The Museum of the History of Toilets in Kiev is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Will it survive the devastating Russian rocket attacks?
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One of the few world museums dedicated to toilets is in Kiev, the capital of independent Ukraine bombed by Russian troops. It is worth paying him a virtual visit before the “collateral damage” accidentally destroys its unique collections.
The Toilet History Museum is a private museum founded in Kiev by a married couple of businessmen and hygiene history enthusiasts, Nikolay and Marina Bogdanenko. It was opened in September 2007. It is on the list of the 10 most popular and interesting museums in Ukraine.
It is located in "Tower number 5", on Rybalska Street No. 22. The tower was part of the fortifications of the Kyiv Fortress and was finished in 1846 for a Russian army as a warehouse with provisions and ammunition. Today, the tower houses one of the largest business centers in Kiev and the world's largest collection of toilets and related souvenirs, which was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
The museum's exhibits are arranged chronologically according to the history of human development: "Prehistory", "Antiquity", "Middle Ages", "Rebirth", "XVII - XXI Century" and "ART WC".
We invite you to visit it, temporarily virtually, in person in the near future!
For details visit:
http://museumtoilet.com.ua/en/
This beautiful water tower was built in 1900 in Gizycko, in the heart of Great Mazurian Lakes. Since 1997 it has been the private property with a cafe and the local museum on the top.
It was designed by engineer Otto Intze (1843-1904). The Intze Prionciple was named after him.
A water tower built in accordance with the Intze Principle has a brick shaft on which the water tank sits. The base of the tank is fixed with a ring anchor (Ringanker) made of iron or steel, so that only vertical, not horizontal, forces are transmitted to the tower. Due to the lack of horizontal forces the tower shaft does not need to be quite as solidly built. This type of design was used in Germany between 1885 and 1905.(Wikipedia)
https://www.gizycko.pl/wieza-cisnien.html
https://www.gizycko.pl/wieza-cisnien-w-zimowej-szacie.html
Giżycko is truly part of “the land of a thousand lakes”, whose greatest attraction is nature. There are over 100 lakes around Giżycko. They surround it on all sides: Lake Niegocin (seventh largest in Poland with 26 km2) in the south, Lake Mamry (second largest in Poland with 104.5 km2 and up to 43.8 m deep) in the north, Lake Tajty in the west, and Lakes Wojnowskie and Grajewko. Niegocin and Kisajno (comprising Lake Mamry) are connected with two canals.
https://www.gizycko.pl/en/main_en.html