Kaiserslautern: Where to go when you need to go

by Friederike von Eckardstein, German-American Community Office

Just imagine, you’re just in the middle of a fun shopping tour in downtown Kaiserslautern when you or your kid suddenly feel the need for an urgent bathroom run… Don’t worry, there’s a clean and free toilet nearby! Just watch out for shops who have put a “Nette Toilette” (literally, friendly toilet) sticker on their door and rush in.

Photo courtesy of GACO

Shop owners who make their facilities available for non-customers, do it as a courtesy towards all city shoppers. And just like a friendly smile, it comes with no cost at all!

Little icons below the friendly red sticker also indicate whether facilities for both ladies and gentlemen are offered, whether there is an easy access or a changing table.

“Nette Toiletten” are kindly offered by the following shops and cafés:

• Alte Münz, Mühlstraße 4

• Barbarossa-Bäckerei, Am Altenhof 8 

• Barbarossa-Bäckerei, Eisenbahnstraße 20

• Barbarossa-Bäckerei, Bahnhofstraße 26

• Barbarossa-Bäckerei, Zollamtstraße 12 

• Barbarossa Bäckerei, Kanalstraße 18 

• Café am Markt / Brauhaus, Stiftsplatz 2 

• Café Extrablatt, Marktstraße 26

• Café Selen,Osterstraße 7

• Caritas Zentrum, Engelgasse 1

• Cuvée Weinbar & Vinothek, Stiftsplatz 5

• Hannenfass, St. Martins-Platz 1

• Mall - K in Lautern, Fackelrondell 1

• Hauptbahnhof, Bahnhofstraße 1

• Kaffeerösterei, Steinstraße 47

• Mehrgenerationenhaus, Kennelstraße 7

• Rathaus, Willy-Brandt-Platz

• Schiller, Schillerplatz 6

• Sissi & Franz, Marktstraße 40

• SWK Kaiserslautern, Bismarckstraße 14

• Theodor-Zink-Museum, Steinstraße 48

• Tourist-Info, Fruchthallstraße 14

• Toilette im Volkspark