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Public toilets in Switzerland

Public toilets
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.

A 2021 study found there were 46 public toilets per 100,000 people.

Public toilets can be found at train and bus stations, cable-car platforms, public parks and in cafes and shops. One place people use when there is a lack of public toilets are the facilities at fast food style restaurants. 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.

The most common type of toilet is a sit toilet, and often provide toilet paper. Western Europe tends to use flush toilets, with some older public toilets possibly having pull cords instead of handles or buttons. Some public toilets in Berne have blue lights. This is to make it difficult for intravenous drug users to shoot up in the facilities. Most public toilets are very clean. Some public toilets are wheelchair accessible. 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.

Lifestyle magazine Lifestyle.INQ ranked Zürich as having the third cleanest bathrooms in the world in 2019. The 2019 International Toilet Tourism Awards gave James Bond Loos at Piz Gloria the award for overall winner. 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. 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.