Drinking fountains.

Having lived my life in the U.S., I took drinking fountains for granted.  For those of you not familiar with the U.S., let me explain that it would be hard to find a public building that does not have at least one drinking fountain.  Buildings of significant size, like shopping malls or schools, would have several.  In Sweden, and this may be the norm in all of western Europe, drinking fountains are hard to find.

This is a picture of a water / drinking fountain in stortorget (the big square) in town.  I am sure there are more, but as I write this, I can only think of one other location in the area which has one.  To be fair, there is a large, chain department store which has plastic cups in their lavatories.  The other day, when at the mall which has a fountain - I was so surprised and pleased to see one that I took a drink "just because".  ; )