that in my face? I've been to other airports that don't provide water stations which I can talk about, but not Hamburg.
- chgs 2y agoYou could name them, but you don’t.
- GlacierFox 2y agoThat's why he said Every airport I've *personally* been to in Europe does What's your problem?
- Rinzler89 2y agoHow does his statement ("every airport I've been to in Europe had a water station") refute my statement ("many in Europe do not so you're forced to buy the 4€ water bottles")? I don't have a problem, but clearly you do so I'm gonna stop replying to you right here. Cheers!
- bowsamic 2y agoJust because I replied to you doesn't mean I'm trying to refute you. Not everything is a fight. Chill
- anon23432343 2y agoGood luck at the Hamburg, Germany airport then :D
- bowsamic 2y agoHamburg is the airport I've used most (I live in Hamburg) and that has bottle refill after security
- yallpendantools 2y agoFrom one Hamburger to another...just where, please? I could swear I saw a drinking fountain once, somewhere along that long corridor connecting the gates but I never found it again and, to this date, I've never drank from it. (I mostly fly Eurowings to other Schengen destinations.) If it really exists, I'm sure there is only one such station past security, or maybe one per airport wing. And look, in a pinch I'm ready to drink tap water from the airport toilet faucets. I'm ready to entrust my life to that dice roll. But, as a matter of human dignity being inviolable and all that, I would much rather shell out money for an expensive bottle of water.
- bowsamic 2y agoHead to the right after passing through security and after duty-free. It is at the first toilets on the right
- yyyfb 2y agoFrom the airport map on its website: the drinking water dispenser is opposite gate C07. https://www.hamburg-airport.de/en/guide-explore/airport-map https://www.hamburg-airport.de/en/guide-explore/airport-map
- anon23432343 2y agoI have lived in hamburg too and went from there often and I have never found besides going to the toilet a way of getting water. The bigger joke is that the vending machines in an international airport only accept euro and no credit cards. Maybe this changed since I have moved from hamburg to Stockholm 2 years ago. But the hamburg airport compared to Arlanda is a joke.
- samastur 2y agoGood for you but many do not or are out of service (all Schiphol's were the last time I was there).
- dijit 2y agoI’ve been forced to dispose of empty bottles at security because it said 500ml on the side. Selective enforcement and shifting requirements is one of the major issues with airport security. Some places force off belts and shoes, and force you to remove laptops and electronics from bags, some force them to be in your bag… it’s very annoying that it’s not consistent across airports. (in europe).
- ozzcer 2y agoI've been in Gatwick at times before when one queue has a hard arse taking off people's shoes and the next one along doesn't care if you take your liquids out your bag. Not sure why having a set of rules and sticking to them is so difficult.
- idlephysicist 2y agoThe woeful inconsistency between airport security checks within the same country and sometimes within the same airport, really lends itself to the theory that it’s all a farce. Travel time makes a big difference too, e.g. at peak times please keep your shoes on.
- eastbound 2y agoSo “shoe terrorists” will commit attacks at peak time? (I don’t even know how much botleg water a shoe contain to upset the border control so much).
- almostnormal 2y agoThere are bathrooms, and tap water is the most strictly regulated food of all, more than bottled water.
- chrisldgk 2y agoNot all European countries have tap water that’s safe to drink. In Germany you can get away with that, in Spain I wouldn’t risk it.
- Fargren 2y agoIn most of Spain the tap water is totally safe to drink. I would avoid it in the islands only.
- siva7 2y agoToilets aren't exactly a good source to refill your water bottle for obvious reasons.
- hagbard_c 2y agoBack when I still subjected myself to the security theatre at airports I was told to toss the nearly empty tube of tooth paste I had in my backpack. Why was that? Well, the tube stated it contained 125 ml when new and you're only allowed to bring 100 ml containers so toss it or be denied boarding. I now travel by train instead of plane. Sure, it takes a lot more time but I can bring however much of whatever I want, I get to sit in a comfortable chair, I have my laptops (etc.) with me and get to work on whatever I want. Sometimes I even meet interesting people. I regularly travel from Sweden to the Netherlands this way, sometimes alone, sometimes with my daughter when she comes home from university or goes back there (she studies in Utrecht, we live in Sweden). Train travel is far from perfect and delays are common but seen as a whole it is a far better experience than air travel. It also happens to be quite a bit less expensive on the routes I frequent.
- BobaFloutist 2y ago>I now travel by train instead of plane. And so will I, just as soon as the build a train tunnel under the Atlantic.