https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In the days leading up to Carnival, Düsseldorf is making a push to stop the practice of “wild peeing” – or men who seek to use a wall, sidewalk or sometimes tree as their urinal rather than holding out for a toilet. https://www.thelocal.de/20190207/duesseldorf-increasing-fees-and-toilets-to-stop-wild-peeing Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:58:11 +0100 duesseldorf-increasing-fees-and-toilets-to-stop-wild-peeing 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20161028/munich-to-get-nice-toilets-to-serve-cross-legged-locals Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:34:34 +0200 munich-to-get-nice-toilets-to-serve-cross-legged-locals Two women in central Germany ended a lifelong friendship over a broken toilet. One tried to sue the other when she ripped the toilet from a wall by sitting on it and refused to pay half of the repair costs. https://www.thelocal.de/20130822/51545 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 18:51:00 +0200 51545 A German toilet attendant faces tax evasion charges after investigators found her garage was knee-deep in €40,000 worth of small change. https://www.thelocal.de/20130808/51305 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 18:30:00 +0200 51305 Frequent toilet visits are not grounds for an employer to dock a worker’s pay, according to a Cologne court ruling published on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100122/24763 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:46:00 +0100 24763 Bremen restaurant owners are set to throw open the doors of their toilets to the general public in a city-wide scheme to save money on public conveniences. https://www.thelocal.de/20090411/18579 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:58:00 +0200 18579