Street urinals in Brunant

Street urinals in the public space are found across Brunant. They are/were installed to reduce urination onto buildings, sidewalks or streets.

History
The first urinals in public space were introduced in Koningstad in the 1860s. This idea of so-called pissoirs came from Paris, France. It was not until 1904 that the city government adopted a permanent style of green-coloured pissoirs. Until then, architectural design competitions were held, which led to a variety of urinal designs in Koningstad. At the peak of their spread in the 1920s there were around 200 pissoirs in the city, but since then, their number has decreased to only five as of 2024. The city government has been replacing them by both temporary pissoirs and Sanisettes.

Other cities in Brunant, including Brezonde and Grijzestad, also had public pissoirs, but as of today, none are left. Some Brunanter pissoirs are displayed in museums or private collections.

Sanisettes, which become moe and more common in Brunant, are self-contained, self-cleaning, unisex, public toilets. In Koningstad, they are controlled by JCDecaux. There are fourteen Sanisettes in the capital. In 2016, however, the city government announced a halt in installing public toilets after a study showed that the local population felt that they were inappropriate in the streets.

Plaskruizen
In case of larger events such as music festivals, local governments install temporary pissoirs, also known as "plaskruizen". They are portable toilets in the public space with their own storage tank and consist of four urinals per unit. After the event, they are immediately removed from the public space.