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Visit Norway makes shithouses ‘great again’ after Trump insult

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The initiative features high-concept public restrooms positioned along 18 scenic routes, including glass-fronted facilities at Stegastein and the wave-shaped Ureddplassen site on the Helgeland coast. Donald Trump had attacked Norway after the independent Nobel committee awarded the peace prize to former judge Navi Pillay rather than him. Tourism officials reported an immense public response to their lighthearted response, which was also praised by rhetoric experts. Future expansions will add more architecturally distinct stops, including an upcoming woodland facility built from dried timber.

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  • Visit Norway utilized humor and kindness instead of official diplomatic complaints to han…: Visit Norway utilized humor and kindness instead of official diplomatic complaints to handle political insults.
  • Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide emphasized that the Nobel Peace Prize committee operate…: Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide emphasized that the Nobel Peace Prize committee operates completely independently from Norway's government.
  • The tourism agency is continuing to expand its network with new sites, including a dried-…: The tourism agency is continuing to expand its network with new sites, including a dried-timber woodland facility.

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Some might find it decidedly incommodious to be dumped on by Donald Trump as a “shithouse country”. Not the Norwegian tourist board, which chose instead to lift the lid on some of the nation’s loveliest lavatories.

“Are these the world’s best shit houses?” asked Visit Norway on its website, days after the US president vented his fury once more over failing to win the Nobel peace prize by describing Norway as a “shithouse country” at a rally on Sunday.

“Norway makes shit houses great again!” the agency continued above pictures of some of the country’s most striking public conveniences, adding: “These toilets are worth a visit, both when you really have to go – and when you don’t.”

Trump delivered his tirade at a rally in Michigan days before the US midterm elections. “Frankly, Norway sucks. Norway has become a shithouse country, actually,” he declared, using a term he has previously applied to Haiti, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.

He added that he would welcome migrants from some countries but not Norway, “because I didn’t get the Nobel Prize”. Earlier this…

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