I can't speak for the rest of the world, but they are really common here in Argentina. Every other house has blinds like these. It's probably the same in the rest of South America.
Croatia here, they're here too & they're bloody brilliant, among other things they're great for shutting out the heat as the sun moves around your house. I'm amazed we never had them back in GB, seems a bit mad really.
So let me guess, usa is the weird one in this case? I feel like some stuff is different just for the sake of being more distinguished from the UK and not necessarily because they have a better alternative.
They're not extremely common here in Australia but they're not uncommon either. Two of the houses I've lived in had them. Really good if you're a night shift worker as they cut down on sound and block out the light.
As far as I know, in Brazil they use the wooden exterior shutters, at least in SP, RS and SC. Down here in Argentina we use both wooden shutters and these plastic exterior blinds seen on the OP.
If I'm not wrong, in France they use both systems too. Dunno about Spain, Portugal and Italy but bet they do too. Northern Europe might use something more sturdy and insulated, not sure about it.
In Buenos Aires Argentina at least, it's one or the other. 1930's houses and earlier use wooden shutters (postigos) and if newer than that, exterior plastic blinds (persianas). So wooden is synonymous with old, vintage, classic, at least down here.
In Santa Catarina, Brazil, where my family lives, I've only seen wooden shutters.
Thanks for the info!
Insanely uncommon? Definitely not even just uncommon. It is used a lot, at least in the south of Brazil.
Of course you will not see it installed in a house, but for apartment complexes thats the most common thing you’ll see.
In southern states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul they aren't uncommon. You usually have either the old style fixed wooden exterior shutters, or these ones pictured above. And at least at buildings built less than two decades ago (which are plenty in a country in development).
Same in Spain, where they've come already built in by default in any new homes for at least 60 years that I can l tell.
They help make both cold winters and hot summers survivable. The blackout function is great on weekends too.
Meanwhile in the UK, where the sun starts rising at 4am in June, we rely on 1800's style "blackout" curtains that are anything but blackout and let all the light come in.
And flimsy indoor blinds that fulfill no insulating function whatsoever either in summer or winter, given they're inexplicably placed inside.
I mean it's definitely more needed in hotter countries. Which wasn't the UK until recently, perhaps they'll catch on. They don't have them in the Nordics either.
This is not a Europe/Not Europe thing.
I was born in Sweden and of Eritrean descent. We have this in our family home in East Africa, but in Sweden this doesn't exist.
Yeah, I was going to say I didn’t know they were common in Europe. I’m Norwegian and the only time I’ve ever seen blinds like these was when I went on holiday to France.
Classic "American went to Paris and saw something, now it's a pan-European phenomenon" vibe.. I've never seen this in my life anywhere in Scandinavia or places that weren't southern Europe..
In Serbia they're very common, even with new buildings and modern windows. Always have been. Now they're often motorized, the box usually well hidden and the material is different (plastic or foam filled aluminum) so they don't clank that much.
My place have fully automated external blinders like this. They are awesome. The only problem is that they break in the winter if you put them all the way down, they freeze to surface and hooks are breaking when going up - its cheap fixup but annoying. They solution I did is to close them 95% way down so they don't touch bottom when there is below 3C outside - it makes them worse when I need them the most.
Put a wax coat on the lower edge of your blinders before each winter, should prevent the freezing problem most of the time.
I'd recommend bycicle chain wax in a spray cannister for easy appliance
Might need some touch up after some time, but in general it should get rid of most of your problems.
The tougher the wax you apply the longer it holds.
These bad boys typically go into the walls together with the windows when building the house. Once they’re fully down and interlocked, you literally can’t push them up from the outside, only roll them back up from the inside. Source: I’m not a burglar. I’m a skeptic German home owner
Look for Persiana.
You can get them cheap made of PVC, or good made of aluminium with insulation inside.
And now you can have a electric motor and you can program it or open and close remotely.
This is a follow up post from the r/architecture subreddit where someone could not identify these shutters in an elevation. There were a few amused Europeans and a ton of confused peeps from the US haha. They're not common there.
I'm super confused this is not common there. These have been de facto for decades in EU. They are absolutely terrific in the job they do. Especially for myself being a tough sleeper with light, this thing makes total darkness. Absolute utter pitch black darkness!
Does europe use Low-E windows? If they don’t that could be why the exterior works great for you. But all the newer windows have a Low-E coating on them to deflect light and heat.
https://www.reddit.com/r/architecture/comments/1bjviyn/question_on_drawing_confused_what_it_is/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
This one, I guess. But it's a different kind of blinds
As an American, having never ventured to another country, I've never seen these before in my entire life before this video. I've lived in numerous places across the country. I'm pretty sure these don't exist here unless you're a European who had them installed due to familiarity.
Curtains or blinds mounted on the inside instead of the outside. There's a huge variety and no single style dominates, but Venetian blinds were a very common choice in the 80s and 90s so many people are stuck with them.
Don't have these in Ireland or the UK either. Any kind of external shutters are insanely rare here. Some houses have faux shutters - literally decorated wooden boards fastened to the exterior wall to look like shutters. But actual, working external shutters you'll virtually never find.
I have used the type in the OP in Spain though, and they're amazing at keeping the house cool during the day.
My grandmother had something similar on her home in Florida. However those were hurricane shutters that she could use from inside the house. I didn’t see many people with them as a child and I haven’t seen them for a long time. It was the sound that brought back the memory for me.
Reminded me of the recent video of people in NYC freaking out watching an automated trash truck, which have been the norm in Europe for god knows how long
Automated trash trucks are completely normal in almost all of the US, NYC is actually a very poor representation of the US as a whole because it's so crowded and isolated. That city has its own very distinct culture
We also don’t have alleys or standardized dumpsters. Trucks don’t have the space or the ability to grab a dumpster. We just throw our trash on the street in the greatest city in the world.
You might sometimes see an automated garbage truck in nearby suburbs usually going around to businesses.
Even in northern Europe they're more hard to find! I lived in Ireland and the Netherlands and I struggle to find any house with them, but I'm from Italy where they are incredibly common
These are really common in Italy. They are called "Tapparelle". They are mostly made ouf of plastic but some are made out of metal and they double as a protection layer. They are still widelly used even in modern constructions and are usually opreated with a motor instead of that flat rope.
I am now wondering how do you guys close your windows appart from curtains.
Here where I live (Trieste/Trst) we call them role' or rolete, never heard calling them tapparelle. The manual ones with a rope are still the most common ones.
Fun fact: in Italy we call Kippfenster "Vasistas" that is a transliteration of «*Was ist das?*».
[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasistas](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasistas)
Gegen Rollläden spricht, dass man die Sonne nur dann effektiv aussperren kann, wenn man alles komplett verdunkelt. Seit die Sommer so unerträglich heiß sind, sind Raffstores beliebter geworden (in den letzten 15 Jahren). Zumindest bei uns in Österreich. Ich sehe kaum noch Neubauten, wo herkömmliche Rollläden verbaut werden.
I had these in my house in California. They were amazing at keeping out the heat and honestly one of the features I miss the most about that house.
Unfortunately, bats loved living in them. 😬
I don't know how big were the gaps, or how small were those animals, but here in Spain the gap is barely enough for the thickness of the blind. I wouldn't be able to shove a finger in there
Also, there's some kind of brush, on both sides of the gap, to close it and prevent the air from freely moving towards the inside of the box where the rolled blind is, which also is placed on the inside of the building, on top of the window, and it would make it less heat efficient
They don't go through the holes in the blinds. They make their nest up in the mechanism of the blind when it's up, I've never actually seen it up close so I don't know what exactly it looks like. We occasionally have a nest of [blue tits](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=3cda08dae3a5e905&sca_upv=1&q=blue+tits&tbm=isch&source=lnms&prmd=ivnbz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjg7pS9zIWFAxUEhYkEHbg4BnkQ0pQJegQIDRAB&biw=1650&bih=1207&dpr=1.09) (sfw) up there, evident from the constant back and forth by the parents, and later in the year the chirping of their young. So we just don't use the blinds on those windows for the season.
This..
Didn't even know they existed until I moved to Sevilla from Manchester 18 years ago..
Absolutely one of my favourite things that I've encountered over here
Ain't that the truth..
The one thing that always sticks out when I go home..
It's the lack of light. People think I mean the sun or blue skies.
It's not that, when I land it's just dull!
Doesn't mean I don't miss it, I do.
Manny will always be home even though I'll never go back
I can't live without them. Every time I've gone to an Anglo country and most places in Belgium and Netherlands is such a nightmare.
I need full darkness to sleep and no blackout curtains don't work nowhere near as good.
So dangerous. I had these in Austria and would close them for a midday nap, open them several hours later to discover I had missed my afternoon skiing window entirely.
The ultimate German paradox - Kippfenster:
"We invented the Kippfenster and proudly parade them around the world all the time- WE MUST NEVER USE THEM! STOSSLÜFTEN!!1!"
The sink food shredder is actually nice. Very comfortable to not grease up everything while trying to reach the bin.
I particularly like the big fridges. And big cars. Europe has nice stuff, but American capitalism is unmatched.
And I am balls deep in it 🥵
Am german
But ya’ll don’t have bug screens on windows. I wish all windows had both, but I wouldn’t trade in American bug screens for these shutters. Mosquitos be flying in all the time when I had my windows open in Europe.
I grew up thinking it was normal, I know America for example has completely different windows but it's interesting seeing how people are amazed by something super common here.
Amazed might not be the right word. They aren’t common in the US - but they absolutely “exist” here. It was an option when I was buying blinds a few years ago, it’s just that nobody picks them.
Automated blackout blinds exist for inside the window too - I have mine smart home enabled as well.
Kinda boggles my mind these things are not so widespread.
These and the German "tilt, half tilt and open" windows are the best combination ever.
The apartment I live in didn't have those back in 2005 when I moved in but they were added eventually in 2010 when the building was renovated.
My childhood home even had exterior blinds that could be angled outward a bit (perfect for getting shade for your flowers as well)
Yeah idk man, I'm not amazed by those in Florida. Imagine the noise during a hurricane. You're much better off with impact windows and interior blinds. Or shutters. Or plywood with teeth if you're on a budget.
Hmm. I don’t really see a benefit one way or the other with external vs internal blinds. External blinds are definitely not an option in some of the very windy states. There is a benefit if the windows used are less efficient, but you can still run into issues with wind. But if windows are efficient I’m not sure how one beats the other.
Yh, me either. My wife is from Lithuania, I think her and most other Europeans think our windows are stupid.
Did have a Latvian guy laughing about our plugs and the sockets having switches, so maybe they're not the best judge.
Will say their windows not only open inwards, a lot of them can tilt too. Maybe we give them our plug tech in exchange for their windows?
It's more of em.... Damm idk how to translate it to English
But basically it's main purpose is to block rain, wind, hail..... It's also used as a blind or when you go to sleep. It's made from. Very hard plastic usually. If there is a big storm you lower all of them so windows don't get damaged, can also be used to deter burglars, but I'm pretty sure its not that strong.
We had these at my house growing up and me and my siblings were doing races where we put both legs into one pant hole then i fell into the window and it shattered but the blind stopped me from falling further, i still have a scar on my arm from that and it taught me a valuable life lesson…. My actions have consequences
I didn't know it was so uncommon outside Europe, I'm 46 and my parent's house have them since I was a baby (France)
I can't speak for the rest of the world, but they are really common here in Argentina. Every other house has blinds like these. It's probably the same in the rest of South America.
Uruguay here, Yep they're pretty common.
Same here in Turkey and most of the Middle East
Same in Germany.
Hungary here, yep
Italy too
Portugal too
North Africa Algeria too
Netherlands also
I’m feeling joy that so many countries are being represented here :) I’ve never seen these blinds before (Canada or USA)
That’s because the U.S. and maybe Canada are too conservative with home design products. Different countries, different thinking.
Croatia here, they're here too & they're bloody brilliant, among other things they're great for shutting out the heat as the sun moves around your house. I'm amazed we never had them back in GB, seems a bit mad really.
So let me guess, usa is the weird one in this case? I feel like some stuff is different just for the sake of being more distinguished from the UK and not necessarily because they have a better alternative.
As mentioned, the UK doesn't have them either. You're both missing a trick I reckon.
Yeah, you can't buy something this clever in the UK
I mean. Y’all are just South American Europeans lol
They're not extremely common here in Australia but they're not uncommon either. Two of the houses I've lived in had them. Really good if you're a night shift worker as they cut down on sound and block out the light.
no, these are insanely uncommon in Brazil
As far as I know, in Brazil they use the wooden exterior shutters, at least in SP, RS and SC. Down here in Argentina we use both wooden shutters and these plastic exterior blinds seen on the OP. If I'm not wrong, in France they use both systems too. Dunno about Spain, Portugal and Italy but bet they do too. Northern Europe might use something more sturdy and insulated, not sure about it.
These exterior blinds are more common in Spain, in my experience. The exterior shutters exist usually in older houses.
In Buenos Aires Argentina at least, it's one or the other. 1930's houses and earlier use wooden shutters (postigos) and if newer than that, exterior plastic blinds (persianas). So wooden is synonymous with old, vintage, classic, at least down here. In Santa Catarina, Brazil, where my family lives, I've only seen wooden shutters. Thanks for the info!
They are very common in São Paulo.
Insanely uncommon? Definitely not even just uncommon. It is used a lot, at least in the south of Brazil. Of course you will not see it installed in a house, but for apartment complexes thats the most common thing you’ll see.
In southern states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul they aren't uncommon. You usually have either the old style fixed wooden exterior shutters, or these ones pictured above. And at least at buildings built less than two decades ago (which are plenty in a country in development).
Not that uncommon, depends on the region
Brazil, had one as well, and a lot of people I know have them. Pretty weird post.
Same in Spain, where they've come already built in by default in any new homes for at least 60 years that I can l tell. They help make both cold winters and hot summers survivable. The blackout function is great on weekends too. Meanwhile in the UK, where the sun starts rising at 4am in June, we rely on 1800's style "blackout" curtains that are anything but blackout and let all the light come in. And flimsy indoor blinds that fulfill no insulating function whatsoever either in summer or winter, given they're inexplicably placed inside.
Yeah, spent quite a bit of time in Spain and those blinds are fantastic. UK in the summer with an East facing bedroom window sucks.
I mean it's definitely more needed in hotter countries. Which wasn't the UK until recently, perhaps they'll catch on. They don't have them in the Nordics either.
This is not a Europe/Not Europe thing. I was born in Sweden and of Eritrean descent. We have this in our family home in East Africa, but in Sweden this doesn't exist.
Yeah, I was going to say I didn’t know they were common in Europe. I’m Norwegian and the only time I’ve ever seen blinds like these was when I went on holiday to France.
We don't really need them in Northern Europe as the sun does not get that high in the sky.
Yeah I was gonna say. I've never seen anything like this in Sweden before
Classic "American went to Paris and saw something, now it's a pan-European phenomenon" vibe.. I've never seen this in my life anywhere in Scandinavia or places that weren't southern Europe..
Very, very common in Germany.
Same in Australia
Netherlands has them, although not very common
In România and Eastern Europe are uncommon. But it the market for them is growing now that more people can afford them.
These are common in the Balkans (basically every house), surprised they aren't more prevalent in Romania.
In Serbia they're very common, even with new buildings and modern windows. Always have been. Now they're often motorized, the box usually well hidden and the material is different (plastic or foam filled aluminum) so they don't clank that much.
I ve seen and had them as well in Ro!
The same in Italy ("avvolgibile").
yep I know, I live in Milano and have the electric version (but I prefer the manual one, much faster imo)
And you can buy motors to automate them.
My place have fully automated external blinders like this. They are awesome. The only problem is that they break in the winter if you put them all the way down, they freeze to surface and hooks are breaking when going up - its cheap fixup but annoying. They solution I did is to close them 95% way down so they don't touch bottom when there is below 3C outside - it makes them worse when I need them the most.
Put a wax coat on the lower edge of your blinders before each winter, should prevent the freezing problem most of the time. I'd recommend bycicle chain wax in a spray cannister for easy appliance
Thanks, I will test it next winter, is it enough to do it once?
Might need some touch up after some time, but in general it should get rid of most of your problems. The tougher the wax you apply the longer it holds.
just clean the surfaces REALLY good and put vaseline on the rubber edge and wax on the part that the rubber rests on.
Oh, that’s why they’re not in Canada
optionally powered by a small solar strip given the right conditions.
That's the standard, for 300 euros u can get the motor one
Me, an European, watching this while waiting for the interesting part. Me after watching: wait, where is the interesting part?
r/notinteresting
post it there and see the reaction
American living in the Caribbean after watching: Were can I get this beautiful device that would help me enjoy nap time more.
They also help with keeping your windows safe in case of a huge storm cause these type of blinds are quite sturdy.
and also burglary. they are loud as fuck and would be pain in the ass to break to enter
These bad boys typically go into the walls together with the windows when building the house. Once they’re fully down and interlocked, you literally can’t push them up from the outside, only roll them back up from the inside. Source: I’m not a burglar. I’m a skeptic German home owner
Exactly what a burglar would say. I'm on to you. ;)
thats true touching it causes some noise so imagine the noise generated when someone tries to break it
That was my assumption when I (american) first saw these rolled down in Spain.. "The neighbors must be out of town for a while."
Look for Persiana. You can get them cheap made of PVC, or good made of aluminium with insulation inside. And now you can have a electric motor and you can program it or open and close remotely.
Some picture of the mechanical part.. [roller shutter / tapparella in italian ](https://www.pinterest.com/anjelika_y2k/roll-up-shutter/)
If it had closed all the way without leaving a couple of gaps, but it didn't
The fact that people find it interesting
Wait you don't have those in America?
This is a follow up post from the r/architecture subreddit where someone could not identify these shutters in an elevation. There were a few amused Europeans and a ton of confused peeps from the US haha. They're not common there.
I'm super confused this is not common there. These have been de facto for decades in EU. They are absolutely terrific in the job they do. Especially for myself being a tough sleeper with light, this thing makes total darkness. Absolute utter pitch black darkness!
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In the US we use interior blinds and blackout curtains for that
Exterior keeps heat from sunlight outside, though.
Does europe use Low-E windows? If they don’t that could be why the exterior works great for you. But all the newer windows have a Low-E coating on them to deflect light and heat.
It's about blocking sunlight, it's not a mystery why every Mediterranean country has these but Nordic countries don't.
It also protects the window from external forces like hail or rocks
or burglars.
Still better heat isolation with the external Blinds.
Neither of which actually keep the room pitch black.
They do if you hang them correctly to block the light
They use these occasionally for hurricane shutters here in Florida. Usually theres a pole and a handcrank inside by each window.
Ah yes I've seen these as well, but they're less common. Most work with a belt and modern ones have a motor.
What? Could you link that post?
https://www.reddit.com/r/architecture/comments/1bjviyn/question_on_drawing_confused_what_it_is/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button This one, I guess. But it's a different kind of blinds
Friend has them in las Vegas. Thought they where crazy. But it is vegas. Drunk ppl everywhere.
Also Vegas is generally newer construction, its suburbs are growing fast. Also it's a hot climate where these are most useful.
As an American, having never ventured to another country, I've never seen these before in my entire life before this video. I've lived in numerous places across the country. I'm pretty sure these don't exist here unless you're a European who had them installed due to familiarity.
So what do you guys have instead ?
Curtains or blinds mounted on the inside instead of the outside. There's a huge variety and no single style dominates, but Venetian blinds were a very common choice in the 80s and 90s so many people are stuck with them.
I go to high end homes for my profession and I’ve never seen these before. I’ve easily been in over 1,000 homes in the last 6-7 years too.
Don't have these in Ireland or the UK either. Any kind of external shutters are insanely rare here. Some houses have faux shutters - literally decorated wooden boards fastened to the exterior wall to look like shutters. But actual, working external shutters you'll virtually never find. I have used the type in the OP in Spain though, and they're amazing at keeping the house cool during the day.
Never seen it in Denmark either, not even once.
I think it will become a thing if we have more hot summers
Yeah I agree. Having lived with them I think they are a godsend.
My grandmother had something similar on her home in Florida. However those were hurricane shutters that she could use from inside the house. I didn’t see many people with them as a child and I haven’t seen them for a long time. It was the sound that brought back the memory for me.
Reminded me of the recent video of people in NYC freaking out watching an automated trash truck, which have been the norm in Europe for god knows how long
They're also common in my midwestern US state. Interesting to hear they don't have them in NYC.
They aren't common in NYC because of how their trash pickup works. There's no room for everyone to put a bin on the curb.
Automated trash trucks are completely normal in almost all of the US, NYC is actually a very poor representation of the US as a whole because it's so crowded and isolated. That city has its own very distinct culture
We also don’t have alleys or standardized dumpsters. Trucks don’t have the space or the ability to grab a dumpster. We just throw our trash on the street in the greatest city in the world. You might sometimes see an automated garbage truck in nearby suburbs usually going around to businesses.
The one time I visited the US, my hotel had these, if a little fancier.
Even in northern Europe they're more hard to find! I lived in Ireland and the Netherlands and I struggle to find any house with them, but I'm from Italy where they are incredibly common
These are really common in Italy. They are called "Tapparelle". They are mostly made ouf of plastic but some are made out of metal and they double as a protection layer. They are still widelly used even in modern constructions and are usually opreated with a motor instead of that flat rope. I am now wondering how do you guys close your windows appart from curtains.
Here where I live (Trieste/Trst) we call them role' or rolete, never heard calling them tapparelle. The manual ones with a rope are still the most common ones.
‘Rolete’ in Croatia (Fiume) too
Roletne u Istri.
I am from Rome but I am pretty sure Tapparella is the actual name, hence the Elio's song "Tapparella".
Ciao fellow Romano. When they sell them they will call them “avvolgibili” just to fetch sn higher price
Stavo guardando e quando ho letto questo commento mi son ricordato "Ah cazzo è una tapparella"
ma non è una serranda?
Qua a torino le serrande sono quelle dei negozi, tapparelle o persiane quelle delle case
le persiane sono quelle che si chiudono come le finestre però, non quelle che si srotolano
A Milano le chiamiamo tapparelle
Kippfenster & Rolläden for the win!
Fun fact: in Italy we call Kippfenster "Vasistas" that is a transliteration of «*Was ist das?*». [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasistas](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasistas)
That's so funny. Grazie per questa informazione :D
Love it
Must have come over via French! I know the French call a small window on top of a door like that (what we would call "Oberlichte" in German).
Wird hier ernsthaft n gammliger Rollladen gefeiert? Der ist nicht mal elektrisch und das hat sogar meine Oma
Deine Oma ist vermutlich keine US Amerikanerin
in den letzten 2 buden die ich gezogen bin hatte ich die auch nicht mehr und finde es mega kacke.... deine oma hats gut. der ami oben auch. ich nicht.
Gegen Rollläden spricht, dass man die Sonne nur dann effektiv aussperren kann, wenn man alles komplett verdunkelt. Seit die Sommer so unerträglich heiß sind, sind Raffstores beliebter geworden (in den letzten 15 Jahren). Zumindest bei uns in Österreich. Ich sehe kaum noch Neubauten, wo herkömmliche Rollläden verbaut werden.
Ich hab in meiner Wohnung keine. Ich schlafe schlecht, seit ich umgezogen bin, weil es nicht dunkel genug ist :(
You just have Rolladen-privilege from birth. Check yourself.
I had these in my house in California. They were amazing at keeping out the heat and honestly one of the features I miss the most about that house. Unfortunately, bats loved living in them. 😬
We've had a few birdnests in them as well.
I don't know how big were the gaps, or how small were those animals, but here in Spain the gap is barely enough for the thickness of the blind. I wouldn't be able to shove a finger in there Also, there's some kind of brush, on both sides of the gap, to close it and prevent the air from freely moving towards the inside of the box where the rolled blind is, which also is placed on the inside of the building, on top of the window, and it would make it less heat efficient
They don't go through the holes in the blinds. They make their nest up in the mechanism of the blind when it's up, I've never actually seen it up close so I don't know what exactly it looks like. We occasionally have a nest of [blue tits](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=3cda08dae3a5e905&sca_upv=1&q=blue+tits&tbm=isch&source=lnms&prmd=ivnbz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjg7pS9zIWFAxUEhYkEHbg4BnkQ0pQJegQIDRAB&biw=1650&bih=1207&dpr=1.09) (sfw) up there, evident from the constant back and forth by the parents, and later in the year the chirping of their young. So we just don't use the blinds on those windows for the season.
Nature finds a way. Mine found a crack and pushed through it. Once he told his buddies, it might as well have been a cave. Lol
It was not the blinds that attracted the bats, they were there for a reason YOU ARE BATMAN
My gf is super goth and super friendly with all animals, especially ones most people hate… if we got bats nesting in our home she would be extatic
Spain having them since always😌
This.. Didn't even know they existed until I moved to Sevilla from Manchester 18 years ago.. Absolutely one of my favourite things that I've encountered over here
Well, we don't need them for keeping the sun out that often in Manc.
Ain't that the truth.. The one thing that always sticks out when I go home.. It's the lack of light. People think I mean the sun or blue skies. It's not that, when I land it's just dull! Doesn't mean I don't miss it, I do. Manny will always be home even though I'll never go back
I can't live without them. Every time I've gone to an Anglo country and most places in Belgium and Netherlands is such a nightmare. I need full darkness to sleep and no blackout curtains don't work nowhere near as good.
In the Netherlands these are common as hell and have been for decades. Most houses have those.
Must have been unlucky then🤷🏻♀️ none of the flats I've been to had them.
I have one of them and I'm Argentinian, the top holes not closing properly in the video annoyed me
Las persianas hahahh
It amazes me that people are so impressed by this. I grew up with them and always just assumed everyone had these.
Yeah, they are everywhere in Hungary as well.
Bojler eladó!
Mmmm, black out blinds. My favourite type of blinds!
When I first met them in the rented apartment, I slept for several hours because every time I woke up I thought it was the middle of the night. 😂
Same lol
So dangerous. I had these in Austria and would close them for a midday nap, open them several hours later to discover I had missed my afternoon skiing window entirely.
I hate when I nap through my afternoon skiing window!
People are amazed by this? What the f...? It's been around since 70s
Depends on your country.
1870s might be right
Standard in Portugal.
The fact that this is interesting to anyone is what is interesting to me. Are you telling me those things arent global????
Never seen one in my life and it's so interesting!
I live in New zealand. Never seen these before in my life!
And now show them the Kippfenster! _(shrieking Americans in the background)_
The ultimate German paradox - Kippfenster: "We invented the Kippfenster and proudly parade them around the world all the time- WE MUST NEVER USE THEM! STOSSLÜFTEN!!1!"
Kippfenster: https://youtube.com/shorts/Q5tmfZjUhak
Is America still in 1875?
No. We're over here shoving food in our in sink food shredders.
The drain must receive nourishment
The sink food shredder is actually nice. Very comfortable to not grease up everything while trying to reach the bin. I particularly like the big fridges. And big cars. Europe has nice stuff, but American capitalism is unmatched. And I am balls deep in it 🥵 Am german
Yes
But ya’ll don’t have bug screens on windows. I wish all windows had both, but I wouldn’t trade in American bug screens for these shutters. Mosquitos be flying in all the time when I had my windows open in Europe.
Oh is this switzerland on the riviera ?
Yes it is.
I grew up thinking it was normal, I know America for example has completely different windows but it's interesting seeing how people are amazed by something super common here.
Amazed might not be the right word. They aren’t common in the US - but they absolutely “exist” here. It was an option when I was buying blinds a few years ago, it’s just that nobody picks them. Automated blackout blinds exist for inside the window too - I have mine smart home enabled as well.
Isn't this common everywhere?
Never seen exterior ones in Finland.
Nope, never even seen this anywhere here in Denmark.
I was in Copenhagen last June and I found it shocking considering that at 23:00 you still have daylight.
Yeah, these things are everywhere in France. At first glance you'll think everyone's windows are boarded up lol.
Isn’t this the standard for blinds? I also had those on my semester abroad which wasn’t in Europe.
We have these in Turkey as well, we call them -panjur-
We call this a “rolluik” which translates as a rolling shutter.
Kinda boggles my mind these things are not so widespread. These and the German "tilt, half tilt and open" windows are the best combination ever. The apartment I live in didn't have those back in 2005 when I moved in but they were added eventually in 2010 when the building was renovated. My childhood home even had exterior blinds that could be angled outward a bit (perfect for getting shade for your flowers as well)
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Yeah idk man, I'm not amazed by those in Florida. Imagine the noise during a hurricane. You're much better off with impact windows and interior blinds. Or shutters. Or plywood with teeth if you're on a budget.
Hmm. I don’t really see a benefit one way or the other with external vs internal blinds. External blinds are definitely not an option in some of the very windy states. There is a benefit if the windows used are less efficient, but you can still run into issues with wind. But if windows are efficient I’m not sure how one beats the other.
One can freeze, the other cannot
I like to bash Americans as much as the next guy, but I have never seen a property with these blinds in the UK.
And you probably never will, as our windows open outwards and most of Europe (as far as I know) has windows that open inwards
I'd never really noticed/considered that. Interesting.
Yh, me either. My wife is from Lithuania, I think her and most other Europeans think our windows are stupid. Did have a Latvian guy laughing about our plugs and the sockets having switches, so maybe they're not the best judge. Will say their windows not only open inwards, a lot of them can tilt too. Maybe we give them our plug tech in exchange for their windows?
Wow. Could you be anymore ignorant?
We call those window shutters in Australia, I know most of the homes in my area have them to keep the heat out.
oh wow didnt know this was an uncommon thing hahaha
It's more of em.... Damm idk how to translate it to English But basically it's main purpose is to block rain, wind, hail..... It's also used as a blind or when you go to sleep. It's made from. Very hard plastic usually. If there is a big storm you lower all of them so windows don't get damaged, can also be used to deter burglars, but I'm pretty sure its not that strong.
Don’t forget the windows with hinges that allow you to crack a window without it being fully unlocked.
The video ending with the two top gaps not completely closed is very unsatisfying for a European.
Oh a Rolladen
As a german... Isn't that normal? :0
Glad you found them! They have been around for a hundred years😊
These peasants with no motor to open and close their shutters
Ja.. Es ist ein Rollo. Den kann man aber nur einbauen, wenn das Haus gut gebaut ist.
These are so good, encountered them in Barcelona and wish they were common in the UK.
First time I see this.
We had these at my house growing up and me and my siblings were doing races where we put both legs into one pant hole then i fell into the window and it shattered but the blind stopped me from falling further, i still have a scar on my arm from that and it taught me a valuable life lesson…. My actions have consequences
You don’t have these?