At the rest stop, at home

Squat, high-tech: a new variety of quiet toilets

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Home builder Alexander from St. Johann am Wimberg treated himself to a special extra when planning his home: a high-tech toilet with app remote control and telescopic bidet. And at freeway service stations in the south of Austria, you can now find toilets that you used to only see on vacation: The squat loo model. Obviously, a new variety is spreading here - time to take a closer look at the subject.

Ceramic toilet bowl, washbasin, toilet paper - ideally removable from a holder. This is what the classic Austrian toilet looks like. Until now, most of us have only seen more exotic designs on vacation. But that's changing: at some highway service stations, the squat toilet is now joining the usual range of facilities. And Austrians are also becoming more experimental in their private homes - like owner Alexander, who will tell us in detail about his experiences with the high-tech toilet. And is also doing his health good, as a specialist in proctology confirmed to us. Krone+ reveals which model is the healthiest, the advantages of toilets with futuristic technology and how even owners of an "everyday toilet" can optimize their user experience in a major report on the new diversity in Austria's quiet places.