toilet

Toilet-based mishaps are employer's fault: court

One of Germany's top courts has ruled in favour of a civil servant who argued that an injury sustained on the way to the loo should be covered by workplace accident insurance.

toilet

Munich to get 'nice toilets' to serve cross-legged locals

The Bavarian capital has a pee problem - the city only has one public toilet for every 13,000 inhabitants. But a new plan could rescue desperate locals, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports.

offbeat

Four taken to hospital after hotel toilet bursts into flames

Four guests at a Nuremberg hotel were taken to hospital due to smoke inhalation early Monday morning after a toilet there burst into flames.

toilet

Nightclub exp-loo-sion shocks Bavarian police

Police arrived at the nightclub on the outskirts of the Bavarian town of Amberg at the weekend to discover an unusual surprise in the gents' lavatories.

holiday

Free peeing on Autobahn must be legal right: Left Party

The Left Party, Germany’s official opposition, has discovered the key to winning votes in next year’s federal election - making motorway toilets free for all.

toilet

Judge: Landlords can't stop men standing to pee

Splashy urinators may now micturate in peace, after a man won a court battle against his landlord for the right to tinkle as nature intended.

Crime

Wave of toilet stall door thefts hits Brandenburg

Motorists taking a bathroom break at a rest stop in Brandenburg might not get much privacy these days. Thieves made off with 22 stainless-steel toilet stall doors within a few days and, up to now, police are clueless.