Abstract: Apparatus for providing moistened cleaning tissues, in particular paper tissues, includes a housing having an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion which define a moistening chamber therebetween. The lower housing portion has a storage space for cleaning tissues and a support surface for a cleaning tissue to be moistened. Disposed in the upper housing portion is a spraying device or spraying a liquid in a downward direction. A metering pump is arranged in the upper housing portion and configured for manual operation via a pushbutton. The spraying device includes an elastic sheet, which forms an upper boundary of the moistening chamber and includes a plurality of through channels which are impervious to fluid in the absence of an applied pressure, and which let fluid pass through when pressure is applied.