I’m American but I’m typing this comment out at a campsite in Iceland.
I noticed they pointed out how many public bathrooms Iceland has. This seems misleading to me. From my understanding, in Iceland it is literally illegal to just pull off the side of the road and pee if you need, since nearly all areas of the country have laws to protect the nature. (For example it is also illegal to hike or camp off-trail.)
This is only tenable if there are a large amount of public bathrooms available, otherwise tourists would just ignore the law. So Iceland has a disproportionate amount of bathrooms for conservation reasons.
It is even more misleading because many of these bathrooms driving around cost a small fee (200ISK) to use even though they are “public”, I.e. owned by the government and available to everyone. And they only take credit card.
In Reykjavík finding a bathroom is probably about as hard as finding one in NYC.
I noticed they pointed out how many public bathrooms Iceland has. This seems misleading to me. From my understanding, in Iceland it is literally illegal to just pull off the side of the road and pee if you need, since nearly all areas of the country have laws to protect the nature. (For example it is also illegal to hike or camp off-trail.)
This is only tenable if there are a large amount of public bathrooms available, otherwise tourists would just ignore the law. So Iceland has a disproportionate amount of bathrooms for conservation reasons.
It is even more misleading because many of these bathrooms driving around cost a small fee (200ISK) to use even though they are “public”, I.e. owned by the government and available to everyone. And they only take credit card.
In Reykjavík finding a bathroom is probably about as hard as finding one in NYC.