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The green toilet of Kaivopuisto Park

The green toilet of Kaivopuisto Park
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In the middle of a winter landscape is a metallic, box-like public toilet.
The green toilets are a familiar sight for many Helsinki residents today. The picture shows the Kaivopuisto urban toilet.
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An oval-shaped cast-iron urinal building in front of a board fence. Above the board fence are signs say-ing ‘scrap dealer’ in Finnish and Swedish. In the background is a stone building with a men’s clothing store and a shoe shop. The foreground is paved with cobblestones.

Public toilets in Helsinki

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Helsinki City Museum / Pekka Vyhtinen
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