Amsterdam is an amazing city loaded with canals and bars. Indeed one of the major tourist attractions is the Red Light District, an area loaded with a high density of bars. Through necessity, the ingenious outdoor solution has evolved over the years for outdoor Amsterdam Urinals.
Note: This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy for more information. The pee curl (Dutch: plaskrul) is a public urinal, many of which are found in the centre of Amsterdam.
They originated at the end of the 19th century, and were first installed by the Public Works Department of Amsterdam. The curl is made of a spiral-shaped steel sheet suspended half a metre above the ground by four iron legs, and painted dark. Temporary outdoor urinals like this one in Amsterdam's Spui square are placed during major celebration's like King's Day and New Year's Eve.
If you do not want to use outdoor urinals in Amsterdam, there are other solutions. Swing into a cafe or bar, and grab a snack or coffee and use their bathroom. Not all of Amsterdam's urinals are garbage bin-green.
Located next to the Royal Palace of Amsterdam on Dam Square, which used to be the City Hall in 1808, is a unique brick. Finding a public toilet in Amsterdam is diffictult. Urinals are hard to find and so a lot of men pee into the canal.
Each year on average 15 people die while peeing into an Amsterdam canal. These bathrooms are usually sparklingly clean, too. A history lesson on latrines When walking in Amsterdam, look out for large cylinder containers covered in advertising posters and strategically placed in busy downtown areas.
Those were once free stalls for women created in the 1970s after a demonstration demanded equal public toilet. Amsterdam has a public peeing problem. The city is surprisingly short on public restrooms, and unsuspecting tourists can be caught off guard when restaurants and cafes charge up to one euro just.
While it might seem archaic to have outdoor public urinals in as fine a city as Amsterdam, the good news is that they've improved on them over the years. It can be challenging for anyone to find a public restroom while traveling, but this popular city in Europe has some of the oddest public restrooms for men. City Hall Urinal A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.
Amsterdam, Netherlands S Added By Sean Allen.