These Toilets Around the World Have Spectacular Views
In fact, this portion of the journey is almost always overlooked — bathrooms in general don’t often come with a “wow” factor, since the objective is to usually make your rest stop as short as possible.
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However, some bathrooms around the world challenge that notion. From a bathroom that peers out to an African safari, to a toilet with panoramic views of the Las Vegas strip, these restrooms will make you want to actually stay seated just a little bit longer.
Here are some of the best toilets with a view from around the world.
At the Commerzbank headquarters, you’ll find the men’s urinals surrounded by windows, looking down 850 feet above Frankfurt's bustling cityscape.
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This open-air outhouse is at a campsite in Bowron Lake Provincial Park, B.C., Canada.
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A tourist in a glass-walled public toilet in Shiyan Lake, in central China's Hunan province.
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Though it once was surrounded by walls, this ancient toilet in Almeida, Portugal, now looks out on the ruins of a fortress.
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The toilet for the Serengeti Sunrise Balloon Safari, in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.
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This toilet is at a park in China's southwestern Guizhou province.
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Toilets in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies.
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The view from a bathroom in the JR Tower, in Sapporo, Japan.
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An outhouse under the northern lights, in Canada's Northwest Territories.
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This bathroom in Thailand has a sea view.
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An outhouse in the Dolomites, in Italy's South Tyrol.
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London from a toilet on the 68th floor of The Shard, Europe's tallest skyscraper.
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While this public toilet in Zhouji Green Expo Garden, in China's Jiangsu province, doesn't have a view to the outside, the inside view is really something.
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This outdoor toilet is in New Zealand.
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This bathroom on a ferry in Croatia has pretty great views.
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Nothing quite like a toilet view selfie.
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Talk about the great outdoors.
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We're not sure where this is — or if it's even advisable to make use of the facilities — but it's quite the view.
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In the Namib Desert
Along the Tok Tokkie Trail, in the NamibRand Nature Reserve, in Namibia.
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For a risque experience, the restroom at The Standard in New York City allows visitors to look down at the city streets thanks to the 10-foot floor-to-ceiling windows in each stall — which means anyone using the stalls are visible to those walking on the street below.