User:JustinePorto/Public toilets in Switzerland
| Public toilets in Switzerland | |
|---|---|
 Toilet in Coop | |
| Language of toilets | |
| Local words | WC Water Closets Toilette |
| Men's toilets | Herren Männer Signori Uomini Hommes Messieurs |
| Women's toilets | Damen Frauen Signore Donne Femmes Dames |
| Public toilet statistics | |
| Toilets per 100,000 people | 46 (2021) |
| Total toilets | ?? |
| Public toilet use | |
| Type | Western style sit toilet |
| Locations | Restaurants Fast food style restaurants Tourist sites Bus stations Train stations Public parks |
| Average cost | 2 francs |
| Often equipped with | toilet paper blue lights |
| Percent accessible | ??? |
| Date first modern public toilets | ??? |
| . | |
Public toilets in Switzerland
Public toilets[edit]
Local words for public toilets include WC, Toiletten, toilettes, or gabinetti. Women's toilets are called Damen, Frauen, Signore, Donne, Femmes or Dames while men's toilets are called Herren, Männer, Signori, Uomini, Hommes or Messieurs.[1][2][3]
A 2021 study found there were 46 public toilets per 100,000 people.[4]
Public toilets can be found at train and bus stations, cable-car platforms, public parks and in cafes and shops.[1] One place people use when there is a lack of public toilets are the facilities at fast food style restaurants. [5] Public toilets in Zürich are found in train stations, bus stations, cable-car platforms and public parks. They were also located at restaurants and tourist sites.[2]
The most common type of toilet is a sit toilet, and often provide toilet paper.[3] Western Europe tends to use flush toilets, with some older public toilets possibly having pull cords instead of handles or buttons.[6] Some public toilets in Berne have blue lights. This is to make it difficult for intravenous drug users to shoot up in the facilities.[5] Most public toilets are very clean.[2][1] Some public toilets are wheelchair accessible.[1] While most public toilets in Switzerland require payment to use, the fee is one of the highest in the world at around 2 Swiss Francs to use.[7][2][3][1]
Lifestyle magazine Lifestyle.INQ ranked Zürich as having the third cleanest bathrooms in the world in 2019.[2] The 2019 International Toilet Tourism Awards gave James Bond Loos at Piz Gloria the award for overall winner.[8] Public toilets in in a hut located at an elevation of 2,700 meters in the Alps were listed in a 2016 Lonely Planet guide to the 100 best toilets in the world because of their view.[9] In 2018, Lonely Planet labeled the public toilets Segantini as one of the fifteen most interesting in the world. They are a cabin toilets located in a mountains at an elevation of 2731 meters above sea level and views over the surrounding area of Engadine.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Fast Facts in Switzerland | Frommer's". www.frommers.com. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
- ^ a b c d e "A look at the cities with the cleanest public toilets". Lifestyle.INQ. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ a b c "Public Toilet Charges around the World - Toilet Types & Local Names". QS Supplies. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ QS Supplies (11 October 2021). "Which Cities Have The Most and Fewest Public Toilets?". QS Supplies. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ a b Steves, Rick (1 December 2010). "When nature calls: How to find a toilet in Europe". NBC News. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ admin (2015-05-18). "Toilets Around the World". Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, Inc. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
- ^ Glassman, Stephanie; Firestone, Julia (May 2022). "Restroom Deserts: Where to go when you need to go" (PDF). AARP.
- ^ Continence Foundation of Australia (13 June 2019). "In search of world's best toilets". Continence Foundation of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 15 March 2021 suggested (help) - ^ BBC (15 April 2016). "A guide to the world's best toilets". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ Planet, Lonely (2018-01-10). "15 retretes sorprendentes". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2022-10-24.