Visit Norway makes toilets ‘great again’ after Trump’s ‘sh*t house country’ jab

Norway’s tourism board has launched a togue-in-cheek toilet campaign to show off the country’s most scenic restrooms after US President Donald Trump branded the Nordic nation a “sh*t house country.”

Trump delivered his scathing comments on the campaign trail, days before voters head to the polls for the midterm elections .

He said on Sunday that he would welcome immigrants to the US from some countries, but not Norway “because I didn’t get the Nobel Prize … ​So I don’t want anybody from Norway.” Trump later said at the same rally: “Norway has become a sh*t house country, actually.”

Now, Visit Norway has embraced the label, asking, “Are these the world’s best sh*t houses?” in an article online that showcases the facilities available in the scenic Scandinavian nation.

Highlighting its campaign on social media this week, the tourist board posted several of the images and wrote: “So, we heard some noise about ‘s…house country’… What can we say, we do have some of the world’s most beautiful and spectacular toilets.”

Lars Grimsby/Statens vegvesen/Visit Norway

The Norwegian marketing campaign shows photos and footage of some of the glorious facilities, accompanied by captions such as: “Norway makes sh*thouses great again! These toilets are worth a visit, both when you really have to go – and when you don’t.”

Among the featured bathrooms is that at the Stegastein viewpoint in the Sognefjord region, which the tourist board said has been described as one of the world’s 10 best public toilets by DesignCurial. It also highlights the wave-shaped Ureddplassen on the Helgeland coast .

Described on the site as “architectural masterpieces,” the featured restrooms include a golden one on the island Senja, as well as one that runs on solar power in the Sognefjord area.

Andreas Solbakken/Visit Norway

Promising “more to come” with regards to restrooms being built to impress, the website concludes: “Norway’s portfolio of spectacular toilets is, as you can see, filled with great examples of how something as boring as a loo can become a tourist attraction.”

The US President has also called Haiti, ​Libya, Somalia and Yemen “sh*t house countries.” But his attack on Norway seems to have stemmed from losing out on the Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to South African human rights pioneer Navi Pillay earlier this month.

Trump has repeatedly been reminded by the Norwegians that the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee and not the government of Norway.

在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普将这个北欧国家称为“粪坑国家”之后，挪威旅游局发起了一场略带讽刺意味的厕所宣传活动，以展示该国风景最优美的洗手间。

在中期选举投票日前几天，特朗普在竞选活动中发表了措辞严厉的评论。

他周日表示，他欢迎来自某些国家的移民来到美国，但不包括挪威，“因为我没拿到诺贝尔奖……所以我不想让任何挪威人来。” 特朗普随后在同一场集会上说：“挪威实际上已经变成了一个烂国家。”

现在，挪威旅游局欣然接受了这个标签，并在一篇展示这个风景如画的斯堪的纳维亚国家设施的在线文章中问道：“这些是世界上最好的厕所吗？”

本周，旅游局在社交媒体上重点宣传了这项活动，发布了几张图片并写道：“所以，我们听到了一些关于‘……房屋之国’的议论……我们还能说什么呢，我们确实拥有世界上一些最美丽、最壮观的厕所。”

Lars Grimsby/Statens vegvesen/访问挪威

挪威的营销活动展示了一些令人叹为观止的厕所设施的照片和视频，并配以诸如“挪威让厕所再次伟大！这些厕所值得一去，无论你真的憋不住了——还是根本不想上厕所。”之类的文字说明。

其中一个重点介绍的洗手间位于松恩峡湾地区的斯泰加斯坦观景台，旅游局称其被DesignCurial评为世界十大最佳公共厕所之一。此外，它还重点介绍了黑尔格兰海岸波浪形的乌雷德普拉森。

该网站将这些洗手间描述为“建筑杰作”，其中包括塞尼亚岛上的一座金色洗手间，以及松恩峡湾地区一座使用太阳能的洗手间。

安德烈亚斯·索尔巴肯/访问挪威

该网站承诺未来还会有更多令人印象深刻的洗手间建成，并总结道：“正如你所看到的，挪威壮观的洗手间案例充分说明了像厕所这样枯燥乏味的地方如何变成旅游景点。”

美国总统还曾称海地、利比亚、索马里和也门为“粪坑国家”。但他对挪威的攻击似乎源于未能获得诺贝尔和平奖，该奖项于本月初授予了南非人权先驱纳维·皮莱。

挪威方面多次提醒特朗普，诺贝尔奖是由独立的诺贝尔委员会颁发的，而不是由挪威政府颁发的。