The present invention refers to a foldable urinary catheter (19 for draining the human bladder defining an internal flow path (6) for the urine, with a catheter tube (2) for insertion into the urethra, the catheter tube comprising at least one hinge (1 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5) which is conceived to bring the catheter in a folded, compact storage condition and an unfolded, straight ready-for-use condition as well as to a foldable urinary catheter kit. It is the object of the present invention to provide a foldable urinary catheter and a foldable urinary catheter kit which are very small and compact in a transport or storage condition and which provide a long insertable length of the catheter tube. Therefore, the at least one hinge in the catheter tube is provided in the insertable length of the catheter tube and comprises means (11 13 14, 15, 16 23 28 34) for stabilizing the ready-for-use condition. The kit comprises the foldable urinary catheter as described above and a catheter package which tightly surrounds the folded catheter.
