Public Toilets

I need to make a few awards for public toilets we have visited. 

Most efficient: 2 toilets on the Autobahn in Northern Germany. They were in huge roadside complexes selling petrol, food and tickets for the toilet - 70p!!! = AU$1 - puts a whole new meaning on spending a penny. All 38 of us surged downstairs, paid our money and queued. Having used the facilities came the problem of how to flush. I pushed every button I could see and watched in amazement  as the seat writhed and twisted and washed itself. It was so fascinating I pushed the button for a repeat performance, finally realising you simply wave your hand in front of a steel plate to flush. Then it's up the stairs and into the shop to get 70p off any purchase.  Clever - and very clean.

Most embarrassing : a stand-alone group at the tip of southern Sweden / photo 1. I entered the disabled toilet and totally forgot about waving. I pressed every button in sight and one of them was an alarm. A piercing siren erupted which continued for 10 minutes  - and no-one came so we drove away leaving it wailing.

Most expensive: NK department store in Stockholm (David Jones equivalent).
20 kroner =AU$1.67 and nothing special.

Prettiest: Raame Garden in Norway - owned by a millionaire philanthropist so perhaps that's why. Herren to the right, Damen to the left, quite ordinary but in the middle where you wash your hands is the prettiest layout I've ever seen / photo 2.