Shower down the hall

I was wondering about budget hotels in European cities where
the showers are down the hall. how much privacy is there...
Is it typically a small bathroom, like what you have at
home, so its one person at a time and you lock the door
behind you -or- is it a couple of shower stalls in a large
room, with just a shower curtain for privacy, so anyone can
walk in? anyone have any unfortunate incidents?

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1. perfectly private Added by: jim
   [Timestamp: Thu 20 May, 8:01 Tasmanian Standard Time]

   It's just like your own bathroom, when you're in there---when you're not, it's ssomebody else's. It's also nice that somebody else pays for most of it, which saves you maybe $20 a night. That's $600 a month, which is how much rent as typikcal American family pays for their entire house.

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2. Both Added by: Iva
   [Timestamp: Fri 21 May, 1:54 Tasmanian Standard Time]

   HI!
   OSmetimes the bathrooms are with shower curtains only, but
   it's prettu rare. Jim is right, in most of the cases you can
   lock the door behind you and have your "own" bathroom.

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3. European bodies Added by: Bashful
   [Timestamp: Sat 22 May, 3:00 Tasmanian Standard Time]

   I find that Europeans are less bothered about displaying
   their bodies than we English-speaking types, even if
   they're not particularly great specimens. I remember a
   hostel in Venice where my friend and I (both Brits) changed
   demurely under our towels whilst a group of bronzed Swedish
   girls swanned around the bathroom starkers. Also, in many
   countries it's normal for saunas and steam baths to have
   mixed, naked bathing. There's nothing pervy about it, it's
   just what they do. You just have to pretend you've been
   doing it all your life as well and it's OK.

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