Some might find it decidedly incommodious to be dumped on by Donald Trump as a “shithouse country”. Not the Norwegian tourist board, which chose instead to lift the lid on some of the nation’s loveliest lavatories.

“Are these the world’s best shit houses?” asked Visit Norway on its website , days after the US president vented his fury once more over failing to win the Nobel peace prize by describing Norway as a “shithouse country” at a rally on Sunday.

“Norway makes shit houses great again!” the agency continued above pictures of some of the country’s most striking public conveniences, adding: “These toilets are worth a visit, both when you really have to go – and when you don’t.”

At Ostasteidn in Ryfylke, the restroom is designed so that moss will start to grow on the outer walls, like camouflage. Photograph: Vist Norway

Trump delivered his tirade at a rally in Michigan days before the US midterm elections. “Frankly, Norway sucks.…