Entschuldigung für das verschwommene Bild, aber ich musste es nur teilen und fragen …
Letzte Woche machten ich und eine Gruppe von Freunden eine Reise nach Lapland aus Estland. Wir hatten eine absolute Explosion, die den Fluss Ivalojoki hinunterrafte und die schöne Umgebung erkundete. Jetzt, in unserer zweiten Nacht am Fluss, lagerten wir in der Nähe einiger örtlicher Hütten, die für Wanderer und Sparren bestimmt waren. Alles war gemütlich und schön – bis wir die Toilette fanden.
Es hatte zwei Sitze, nebeneinander. Kein Teiler, keine Privatsphäre. Nur zwei Löcher nebeneinander, als wäre es völlig normal, einen Deuce fallen zu lassen, während sie Augenkontakt mit Ihrem Kumpel herstellen. Wir haben es ausgelacht und dachten, es sei nur eine schrullige lokale Lösung. Bußgeld.
Ein paar Tage schnell vorwärts – wir fahren zurück nach Helsinki, um die Fähre zu fangen und vor Jyväskylä zum Camp für unsere letzte Nacht zu campen. Was finden wir? Noch eine Toilette. Aber diesmal mit drei Löcher. In einer Reihe. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt begannen wir uns zu fragen: Ist das eine Sache?
Jetzt, wo ich zurück bin, kann ich nicht aufhören, darüber nachzudenken. Kühlt Gemeinschaft in Finnland eine Art soziale Tradition wie Sauna? Gibt es noch größere Gruppentoiletten mit 4, 5 oder mehr Sitzen? Verwenden Sie Finnen tatsächlich zusammen oder ist es nur ein effizientes Design?
Von all den Dingen, die auf einer Reise nach Finnland zu erfahren sind, habe ich wirklich nicht erwartet, mehr Fragen zu Ihrer Toilettenkultur als Ihre Natur oder Ihre Geschichte zu machen.
Hat jemand die Hintergrundgeschichte dazu?
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Von muituk
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Efficient design from the past. Not a thing anymore. Shame about these things wasnt really a thing back then. It’s some what „modern“ invention.
Have you ever seen roman lavatory?
Dozens of seats in square. All facing each other.
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ancient-roman-bathroom-at-ostia-antica-near-rome-italy-54326542.html
Lol no, thats weird as hell
Urinal rules apply. Unless emergency.
I remember we had a toilet like this when I was in girl scouts and all of us (20-30 people) went to camp on this island over a weekend. It was very awkward getting my period during the trip.
Co-op shitting, the next best sport at the mökki after Saunaklonkku.
You’ll find some quirks in the old parts of finland, these sort of forest finns weren’t too ashamed of their skin. I would imagine that families were the ones that built them the most, but communal areas like camps would somewhat likely also have them. Children could have maybe needed help with learning how to do it independently as early as possible, so visual demonstration could have helped.
I do not have concrete information, but I imagine that the reason for having 3 separate holes is because the „basket“ below needs to be manually emptied. As these were in the middle of nowhere, I guess that these get emptied relatively rarely. Thus, to avoid overfilling, there are three „baskets“ that travellers can fill.
Ancient lore tells that there some V8-configurations on military training grounds. Four in a row, two rows, back-to-back. One can truly feel the power.
Seen 7 holes like that side by side, but that’s a long time ago. You get used to it. When you have to go, you have to go. Tho I imagine that it might be quite hard for my kids that it was for me at the time. 😄
That is an old toilet.
In the past, that style of toilets were quite common. Just holes in a row. A social and efficient experience. Not popular anymore though, all new toilets constructed in the past 40 years have more privacy.
Also in the military barracks in the past toilets didn’t have walls or doors – just toilets seats in a row. It finally changed (newer barracks had doors/walls already in 70’s) when Elisabeth Rehn was defence minister in 1990-1995. I thank her for that.
haha i remember using these group shitters when i was in the military
They’re not that awkward after you get over the shock
When I was in the army we went to the Taipalsaari training camp and there was a 7 slot version of this.
At the last days you needed to stack logs around the hole to avoid pile of shit touching your ass.
Those used to be common, our summer cottage which was originally a farm also has a two-sitter.
Too bad they aren’t anymore. Shitting is as natural as living, and imho it would be much nicer to have a morning shit chat than stare at your phone.
Ergo, when I build my own outhouse, I’ll make it at least a two-sitter!
Was a common thing still around 1800’ in rural communities.
You might consider that it’s not _absolutely neccessary_ to maintain eye contact with your co-shitters tru the entire process.
If you happen to encounter this thing in some remote wilderness hut, that is. Or at military barracks built before 1970’s.
Do your business as if no-one else was there at all. This is the Way. 😑💩
Only middle one need to bring the newspaper. All three can read it at the same time
I’ve done a co-op dump on one of these before. Wouldn’t do it with a stranger, but if you know the other person well, it’s no weirder than going to a sauna naked together.
If you think about it, the only thing different to a regular toilet stall is the lack of a thin wall between you and the co-shitter. I think people, especially Americans should really get rid of that ridiculous fear of bare skin. It’s not that scary, trust me.
Estonia also has some explaining to do. this is from Tallinn.
https://preview.redd.it/afwospshc1af1.png?width=918&format=png&auto=webp&s=fed28d0ffd64f938019cbcd8760de8853865cc4b
Had one with 7 in a row in the military (when the electricity went out for a whole day).
Wait till you hear how they used to wipe…
>!Answer: with a communal stick.!<
If you gotta go, you go. The sauna culture in Finland has made it so that nakedness and bodily functions are viewed as normal compared to more, well strictly shame based cultures.
Old, like around the 50’s, schools and such had these communal toilets. Not anyone though.