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Anyone who has ever been to a large festival like Rock am Ring knows that the music program is epic – the toilet situation is often less. Dixie toilet are a necessary evil, but with a few tricks, the experience can be significantly improved.
Preparation is everything: you should have that
Before you even enter the first Dixie, Kluge is crucial:
- Wet wipes & disinfectants: Indispensable. Often there is no toilet paper or the sink – wet wipes and disinfection help against bacteria and smells
- Own toilet paper: It is best to pack in zip bags. The role of the organizer is usually quickly empty
- Head lamp or flashlight: Worth gold at night – you really want to see where you are going
- Mund-nose protection or scarf: Not because of corona, but because of the vapors
- Hygiene bag: For tampons, tying or garbage – there are rarely trash cans in the toilets
Strategically pee: The best times and places
Not every toilet is equally disgusting. With a few rule of thumb, you often meet more bearable toilet:
- In the morning is better: Freshly cleaned and less visited. Get up early and do the business immediately after waking up
- Avoid lunch: At this time there are queues, the toilet is placed
- Prefer marginal areas: Toilets at the back or a little apart are often cleaner because they are less frequented
- When it smells of chemistry – jackpot: Freshly refilled = good chances of clean conditions
Passion rules and knigs for the festival toilet
Respectful handling helps everyone:
- Lid? Is rare. Avoid contact. Use toilet paper as a barrier or a disinfection film, if available
- Don’t put on the toilet: Sounds absurd, but many do it – and turn it completely
- Do not throw in the toilet: Tampons, wet wipes or garbage clog the toilet. Use garbage bags
- Complete the door and check: Sometimes the door is just ajar – knock beforehand, don’t just tear open
- Leave it better than you found: A short swipe with the wet cloth makes the difference
Survival tips for extreme cases
If it gets hard, you have to be creative:
- Emergency plan: Bottich or bag toilet in the tent: sounds gross, but better than at night into the Dixie. There are foldable camping toilets with bags and gel
- Urinery aid for women: Helps with standing pee – practically with nasty toilet or a lack of seat
- Watch festival crew: When the toilet cleaning comes-right after! This is your moment for the deluxe visit
- Drink with plan: Drinking a lot is important, but avoid caffeine or alcohol shortly before sleeping – otherwise you will be awakened from the bladder at night
- Plan digestion: Do not overdo the fiber. If you only eat kebab and beer, you have a different kind on the third day
Against the stench: This is how you survive okactor
- Grate the menthol stick under the nose: Pharmacists’ trick – helps against every stench
- Chewing gum chewing in: Busy senses, suppresses nausea
- Faster in, faster out: No romance – the faster, the better
What you should avoid-the no-go guide
- Wild pee: Not only disgusting, but also punishable. The security takes action
- Go in the dark without light: Risk of accident & wrong door – Trust Us, you don’t want to experience it
- Barefoot or with sandals on the toilet: Never. No explanation necessary
Extra tip for professionals
Bring a hinged camping toilet with you or build a small privacy cabin in the camp. With biodegradable bags and bark mulch you can cope with somewhat hygienically even without dixia – more sustainable and often more pleasant.
Conclusion: The Dixie Klo is not your friend-but with these tips your acquaintance
With a little preparation, a good sense of time and the right portion of pragmatism, you also survive the wildest rock-am ring weekend without the dixie experiment becoming a trauma. Stay clean, stay respectful – and look forward to every toilet with a mirror and rinsing as soon as you are back home.