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by dgellow 708 days ago
Never seen a bidet in Europe. What country do you have in mind?
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Probably Italy. From my experience in the Netherlands, a bidet is quite rare and requires a new toilet in some cases as exposed plumbing went out of fashion 20 years ago so a retrofit is not easy like with most North American toilets.
In Poland it's rare, but it's there. I have one and my last two summer vacation stay places had them.
Up until a couple of years ago you were not legally allowed to build a house without at least one bathroom with a bidet, so essentially all houses built in the past 80 years in the country have bidets
Ah yes, the country named Europe.
I grew up in France, every house had one.
Italy has bidet in every bathroom