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Public urinals like these are all over Amsterdam: http://goo.gl/LbWxd4 http://goo.gl/LbWxd4 you're rarely more than a couple of blocks away from one. They're m
by avar 12y ago
Public urinals like these are all over Amsterdam: http://goo.gl/LbWxd4 http://goo.gl/LbWxd4 you're rarely more than a couple of blocks away from one.
They're male-only, and just a metal spiral leading to a cement wall that you pee on, and a drain below that wall.
They're very simple & easy to maintain, and all you need to clean them is a pressure washer. Public urination is practically unknown with these around.
- Morgawr 12y agoThe canals also help a lot.
- avar 12y agoIn my over four years in Amsterdam I've never seen anyone pee into the canals outside of queen's day (a day-long city-wide parade/giant party, for those who don't live here).
- karinnielsen 12y agoGerman cities are full of public urinals such as the ones you describe. The problem is that they are quickly soiled making them unappealing, even for the most drunk revellers. The only way the behaviour can be curbed is with big fines - it works in the UK for the most part.
- wtetzner 12y agoOr maybe they could come up with an efficient way to clean the public urinals instead.
- karinnielsen 12y agoThat is true but then your average drunk would still choose the path of least resistance which is usually the nearest bush, wall or tree. We are genetically wired to look for the easiest solution which would of course be peeing wherever we are when nature calls. The only thing that stops us from exhibiting this behaviour when sober is inhibition. When alcohol numbs our inhibitions and sense of risk we revert to our most primal selves and in some cases that means we piss in places we should not piss in.