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== 21st century use ==
In 2008 all remaining examples of the original pee curls were repainted, galvanised and restored.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[http://www.joostdevree.nl/bouwkunde2/jpgs/straatmeubilair_21_brochure_krullen_in_amsterdam_urinoirs_www_cornelissenamsterdam_nl.pdf De krullen van Amsterdam], D. Cornelissen & Zonen, 2008</ref> The city had thirty-five of the original pee curls as of 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-04 |title=Urinoirs Stadsdeel Centrum - Datasets - Kaart van Amsterdam - Gemeente Amsterdam |url=https://kaart.amsterdam.nl/datasets/datasets-item/t/urinoirs_stadsdeel_centrum |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304055421/https://kaart.amsterdam.nl/datasets/datasets-item/t/urinoirs_stadsdeel_centrum |archive-date=2018-03-04 |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=Gemeente Amsterdam |language=nl}}</ref> of which two were the curls designed by [[Joan van der Mey]]. Amsterdam also has many different kinds of other public urinals, with portable urinals being used for outdoor concerts and other events, retractable urinals being able to be used overnight before retracting into the ground and wheelchair accessible urinals for those who need them.
In 2016, it was announced that new retractable urinals for women would be placed in Dam Square, Amsterdam. The urinals were equipped with two urinals for men and one for women, with the one for women having a lockable sliding door.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World’s first: Retractable hidden urinal for women set for Amsterdam’s Dam Sq. {{!}} NL Times |url=https://nltimes.nl/2016/03/24/worlds-first-retractable-hidden-urinal-women-set-amsterdams-dam-sq |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=nltimes.nl |language=en}}</ref> Unfortunately, there is still limited public toilet availability for women, with only a few throughout the city being accessible.
The pee curls to the side of the canals are kept in place by the local government to keep people from publicly urinating and thereby falling in the canal in an attempt to cut down on the amount of people falling into the canal; an average of 15 people drown each year in the canals due to multiple causes, including public urination.<ref>[https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/03/25/te-veel-mensen-verdrinken-in-de-amsterdamse-grachten-7407634-a1551641 Te veel mensen verdrinken in de Amsterdamse grachten], NRC, 25 March 2017</ref> ▼
▲The pee curls to the side of the canals are kept in place by the local government to keep people from publicly urinating and thereby falling in the canal in an attempt to cut down on the amount of people falling into the canal; an average of 15 people drown each year in the canals due to multiple causes, including public urination.<ref>[https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/03/25/te-veel-mensen-verdrinken-in-de-amsterdamse-grachten-7407634-a1551641 Te veel mensen verdrinken in de Amsterdamse grachten], NRC, 25 March 2017</ref>
File:Die verschrikkelijke Ah tas - Eerste Marnixplantsoen.jpg|A pee curl with [[graffiti]]
File:2022 Brug 12, Corsgenbrug, Asd-zijaanzicht (5) met krul.jpg|A pee curl next to a canal
File:Sexmuseum Amsterdam 31.jpg|A pee curl depicted in the [[Sexmuseum Amsterdam]]
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