Public Urinals of Stockholm

Public urinals such as these may be found at numerous locations throughout the older parts of Stockholm, Sweden.


These first two images were sent in by Mr. K in 2007. This particular fixture... "is located about 430 feet straight out to the northeast of the Stockholm C front entrance... Nothing more than a fancy metal circular wall, with a metal hinged door. Inside is a very simple hole in the 'funnel shaped' cement floor that one can only wonder if it goes directly down to the sewer. On hot summer days, when the wind is right you can smell these non-flushing pissars over 50 feet away!"

"This pissoir is located on the southeast corner of the Nobel Museum on Källargränd. Taken the same day the one near the main train station in 2005, and again, probably in a more festive scheme than what it may look like today."


A about a month or so later in 2007, JH sent in these bottom two photos of the same fixture. He writes: "I see that you already have one of my old favorite (it always seemed like you should, but I'd never been able to find it until now, when I show up with shots I took). I have used it many times over the years. These were taken May '07 showing the new, sadly drab color scheme. If you walk straight out the front door of the main train station (Centralen, aka T-Centralen) in Stockholm, slightly to your left across Vasagatan there is a short street that leads to Klara Kyrka (Klara Church). The pissoir is to the left at the end of that street. The inside is stainless, otherwise the whole thing would have disintegrated long ago. In the '80s, when I lived in Stockholm, and well into the '90s, it was located behind the Royal Palace and was painted in the more festive scheme shown in the shot posted by Mr. K."

This latest update was sent in by Mr. K. in 2008. He notes: "Here is an inside photo of the pissoir that I submitted a while ago [above]. You may want to edit the text as my memory was not so good when I said that it had a "'funnel shaped' cement floor". It in fact has a metal grate, perhaps the grate was not there the day in 2005 when I saw it for the first time. If you look closely you can see an additional drain cover below the grate. Oh well :)"

This next batch of images was added by Mr. K in 2009. This first picture was taken "on Skånegatan right across the street from Skånegatan 68 between Götgatan and Katarina Bangata."

The pictures above and below are of the same installation on "Åsögatan between Södermannagatan and Nytorgsgatan"


"[This one] is a newer dirty green bumpy one, it is at the intersection of Tjärhovsgatan and Götgatan just west of the nearby skateboard park."

These last few images are located near the Nobel Museum. All of these were sent in by Mr. K.



 
 

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