How to find the nearest public toilet
- Press “Toilets near me” and allow location access, or type a street, station or square. You can also click the map.
- Narrow it down with the boxes: free only, wheelchair accessible, or baby changing.
- Read the labels and hours. Each result says how far it is and how long the walk takes, plus the opening hours where they are mapped.
- Press Directions to open walking directions in Google Maps.
Free public toilets in Europe: where to look
Free street toilets vary a lot from city to city. Paris has hundreds of free self-cleaning sanisettes on its pavements, while toilets at railway stations in Germany, Switzerland and much of Italy usually charge a small fee. When the map is empty nearby, these places almost always have one:
- Large stations and airports, often paid in mainland Europe; in the UK, toilets at the big stations Network Rail runs are free.
- Shopping centres, department stores and big supermarkets, usually free.
- Libraries, museums and town halls during opening hours.
- Cafés and fast-food restaurants, many of which expect you to buy something; some print a code on the receipt.
Some German towns run the Nette Toilette scheme, in which cafés and shops let anyone use their toilet for free; look for the red-and-white smiley sticker by the door.
Accessible toilets and baby changing
Tick Wheelchair accessible to see only toilets recorded as step-free with room for a wheelchair, and Baby changing for those with a changing table. In the UK many accessible toilets are locked to keep them clean and available, and open with a RADAR key from the National Key Scheme, sold by Disability Rights UK and many councils. For people who need a hoist and an adult changing bench, Changing Places toilets are listed on the Changing Places website.
Where the data comes from
The toilets come from OpenStreetMap, the free map built by volunteers, read through the Overpass API. Toilets that are private, or marked as closed to the public, are left out. Our server keeps each area’s answer for up to a day. If a toilet is missing or has closed, the “Details or fix” link opens it on OpenStreetMap, where anyone can update it for the next person.