[pnw]

Denmark loves their 'wet' bathrooms in hotels, no shower door and a drain in the center of the room. I spent a lot of time in CPH and would stay at the Marriott because it was one of the few with American style bathrooms.

[array_key_first]

Europeans are good at building a lot of things, but I will never understand the "cosplay a small flood" style bathrooms.

It's just... inefficient? Why wouldn't we want to catch the water closest to where it comes out?

[randycupertino]

It's to save money and labor time so housekeeping can just mop it all down easier and faster without having to clean a separate bathtub and no having to clean any shower doors.

[jonstewart]

See also: washing machines. If you have three pairs of underwear and all day, Europe’s washing machines have you covered. Otherwise, you’re SOL.

[thaumasiotes]

> Denmark loves their 'wet' bathrooms in hotels, no shower door and a drain in the center of the room.

If you're renting an apartment in Shanghai, a cheap one will have a door to the bathroom, but the shower won't be a separate fixture. The entire bathroom functions as the shower (the hose or fixed piping is mounted on a wall), and there's a drain in the floor.

A more recent apartment will have a shower installation that is, say, separate from the toilet.

[seanmcdirmid]

Higher end apartments will. Even newer apartments in Beijing will have wet rooms at some price point. Remember that the apartments are built in China unrenovated, and even new owners of second-hand properties are expected to redo everything from a concrete box, so it is 100% up to the landlord/owner on how the bathroom is done, and I’ve seen it done many many different ways.

[shellfishgene]

This is standard in all of southeast Asia and often the middle east.

[Symbiote]

The drain should be within the shower area, with all the bathroom floor draining that way.

If it's in the centre of the room it's been done very badly. I've never seen this in Denmark, even in some very old apartment buildings.

[seanmcdirmid]

I’ve lived in a newish apartment where the wet room drain was in the center. It didn’t seem weird at all. There wasn’t much separation between the shower and toilet and sink, though.