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On the other hand, the few times I've been to the EU, it wasn't easy to find public restrooms without fees :) In the US, I've never seen a public restroom that charged.

(Actually I saw one, at a tourist destination in Martha's Vineyard, that had a suggested donation. I was flabbergasted.)

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That's very true! The trick is to enter a cafe and ask for a bottle of water while taking the chance to ask "oh, by the way, where's the restroom?"

Ah, similar to how one gets "free" WiFi in the States by ordering some coffee from a Starbucks :) I am touring Europe in a couple months and will keep this in mind, thanks!

I'd say it's the same logic but usually a bottle of water in Europe is much cheaper than any coffee from Starbucks. :)

That depends on the country. It used to be that in Germany you would pay a person whoes job it was to keep the toilets clean and nice.

I asked my friend, a native German, about that last summer when I was in Germany.

She said a lot of times that money does not even go to the person cleaning the toilets.

I did pay 1 euro to use a bathroom in a train station. It seemed to be similar to US truck stop bathroom/showers. As soon as I left they cleaned the bathroom.

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