Amsterdam's toilets have never been measured independently. You can start today.
Anyone can inspect: two photos, four taps, an account in one tap. A toilet gets a class only when 2 independent inspections, at least a day apart, agree. Until then the map stays empty, and we say so.
Inspecting is open to everyone with an account. Founding inspectors are the first 100 accounts whose Amsterdam inspections are accepted; they are paid per accepted inspection. Conditions
This is what a measured city looks like.
Every pin is a toilet that 2 independent inspectors agree on. Amsterdam starts empty; your inspection can be the first pin.
See the map →
We would rather show an empty map than a dishonest one.
Most toilet apps launch with scraped reviews and a rating they cannot defend. Every number here is a plan or a count of real inspections, never an estimate. The counts update as the work is done.
Photograph, answer, submit. Then a reviewer looks.
01Stand at the doorGPS fixes the location. If the toilet is new to us it is created on the spot; if not, your inspection is added to it. Photograph only an empty room; never people or an occupied cubicle.
02Four fixed tapsOdour, door lock, toilet paper, step-free access. Fixed answers, so two strangers measure the same thing. Choose “Unknown” when you cannot check safely.
03Submit; a model reads, a rule decides, a person checksA model reports only what the photo shows: litter, paper, lock, step. A published rule turns that into a score; it cannot exceed what was observed. Paid inspections are checked by hand afterwards, before payment. 2 agreeing inspections make a class.
A submitted inspection is in review. That is not yet an approval, a payment or a toilet class.
Four classes in words. No stars, no average.
Definitions are fixed. The thresholds behind them are in the published method, LooIndex v1. Read the full method → Read the full calculation method →
Clean, stocked, safely lockable and well lit. No deficit observed.
Clean and usable, with one clear deficit, such as a step at the door.
Usable, but with several deficits: smell, an empty holder or a doubtful lock.
Avoid until something changes. The venue can request a new inspection.
The honest default. Fewer than 2 accepted inspections, or the last one older than 180 days.
What counts most for you at a public toilet?
Tap the four points in order, the most important first. The poll is anonymous: we keep counters, never votes. From 500 votes onwards we use the outcome to calibrate the weights of the score.
Accessibility stays at 20 %: a LooView decision, not a poll outcome. Read why in the calculation method
Independence is slower. That is the point.
It means we cannot launch with a full map, cannot let venues rate themselves, and cannot keep a score alive forever.
Read the full method →A venue can request an inspection. It cannot submit one, edit one or pay to speed one up.
Every inspection carries a GPS fix and a timestamp. Remote submissions are rejected.
A fixed amount per accepted inspection, from LooView’s own means. Never for a positive result or for agreeing with others.
A clean toilet in March says nothing about October. Without fresh inspections a class returns to “not yet measured”.
The model only reports what it sees. The score follows fixed caps anyone can read in the method. Paid inspections are reviewed by a person afterwards. No model writes a class on its own.
What you should know before you apply.
Anyone with an account can inspect. Founding inspectors are the first 100 accounts whose Amsterdam inspections are accepted while the programme is open. They pick the open jobs near them and are paid per accepted inspection: €3 for the first visit to a toilet, €4 for the second or third.
Amsterdam. You see the open jobs near you and choose which ones you do.
Your seat is taken by your first accepted inspection in Amsterdam while the programme is open. Paid inspections are checked by hand afterwards, before payment.
A smartphone with camera and location services. The inspection runs in the browser.
€3 per new toilet, €4 per second or third inspection, independent of the outcome. Paid after approval.
After a 14-day hold an approved job is payable; from €20 we transfer it roughly monthly by bank. You see every job and its status in your account.
Owners, staff and anyone directly involved with a venue do not inspect that venue.
Asked before the first inspection.
Because nothing has been inspected yet. Every number on this page is a plan or a count of real inspections, never an estimate.
Apply as a founding inspector.
Contact details only. We mail you the programme terms and the first open jobs near you; your seat is taken by your first accepted inspection in Amsterdam. Founding inspectors are credited permanently on the Amsterdam page.
Near a toilet in Amsterdam?
Two photos, four taps, twenty seconds at the door. Your inspection counts once a reviewer has accepted it.