The Municipal Bathhouse Was an Instrument of Civilization (Even Though Things Sometimes Got Quite Uncivilized)
English · translation
About 150 years ago, many houses in working-class neighborhoods did not have a shower. Sometimes there was not even running water in the house. People therefore went to the municipal bathhouse to wash themselves.
At the municipal bathhouse, you could take a shower or a bath. It was a special place where everyone could get clean.