Aug 24, 2021 11:22 AM
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in9119iwas
Drehkippfenster - Dreh as in Dr Dre. kipp as in tip. fen as in pen. ster as in stir. Dre-kipp-fen-stir
EnderiumSmith
those are windowns. they exists everywhere, not just germany.
GlennBecksChalkboard
auf Kipp
TohmaytohTohmahtoh
Tilt-Turn opening window. Turn the handle downward to lock in place when closed...
NotRightNeverWrong
Can confirm. Went to German from the US two years ago and encountered these in the wild.
weeeeeeeeeeeeeee333333
Really wish we had these in the US. Especially the shutters.
AlexSomething
How come most american houses I see have no exterior shutters? Is it just Hollywood's fault and it's more common in reality?
gadaboutpoet
Yes! Those shutters are great.
KT8819
You mean rolladen? Also, i wish they had the same thermal qualities in the US. US windows are extremely inefficient, even the top ones
Kodan00
As a kid i frequently managed to fuck this up, and ended up with it only holding on to a single hinge at the bottom corner. not fun.
Especially since we also have balcony doors that are operated this way, and that thing was almost three times as heavy as me.
Seethreepeeoh
Danke memes
redline6
Rammstein
BabyJebusCripes
ThatDudeRich
Das a good one!
superbest
Bitte memes
Nekron35
I think I spider!
JackHL01
Well, you seem very heavy on the wire
Lamp
I love you for that comment
gyuunyuu
yes du hast mich
insanitycontinuum
Ja ich danke auch, sehr 420
HandoB4Javert
jaja
FieryDoom
Markamanic
Your welcome?
kirmes
No, his welcome.
Everybody gets a welcome.
LabyrinthBuilder
Datz Reich.
ARoseByAnotherUsernameWouldSmellAsSweet
*Michmichs
BlahBlahBlacksheep555
Cleverest comment in years.
CouldntCakeLess
Ich sehe was du da getan hast.
LegendaryGarf
Erste!!
RoloTonyBrown
Zweite?
Gut gemacht!
TheUser14
Who turns the handle up?
CapitalNick
Someone staging a video.
ZiomalZParafii
Everybody (at least in Europe)
You have to turn the Hendl all around ;-)
jebstat59365
The door on my clothes dryer does the same thing...
Reddiebaggie
I was stationed in Germany 40 years ago, and even back then we had those windows, albeit in wood.
SanityAsylum
Absolutely love the windows and general building methods in Germany, but man... Their lack of screens really bugged me.
DdCno1
There aren't nearly enough insects around here to justify those, in most cases. You can get screens, but I've only ever seen them once.
hatsuseno
The extra cash my parents had to fork over to get every window a fitted screen was almost enough for them not to do it some 20 years ago
Zahnradfee
We're working hard on killing the entire insect population here in Germany. :/
In the areas I lived for 9 years, that is completely untrue. But I will grant you, the insects here in Texas are much more annoying.
BrewBQ
I had the same reaction when I was first stationed in Germany. I wish they were standard in the US.
Undaftiness
Never occurred to me that normal windows to me as a European isn't just.. normal
mormacil
It is normal in most places, just not in the US
rando84
Is it though? I haven’t seen them in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East or Africa.
They're common in China, I've had them myself when I was in Costa Rica. They're also popular in new buildings in South Africa.
Interesting, I’m a fan of them from living in Europe but hadn’t noticed them much elsewhere.
immortalpusser92
Australian here. You can take your silly windows and get fucked. That’s a death sentence waiting to happen over here.
What's dangerous about them opening at the bottom? They also keep the heat out better btw
Snakes. Spiders. Had a belligerent magpie fly in once when I took my insect screen off to clean it. Take your pic mate.
These windows work fine with screens, how else could they be used in Scandinavia.
tinytyrant
acting!
icomeheretobedistracted
I love the windows in Germany! My patio door did the same thing! I also loved the roll down shutters. There were no screens though.
jonathandoeingham
It's called Rollladen. Pronounced with a hard r.
Not to be mixed up with Rouladen.
Which should be served with Blaukraut und Kartoffelpüree
It's Rotkraut, but otherwise you're correct. XD
PicassoCT
First day in US - guiliotine window
hye1901
I was honestly confused about this, it is such a smart design, so I thought all countries used them. We have them many places in Denmark.
Atomic2
Saw them in france, belgium, and denmark when I last visited europe.
Might just be a European thing, then ?
Betterbecauseofthem
Seriously? Film oneself opening a window? Here's me tying my shoe. Or counting grains of rice.
Icenhorn
miss those windows...
GussDeBlod
what's German about that ?_?
djzapz
First time I saw those types of windows was in Russia. Never saw them here in Canada.
Aefinn
Well, they are popular in German. Doesn't mean they are only popular in German, but that's where op got familiar with them.
uzerok
Nothing. But that's that you'll likely encounter when you're in Germany (and other European places) and not used to that type of window.
Superchief86
They might be saying this is reminiscent of their first day in Germany.
Bestiarium
It's the norm in many countries, but people associate it with Germany for some reason
Tifandi
For me, it was the first place I encountered it.
HerbBlanston
100% accurate. I had to call the landlord within 30 min to help me with these windows. I thought I broke it
Hemelsblauw
Lol
AlterSack
What did the landlord say, how did he react?
Landlord:
Wikipedo
101Medic
Are you stuck, step-tenant?
Radionactiveman
mondeca
v
They fixed it when the collected the deposit, I was not present at the time. Didn't use them again
cuntybumsox
Can confirm, as an Australian I was also bewildered by the lack of flyscreens.
empath
As a Canadian, same.
jbZahl
Yeah, we should stock up on those. We get more and more of those tropical dangerous moscitos, thanks to climate change.
Mithi
Which is why this little German bought a mosquito net for his bed.
Imayhavebeenhacked
in Texas, our windows "can" open but there are only maybe 2 days a year where its nice enough. screens are a must though. f'ing mosquitos
AMR300
A window does what a window is supposed to do and the Americans freaks out? Rest of the world = Germany?
desl14
The video is about her first day in Germany. Maybe a title like "First day outside US" would sound imprecise if her videoblog is about GER
godskook
That's not "what a window is supposed to do". Windows aren't "supposed" to open. Some do, but their "supposed" is to let in light.
Eleshar24
Ackchually, "window" comes from old Germanic "wind+auga", literally wind+eye, i.e. a place to let wind into your dwelling. In Spanish, 1/2
Wiki has my "supposed to do" going back to the 13th century BC. How about you?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window
it is called "ventana", also derived from "wind". 2/2
RackhamTheRed
Never saw one like that in China. Or India. So... Most of the world. Maybe its something we mostly have in Europe?
I've been living in China for quuuuuite some time. And yes it's popular, most of nowaday building have 内开内倒窗. India don't know.
Really? I only ever saw those that either have to common sliding, or an axis to rotate either at the middle or top, never at the bottom
Yes really, I've had it for a decade already.
noxseth
Saw them in Africa.
AlwaysUpvoteTolkien
Seen in Ireland and UK so possibly just western Europe
ojisama
I don't think we have those in Finland either. The windows are double or triple glazed here, maybe it has something to do with it.
baltec1
Don't have them in the UK either, probably because it often rains sideways and our windows tend to open outwardly.
No. The one in the video, and most modern windows in central Europe, are double or triple glazed. Guess it's just lokal flavour
pritolus
Virtually all windows here in Norway are hinged, and this variant is quite common.
NeverEnoughFoxes
I'm guessing handle down is closed and handle up is open differently?
KnifeKnut
Turn down for what?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUDVMiITOU
For closure!
Ah, 2008.
Akaszkronos
Jup. We also have doors that do this.
Down is closed, side is open, up is drawbridge?
mercyPandaRunner
We have a balcony door that a bit older and sometimes dislodges all but the lower right corner if you don't close it properly before you - >
tilt upwards. It's fun when you come into the kitchen and the glass door hangs on one lower corner into the room.
Yep. Handle down-closed; Handle sideways-open sideways; Handle up-tilt. They usually don't dislodge. But I'm not gonna lie, I had at least->
one or two suddenly coming towards me as a child. Just don't fuck around with turning around handles on open windows, like an idiot.
2ti6x
i was today years old when i learned that this is aparently not the norm.
xoxorofllol
me too
It is the norm in Europe...
Colopty
It's the norm lots of places, the US is just refusing to comply with the standards the rest of the world are using. Again.
wutrax
It's "sophisticated hinge technology"
shadowdragon81
I was today years old when i learned that this is apparently the norm elsewhere....
tarataqa
I was today years old when I read this comment....
SherMattLockSmith
The house I am living in is so old it still has single pane windows with wooden frames....
Frederf
Europeans tend to be completely ignorant of how the rest of the world operates
Solkanarmy
but when you encountered these windows, you worked them out immediately, right? you have to be the american brand of stupid to not
Just another thing Americans refuse to do logically
parkerh17
I'm still thrown off as to the purpose, the rest of the comments so far have been less than helpful.
Lets you air out without letting in rain, having the window get blown around by the wind or risking people climbing in
Lets you air out the room while keeping the window in a stable position with regards to wind and such.
Air circulation that minimizes the chance unexpected rain pours in, also less bugs then an open window.
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
The mirror image is Germans trying to tilt open windows elsewhere
gheorghiumihai77
They are common here in my country. No biggie.
And then being suprised how shitty windows are elsewhere.
MrHailstone
We like good houses and Windows. Also sturdy doors. Not one of those things is present in the US
Redacted197358462
I just sleep with a hammer next to my bed.
Megapyton66
We have exactly the same kind in Sweden
gabicraina
You mean Northern Germany? (/s)
SnitchMcAudi
Wikipedia literally says Norwegians (Norwegian: nordmenn) are a North Germanic ethnic group native to Norway." So you aint that wrong.
Shoutrr
elsewhere as in almost everywhere outside english speaking countries
SlyeFox
And in English speaking countries too.
Ah okay, I didn't know
Curii
Ahh there's the answer. Thank you
Because Germany is the only place where windows have hinges? That's how it's done here in Norway too
H4ru0
ok, great for you.
sittingonthetube4
That's most americans think scandinavia is a country. Why bother.
QuamvisSintSubAqua
While it clearly is a city.
beastlysunismyname
Well if you are visiting Germany, you will of course say "First day in Germany with windows same as they have in Norway"
LurkerOfDarkness
These Windows are not limited to Germany, pretty much standard for windows not old as shit in Europe.
lronMaiden
Finnish here. Our windows generally just swing open. Then again we have usually at least two separate window assemblies which have to open.
DietCokeIsTheBest
Ya mine are slightly different but still pivot almost 180 for cleaning both sides of glass (England)
Can confirm. Only old as shit windows open like a door, the newer ones usually do the tricks.
Gaiashining
Mine do both like these do (U.K.)
TCGView
As an American, I wish I had windows like this.
gbuck55
You can, you know, buy them. They’re not illegal.
In an apartment.
Rent strike! No foldy windows, no rent!
Just buy one?
Just buy one :-D
idonotthinkitownswhatyouthinkitowns
Miss Lucy seemed to be genuinely worried there despite having set up a camera first.
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dukegonzo
v this was also my first thought
Phlynch
Do you need a little "Dramatization" tag in the corner?
inferno34
BengineerMack
MeowWoof
It's not her camera, it's from the guy who owns the rental.
BishlamekGurpgork
I prefer the one he publishes on Pornhub.
ConfessionBare
Lol, "Chris Evans seemed genuinely worried during Captain America, despite Hydra being fictitious."
barnsandnobel
Its good to monitor your form when your doing regular activities. She had very poor form for closing windows.
Aurumai
It's a reenactment.
HumanCats
I suspect she was set up by the camera person as a prank.
mastodonj
She has a career in acting waiting for her!
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
May have set the camera up for an Instagram worthy shot, then ended up with bloopers instead
EnthusiasticPickle
In English this is referring to a term called a"skit" it's like a reenactment of a humorous moment for viewer entertainment
imsomewhatofaboobmyself
Like she can actually act unlike half of Hollywood.
wiltsjunk
hildr
I too, don't like when someone tell me what happened in their life, it's so fake that it's not even happening now!
therealbessica
It's called ?⭐acting⭐?
jasari
ddbrown30
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting
fake influenza shit
YouWontRemember
Why would anyone turn that up and not down. Oh that's right..for the views
NeteaPolyDruidMom
Why are people like this? It's a site to share pictures and video gifs, and then people express things in those formats to complaints.
PorneliusHubertII
Also who slides a handle up like that to lock something?
cozynester
There seems to be text on the screen ? Was this...EDITED?? IN MY CHRISTIAN IMGUR FEED?? /s
OuroborosX
For your first day on the internet, let me welcome you. Please enjoy the rest of the memes and make every attempt to suspend disbelief.
ArghhhMyGroin
This your first time on the internet?
DavidCopaFeal
This your first unoriginal comment?
SatanicSpirals
This your first day on planet Earth? Good luck finding something truly original.
ctotheg2
Imgur actually used to be cool before the kindergarten comments filled up the site
bolobass
Ok boomer
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
What are you talking about, that comment is hilarious!
tagiau
This site was only good when it was still used as a reddit image hosting site.
Given the ridiculous comment length limit, that's still its primary and most sensible use in my book.
tzahtman
We were never cool.
Dustorm
Then stop making them.
So? ?
She's either a good actor or she was set up. I'm not sure which though.
eatyourmeat
Man, you need to watch different movies if that's good acting
devilwow
Still a better actor than twilight
Eville00
Are you suggesting porn doesn't feature only the most skilled of thesbians?
LightingSquirrel
I'm guessing she's recreating her first reaction. I reacted the same the first time I experienced a window like this.
NotSomoneElse68
I feel she does a good job.
kornikopic
I don't think so. How many times do you turn the handle up when closing a window? She just needs some fake points.
Did you see the word "recreating" in the o original comment.
Again. I've done it before. Figured pushing it up would do the same as down. didn't know they can open like that. Thought I broke it.
Holy cow. Of course this is scripted. That's how you tell a joke. They did such a good job - you thought they were pretending it was real.
Which of course is pretty much what they call "acting"
thetasigma22
HellenicTaxCollector2
i dont get it , i dont live in germany and we still got those windows :/ are there countries that dont?
railgap
JFC check your privilege, your comments comes across snotty as hell.
akobigerald
sounds like it - if u have those windows & dont live in Germany, then u must not count. U shudnt have been able to ask the question also :)
Wubbalubbadubdubb101
German engineering is known to be over engineered
TheRidg
we had a door in Germany that did this, great until one of the pins comes out
crazymadhatter
We have them in the UK, just more expensive so not as common as the standard door-style
BirdBeakEggPlant
Yeah I’ve seen them everywhere in Europe and normal ones are hella isolated so useful anywhere :/
Lassannn
I'm in the US and I have never seen a window like that in my life and I really want one.
Come to Europe. They are everywhere here ;-)
IAintAfraidONoGhost
So, you all got our german windows?
whitebbwolf
hardly seen them in the UK so far
starrs3
In the us we dont and in my experience when you turn a handle like that its to lock it. Could be wrong.
HarliM
Never seen these in Finland. Maybe too heavy triple-glass windows?
iamarealuser
They exist in Finland but are rare. Cold climate prefers 2 or 3 layer outer + 1 layer inner glass windows with separate frames. (1/2)
Much better U value than with these one frame and 2 layer windows (2/2)
Updoodilydoo
usually it's either tilt, swing, or slide, not a combination like this one.
letisdorock
Never saw one here in Brazil. Scared me when I went to Germany. Thought a broke the window!
PERRYthePlatpus
You don’t pull this kinda shit in the usa
AMBM2
I’m from Canada and have visited 8 different countries. I’ve never seen that in my life.
MyFavoritesArePrettyNeatIGuess
VonPaulus
F...king stupid UK?
people without money for the latest shit?
giraffpappa
I have heard that some countries doesn't have triple pane windows either, poor sods.
DTNemes
Surely it's a northern hemisphere thing?
LC94
Every (relatively new) window in macedonia is like this
njob3
We have them here in Bosnia.
Kavrae
I live in the center of the US and have been in about 7 different houses. Never once seen them until now.
3rd world countries don't have it ... ;-)
Apollymkatistrafia
US doesn't in a lot of places. Low cost ventilation is cheap, and utility companies(electric) want you using that AC. $$$
Yellowchopsticks
Ah, Dogma. https://youtu.be/I5UjfvF917k here's the whole movie if you haven't been a glorious witness yet
belortik
Have you met most Americans to ask them about their knowledge on window varieties?
PaulHavingABall
I’m American. I was just sitting here with my chicken wings and light beer when I scrolled across a tilting window and it blew my mind.
Nood1e
Fire off a couple rounds, you'll be back to normal in no time.
I went to the gas station to get an extra large Coke and an issue of Guns ‘n Ammo. I should be good.
HoldThatTHOT
In American, never seen this type of window. Looks annoying AF and easy to break
voxolotl
Nah it's easy once you get used to it. When the handle points down, it's locked. If you turn it until it points right, you can open wide.
And if you keep turning until it points up, it can tilt open vertically just like in the video if you just need to get some air in.
It's kinda intuitive cuz the direction of the handle pretty much tells you in which direction the window can swing open.
starlord56
Ya in the US these windows are not common
L3nnyj
Don't have them here in Australia, but they are something I'd love to get if possible.
cookkedduck
you’d need the fly screen as well. Otherwise flies and mozzies everywhere in summer.
thenewteddy
I like how people are like "I'm from (another country in europe) must be some tiny portion of the world that dont have em, like america"
FaciemAlbumine
Same, found a door version in germany my first time. Scared the hell out of me!
Few others can tilt their windows, apparently.
I thought they were the norm in most countries?
Probably the norm in countries that don't have central air as a standard
Snarkoleptic
Not in the U.K. – they exist but they’re super rare
Artebudz
Cant remember seeing many if any here. Wales.
donorkort
They are, it's just Americans assuming that their way is the norm - as usual. ?
I think during corona British TV also had a segment about our well-built windows.
MeepyMcMeepMeep
This isn’t normal across Europe even. What other countries have them than Germany? Only place I experienced them.
jasperiscool
Netherlands at least. All of them.
Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, I don't know about the others.
jondarane
In switzerland we have em but in finnland I havn't seen em yet
Denmark, Norway and Sweden all have them as well, in addition to the others mentioned.
We typically don't here in the US. You can get them, but they aren't standard. I miss them from when I lived in Germany.
Blank1612
Some places have them in Denmark, and when I went to Bulgaria they had them too. So maybe an EU thing?
Varenvel
these windows are everywhere in Europe , iv been in UK , Sweden , Poland , and seen them in a lot houses.
Superkraut
Having lived in the UK for the last 16 years, I have not once encountered these, far superior, Windows anywhere. Its fucking sash windows/
Or those useless ones that open maybe 2 or 3 inches
Can confirm they're common here in France.
meemee01
We have em in the Netherlands, but never seen it in the USA,lots of things don't seem to be introduced into the US that I thought were basic
Yeah, scrolled down for such comment to seek explanation. Regular, European window. I have them opened like this almost the whole year.
Apparently, these are called literally "euro-windows" in my country, so probably common all over Europe, but not so much in the US and 1/2
other primitive countries. 2/2
SignHerePlease
Norwegian here, all windows at my work are like this, and my last apartment had them too (my current one doesn't.) Though they were common
flyingaardvark22
Are you guys getting bug screens yet? Or is that still not a thing?
Unfortunately not. I guess you could get them, but it's not common.
shitheadtookmyname
Norway? Isn't that just Bleach Germany?
wahoffelmadenga
We don't have these in the UK - but I'm pretty sure I've seen them in other countries on the continent.
spoileddentist
I had the same reaction when I lived in UK… hehe
davyclam
Yes we do, millions of them. Found them even in a hotel up the Wild Wet West Coast of Scoatland in the middle of nowhere.
I've learned 3 things; 1 apparently we do have these windows in the UK, 2 I am very much mistaken, 3 you can't edit imgur replies
Wryter04
FWIW I too am just now learning the UK has these, and I’ve lived here 44 years ??♂️
YouMayFindThisMildlyInteresting
Yeah we do.
ChloeRed
We don't? My spare room window is going to be shocked!
I stand (well sit actually) corrected. I would say they are rare then - or at least not common. I don't think I have ever seen one in the UK
They are an option, and enough of them are used to make them worthwhile to stock/make. Doesn't mean they are very common *nods*
pinkcocainebubbles
Every flat I've lived in in Glasgow has them (if they're double glazed windows)
Matsuuu
I haven't seen windows like that in Finland. But I haven't really seen any newer houses window's mechanisms. I have seen only door like 1/
opening eith hinges only on side, and windows that don't open at all 2/2
it's an american self centered thing: they think because it's like that at home, it's like that everywhere else. any difference must be the
exception and theirs is the norm. apply that to almost anything.
UK, Australia, Finland, according to comments. I get that Americans can be idiots, but it'd be nice if people stopped assuming every
Difference in culture was Americans being idiots. I've LIVED in Germany, and never had windows like these.
that's the fucking point: it's not because you never had one that they are rare or special. And american self centrism is a real thing ( a
The fact that this person was surprised by a design they'd never experienced was an example of them being self centered? Or is it the fact
manufactured things, to make sure the average american don't look too hard how it is outside and start to thing his life is not the american
Europeans rarely understand anything about America in my experience
But they think they're experts because they watched a few episodes of Seinfeld
SunflowerCatButt
we kinda have very heavy windows in canda..you know...for winter. so no .
rayvn
I'm in Canada and have these windows.
PoorSucker
Have these windows here in Sweden.
All our windows are doubled glazed and heavy. Some triple glazed near the raf bases…you know…for noise
IEatYourSombrero
We have these in Norway.
cattaxinspector
Swiss here. We have severe winters too - and triple glass windows that tilt like this.
Lagrange31
These looks like double pane but you can get them with three as well. Should work fine in Canada.
LittleRobot71
Most heat loss in homes is from air leaks. The fancier the window the worse the seals.
Dasnekones
Triple-pane argon windows (extra heavy for airtight) still tilts. Not an excuse.
Dxb105
Had them in a log house not far from edmonton. Worked great in the winter. Held the heat in and good for a quick vent
Ulthirm
We have cheap easy to replace windows because the glass easily becomes weak and brittle from all the crap in the wind and then shatter in
the next earthquake or strong wind since thats a thing that happens when you live nested between 2 fault lines. (Because are you really
paying $1000+ for windows that are more resistant to any one of those when the next environmental hazard is just going to impact it anyways)
OK TBF Many people do spring for temperature and earthquake resistance and just deal with the permanently frosted white windows.
sourshampoo
German windows are heavier.
BorkBorkasson
We have them in Norway. When all the panes are in the frame, it doesn't matter how many there are. Definitely cold winters here.
elpsk
I live in Finland and we have a decent winter too. My apartment has tilting doors.
rainevasquez
Finland has them
I've never seen a double tilt window before. I've heard of them, but never seen them till now. I'm 36 and live in canada.
I've seen single-tilt windows. I've *had* single tilt windows. I have one in my current building. I've never seen a double tilt window.
They are becoming standard in Scandinavia now. Supplier makes them cheap and triple glass argon good for renovating old houses.
RevengeIsIceCream
Swede reporting in, never seen this type of window…
These are extremely heavy and weather resistant. We also have them on roofs and we do get heavy winters too.
INeedMoreGifMeMoreJustOneMore
I have super heavy, super insulating windows... In west Europe. Don't settle! You too can have nice tilting windows!
HeK88
yeah right, obviously there is no winter in norway and germany... duh
GravyHavok
Trash candas
MeatVegetable
This reply tells everyone you have no idea the temperatures we get... you guys get a nice warm ocean current to keep your winter nice.
etcnotect
https://globalnews.ca/news/8089039/gulf-stream-collapse-study-canada-europe for now anyway
seventhsonandsomesuch
We get much lower consistent extremes in Canada, but sure, Germany can get cold too....
grim86
Laughs in west coast Canada.
Cries in northern.
ZeroaFFXIV
I had one of the windows from the gif. Heavy as fuck.
mbessard
Here is Switzerland we have triple layer baye window that does does this, and houses are made that the temperature inside is always the same
With no air-conditioning and minimum heating. Our walls are more than 1 meter thick so idk aha
Zapathasura
Apparently In the US they dont have these windows.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Europe has good windows and doors.
FluffyGreyJedi
Ummm, yes we most certainly do
Charles222a203
they’re not super common. I think my grandmother may have had windows like that in the 80s.
Zippyllama
We had them on an older house as well.
asm80dfa8sdfj
The US does have these windows but they aren't very common
iimplodethings
In the US we just have terrible vinyl windows that slide for the first year and then start disintegrating
TeflonTrout
US here, I'd never seen anything like them until I went to Germany. Ours are almost exclusively slides
CurrentlyNaked
We use these windows in Canada. Sometimes for basement egress. Thing is, theyre a more expensive windiw so you dont see them a lot
BarryAllensSole
Or has the little handle you have to spin around like your trying to start a car from the 1930s just to crack it an inch
NayaTaylor
We just use .556 to open our windows
bantambasher135
I've lived in places where this is true. Either the window is fixed in place or the frame wouldn't slide.
DoorbyTheHouseShelf
Can confirm. Every window in every house I've ever lived in slides up.
Goldensands
Sounds like a prison to ngl
greakel
US here, I have those windows. I have a 3 seasons room and the entire room has those windows
slaughterhouse4andahalf
K, I'll bite...what's a 3 seasons room?
a room made specifically without heating or cooling like the rest of the house. kinda like how an enclosed porch is but an actual room
and I live in area of the us that is known for very cold winters so it's a room that you can really only use for 3 of the 4 seasons
Imalwaysready
A room to celebrate the 3 seasons climate change has left us with, and to mourn the loss of the 4th.
I'm imagining something like a sun room...is there a pagan like theme? Sounds lovely! Always looking for additions to my mind palace :)
SexyAttackHelicopter
Can confirm. Wtf is this?
yellowdove
In US. Had one in a basement apartment I rented from a family. Was cool cause I could open the window at night without being burgled.
Respectablecrazy
I have them here in Berlin. I like them. Very common in bldgs built 1996+.
Quaxx
I have actually not seen any house built 1980+ without them.
I live in old East Berlin. I was told it was ruins until mid 1990s. Maybe it took a bit longer to get here?
cattlegrazer82
Most windows don't open in the US
Lolwut
Euchre
I'm guessing you live in an apartment. Most houses do have windows that open.
I'm assuming you live in a newer/nicer house. Nailed shut or painted shut is the norm where I am.
PlataBear
You live in a weird neighborhood then. Literally nowhere have I ever even visited is that the norm. Not even my college dorm was that way.
wordington
In the US and I've got these windows! But I'm also in NYC, so maybe that's why.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
There are really weird design things that are in 100% of European homes and 0% of American homes and vice versa. Especially doors/windows.
ThatsFair
Can confirm. If it wasn't for this post, I'd react in the same way if I came across one lol.
They aren't common, but they exist, especially in more urban apartment settings rather than single-family homes.
JohnnyDewDew
I’m in the US and I’ve only seen windows like this at rich people’s houses
JustAFlamingoInDisguise
Uk here. These are normal if you've had double glazing. Only old builds without dont have them.
evelineperkonem7
??♀️we also have such windows in Slovenia. Which is pure normal and not only for the rich people!
H0rndog
This is considered to much science in most states. Not the freedom window the way GOD intended
jesuisgur
I remember when 1st in the US, they had those dangerous guillotine windows that would fall down randomly. Particularly when looking out...
guigner
The US is missing out.
Avanchnzel
Idk man. I really like my bug screens. I feel like you couldn't have a screen with a window like that.
daemogorgon
You can.
They don’t really get in!
Learn something new every day:)
We have cooling air conditioners. It’s very hot here. Always.
Yeah, and it's well know there never were human living there before the invention of domestic AC.
worldwarzero
I certainly wasnt
Yeah we existed for millennia without vaccines and refrigeration, too. Guess you don't think those are important to have!
You don't die from 40ºC weather when you do your house accordingly. We are just at a time where we don't care about energy efficiency.
Predicto
there were a hell of a lot less of them. The population growth in the southern US in recent decades is directly tied to expansion of AC
True. Maybe if the northeast and industrial central cities weren’t such shitholes, people wouldn’t move south in such numbers. But alas…
in9119iwas
Drehkippfenster - Dreh as in Dr Dre. kipp as in tip. fen as in pen. ster as in stir. Dre-kipp-fen-stir
EnderiumSmith
those are windowns. they exists everywhere, not just germany.
GlennBecksChalkboard
auf Kipp
TohmaytohTohmahtoh
Tilt-Turn opening window. Turn the handle downward to lock in place when closed...
NotRightNeverWrong
Can confirm. Went to German from the US two years ago and encountered these in the wild.
weeeeeeeeeeeeeee333333
Really wish we had these in the US. Especially the shutters.
AlexSomething
How come most american houses I see have no exterior shutters? Is it just Hollywood's fault and it's more common in reality?
gadaboutpoet
Yes! Those shutters are great.
KT8819
You mean rolladen? Also, i wish they had the same thermal qualities in the US. US windows are extremely inefficient, even the top ones
Kodan00
As a kid i frequently managed to fuck this up, and ended up with it only holding on to a single hinge at the bottom corner. not fun.
Kodan00
Especially since we also have balcony doors that are operated this way, and that thing was almost three times as heavy as me.
Seethreepeeoh
Danke memes
redline6
Rammstein
BabyJebusCripes
ThatDudeRich
Das a good one!
superbest
Bitte memes
Nekron35
I think I spider!
JackHL01
Well, you seem very heavy on the wire
Lamp
I love you for that comment
Seethreepeeoh
gyuunyuu
yes du hast mich
insanitycontinuum
Ja ich danke auch, sehr 420
HandoB4Javert
jaja
FieryDoom
Markamanic
Your welcome?
kirmes
No, his welcome.
JackHL01
Everybody gets a welcome.
LabyrinthBuilder
Datz Reich.
ARoseByAnotherUsernameWouldSmellAsSweet
*Michmichs
BlahBlahBlacksheep555
Cleverest comment in years.
CouldntCakeLess
Ich sehe was du da getan hast.
LegendaryGarf
Erste!!
RoloTonyBrown
Zweite?
CouldntCakeLess
Gut gemacht!
TheUser14
Who turns the handle up?
CapitalNick
Someone staging a video.
ZiomalZParafii
Everybody (at least in Europe)
kirmes
You have to turn the Hendl all around ;-)
jebstat59365
The door on my clothes dryer does the same thing...
Reddiebaggie
I was stationed in Germany 40 years ago, and even back then we had those windows, albeit in wood.
SanityAsylum
Absolutely love the windows and general building methods in Germany, but man... Their lack of screens really bugged me.
DdCno1
There aren't nearly enough insects around here to justify those, in most cases. You can get screens, but I've only ever seen them once.
hatsuseno
The extra cash my parents had to fork over to get every window a fitted screen was almost enough for them not to do it some 20 years ago
Zahnradfee
We're working hard on killing the entire insect population here in Germany. :/
SanityAsylum
In the areas I lived for 9 years, that is completely untrue. But I will grant you, the insects here in Texas are much more annoying.
BrewBQ
I had the same reaction when I was first stationed in Germany. I wish they were standard in the US.
Undaftiness
Never occurred to me that normal windows to me as a European isn't just.. normal
mormacil
It is normal in most places, just not in the US
rando84
Is it though? I haven’t seen them in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East or Africa.
mormacil
They're common in China, I've had them myself when I was in Costa Rica. They're also popular in new buildings in South Africa.
rando84
Interesting, I’m a fan of them from living in Europe but hadn’t noticed them much elsewhere.
immortalpusser92
Australian here. You can take your silly windows and get fucked. That’s a death sentence waiting to happen over here.
mormacil
What's dangerous about them opening at the bottom? They also keep the heat out better btw
immortalpusser92
Snakes. Spiders. Had a belligerent magpie fly in once when I took my insect screen off to clean it. Take your pic mate.
mormacil
These windows work fine with screens, how else could they be used in Scandinavia.
tinytyrant
acting!
icomeheretobedistracted
I love the windows in Germany! My patio door did the same thing! I also loved the roll down shutters. There were no screens though.
jonathandoeingham
It's called Rollladen. Pronounced with a hard r.
Zahnradfee
Not to be mixed up with Rouladen.
jonathandoeingham
Which should be served with Blaukraut und Kartoffelpüree
Zahnradfee
It's Rotkraut, but otherwise you're correct. XD
jonathandoeingham
PicassoCT
First day in US - guiliotine window
hye1901
I was honestly confused about this, it is such a smart design, so I thought all countries used them. We have them many places in Denmark.
Atomic2
Saw them in france, belgium, and denmark when I last visited europe.
hye1901
Might just be a European thing, then ?
Betterbecauseofthem
Seriously? Film oneself opening a window? Here's me tying my shoe. Or counting grains of rice.
Icenhorn
miss those windows...
GussDeBlod
what's German about that ?_?
djzapz
First time I saw those types of windows was in Russia. Never saw them here in Canada.
Aefinn
Well, they are popular in German. Doesn't mean they are only popular in German, but that's where op got familiar with them.
uzerok
Nothing. But that's that you'll likely encounter when you're in Germany (and other European places) and not used to that type of window.
Superchief86
They might be saying this is reminiscent of their first day in Germany.
Bestiarium
It's the norm in many countries, but people associate it with Germany for some reason
Tifandi
For me, it was the first place I encountered it.
HerbBlanston
100% accurate. I had to call the landlord within 30 min to help me with these windows. I thought I broke it
Hemelsblauw
Lol
AlterSack
What did the landlord say, how did he react?
kirmes
Landlord:
Wikipedo
101Medic
Are you stuck, step-tenant?
Radionactiveman
mondeca
HerbBlanston
They fixed it when the collected the deposit, I was not present at the time. Didn't use them again
cuntybumsox
Can confirm, as an Australian I was also bewildered by the lack of flyscreens.
empath
As a Canadian, same.
jbZahl
Yeah, we should stock up on those. We get more and more of those tropical dangerous moscitos, thanks to climate change.
Mithi
Which is why this little German bought a mosquito net for his bed.
Imayhavebeenhacked
in Texas, our windows "can" open but there are only maybe 2 days a year where its nice enough. screens are a must though. f'ing mosquitos
AMR300
A window does what a window is supposed to do and the Americans freaks out? Rest of the world = Germany?
desl14
The video is about her first day in Germany. Maybe a title like "First day outside US" would sound imprecise if her videoblog is about GER
godskook
That's not "what a window is supposed to do". Windows aren't "supposed" to open. Some do, but their "supposed" is to let in light.
Eleshar24
Ackchually, "window" comes from old Germanic "wind+auga", literally wind+eye, i.e. a place to let wind into your dwelling. In Spanish, 1/2
godskook
Wiki has my "supposed to do" going back to the 13th century BC. How about you?
godskook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window
Eleshar24
it is called "ventana", also derived from "wind". 2/2
RackhamTheRed
Never saw one like that in China. Or India. So... Most of the world. Maybe its something we mostly have in Europe?
AMR300
I've been living in China for quuuuuite some time. And yes it's popular, most of nowaday building have 内开内倒窗. India don't know.
RackhamTheRed
Really? I only ever saw those that either have to common sliding, or an axis to rotate either at the middle or top, never at the bottom
AMR300
Yes really, I've had it for a decade already.
noxseth
Saw them in Africa.
AlwaysUpvoteTolkien
Seen in Ireland and UK so possibly just western Europe
ojisama
I don't think we have those in Finland either. The windows are double or triple glazed here, maybe it has something to do with it.
baltec1
Don't have them in the UK either, probably because it often rains sideways and our windows tend to open outwardly.
RackhamTheRed
No. The one in the video, and most modern windows in central Europe, are double or triple glazed. Guess it's just lokal flavour
pritolus
Virtually all windows here in Norway are hinged, and this variant is quite common.
NeverEnoughFoxes
I'm guessing handle down is closed and handle up is open differently?
KnifeKnut
Turn down for what?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUDVMiITOU
Mithi
For closure!
NeverEnoughFoxes
Ah, 2008.
Akaszkronos
Jup. We also have doors that do this.
NeverEnoughFoxes
Down is closed, side is open, up is drawbridge?
mercyPandaRunner
We have a balcony door that a bit older and sometimes dislodges all but the lower right corner if you don't close it properly before you - >
mercyPandaRunner
tilt upwards. It's fun when you come into the kitchen and the glass door hangs on one lower corner into the room.
mercyPandaRunner
Yep. Handle down-closed; Handle sideways-open sideways; Handle up-tilt. They usually don't dislodge. But I'm not gonna lie, I had at least->
mercyPandaRunner
one or two suddenly coming towards me as a child. Just don't fuck around with turning around handles on open windows, like an idiot.
2ti6x
i was today years old when i learned that this is aparently not the norm.
xoxorofllol
me too
mormacil
It is the norm in Europe...
Colopty
It's the norm lots of places, the US is just refusing to comply with the standards the rest of the world are using. Again.
wutrax
It's "sophisticated hinge technology"
shadowdragon81
I was today years old when i learned that this is apparently the norm elsewhere....
tarataqa
I was today years old when I read this comment....
SherMattLockSmith
The house I am living in is so old it still has single pane windows with wooden frames....
Frederf
Europeans tend to be completely ignorant of how the rest of the world operates
Solkanarmy
but when you encountered these windows, you worked them out immediately, right? you have to be the american brand of stupid to not
pritolus
Just another thing Americans refuse to do logically
parkerh17
I'm still thrown off as to the purpose, the rest of the comments so far have been less than helpful.
pritolus
Lets you air out without letting in rain, having the window get blown around by the wind or risking people climbing in
Colopty
Lets you air out the room while keeping the window in a stable position with regards to wind and such.
mormacil
Air circulation that minimizes the chance unexpected rain pours in, also less bugs then an open window.
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
The mirror image is Germans trying to tilt open windows elsewhere
gheorghiumihai77
They are common here in my country. No biggie.
kirmes
And then being suprised how shitty windows are elsewhere.
MrHailstone
We like good houses and Windows. Also sturdy doors. Not one of those things is present in the US
Redacted197358462
I just sleep with a hammer next to my bed.
Megapyton66
We have exactly the same kind in Sweden
gabicraina
You mean Northern Germany? (/s)
SnitchMcAudi
Wikipedia literally says Norwegians (Norwegian: nordmenn) are a North Germanic ethnic group native to Norway." So you aint that wrong.
Shoutrr
elsewhere as in almost everywhere outside english speaking countries
SlyeFox
And in English speaking countries too.
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
Ah okay, I didn't know
Curii
Ahh there's the answer. Thank you
pritolus
Because Germany is the only place where windows have hinges? That's how it's done here in Norway too
H4ru0
ok, great for you.
sittingonthetube4
That's most americans think scandinavia is a country. Why bother.
QuamvisSintSubAqua
While it clearly is a city.
beastlysunismyname
Well if you are visiting Germany, you will of course say "First day in Germany with windows same as they have in Norway"
LurkerOfDarkness
These Windows are not limited to Germany, pretty much standard for windows not old as shit in Europe.
lronMaiden
Finnish here. Our windows generally just swing open. Then again we have usually at least two separate window assemblies which have to open.
DietCokeIsTheBest
Ya mine are slightly different but still pivot almost 180 for cleaning both sides of glass (England)
sittingonthetube4
Can confirm. Only old as shit windows open like a door, the newer ones usually do the tricks.
Gaiashining
Mine do both like these do (U.K.)
TCGView
As an American, I wish I had windows like this.
gbuck55
You can, you know, buy them. They’re not illegal.
TCGView
In an apartment.
gbuck55
Rent strike! No foldy windows, no rent!
kirmes
Just buy one?
TCGView
In an apartment.
kirmes
Just buy one :-D
idonotthinkitownswhatyouthinkitowns
Miss Lucy seemed to be genuinely worried there despite having set up a camera first.
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dukegonzo
Phlynch
Do you need a little "Dramatization" tag in the corner?
inferno34
BengineerMack
MeowWoof
It's not her camera, it's from the guy who owns the rental.
BishlamekGurpgork
I prefer the one he publishes on Pornhub.
ConfessionBare
Lol, "Chris Evans seemed genuinely worried during Captain America, despite Hydra being fictitious."
barnsandnobel
Its good to monitor your form when your doing regular activities. She had very poor form for closing windows.
Aurumai
It's a reenactment.
HumanCats
I suspect she was set up by the camera person as a prank.
mastodonj
She has a career in acting waiting for her!
RandomlyAppointedNSAAgent
May have set the camera up for an Instagram worthy shot, then ended up with bloopers instead
EnthusiasticPickle
In English this is referring to a term called a"skit" it's like a reenactment of a humorous moment for viewer entertainment
imsomewhatofaboobmyself
Like she can actually act unlike half of Hollywood.
wiltsjunk
Lol
hildr
I too, don't like when someone tell me what happened in their life, it's so fake that it's not even happening now!
therealbessica
It's called ?⭐acting⭐?
jasari
ddbrown30
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting
kirmes
fake influenza shit
YouWontRemember
Why would anyone turn that up and not down. Oh that's right..for the views
NeteaPolyDruidMom
Why are people like this? It's a site to share pictures and video gifs, and then people express things in those formats to complaints.
PorneliusHubertII
Also who slides a handle up like that to lock something?
cozynester
There seems to be text on the screen ? Was this...EDITED?? IN MY CHRISTIAN IMGUR FEED?? /s
OuroborosX
For your first day on the internet, let me welcome you. Please enjoy the rest of the memes and make every attempt to suspend disbelief.
ArghhhMyGroin
This your first time on the internet?
DavidCopaFeal
This your first unoriginal comment?
SatanicSpirals
ArghhhMyGroin
This your first day on planet Earth? Good luck finding something truly original.
ctotheg2
Imgur actually used to be cool before the kindergarten comments filled up the site
bolobass
Ok boomer
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
What are you talking about, that comment is hilarious!
tagiau
This site was only good when it was still used as a reddit image hosting site.
DdCno1
Given the ridiculous comment length limit, that's still its primary and most sensible use in my book.
tzahtman
We were never cool.
Dustorm
Then stop making them.
misslucy666
So? ?
idonotthinkitownswhatyouthinkitowns
She's either a good actor or she was set up. I'm not sure which though.
eatyourmeat
Man, you need to watch different movies if that's good acting
devilwow
Still a better actor than twilight
Eville00
Are you suggesting porn doesn't feature only the most skilled of thesbians?
LightingSquirrel
I'm guessing she's recreating her first reaction. I reacted the same the first time I experienced a window like this.
NotSomoneElse68
I feel she does a good job.
kornikopic
I don't think so. How many times do you turn the handle up when closing a window? She just needs some fake points.
NotSomoneElse68
Did you see the word "recreating" in the o original comment.
LightingSquirrel
Again. I've done it before. Figured pushing it up would do the same as down. didn't know they can open like that. Thought I broke it.
NotSomoneElse68
Holy cow. Of course this is scripted. That's how you tell a joke. They did such a good job - you thought they were pretending it was real.
NotSomoneElse68
Which of course is pretty much what they call "acting"
thetasigma22
HellenicTaxCollector2
i dont get it , i dont live in germany and we still got those windows :/ are there countries that dont?
railgap
JFC check your privilege, your comments comes across snotty as hell.
akobigerald
sounds like it - if u have those windows & dont live in Germany, then u must not count. U shudnt have been able to ask the question also :)
Wubbalubbadubdubb101
German engineering is known to be over engineered
TheRidg
we had a door in Germany that did this, great until one of the pins comes out
crazymadhatter
We have them in the UK, just more expensive so not as common as the standard door-style
BirdBeakEggPlant
Yeah I’ve seen them everywhere in Europe and normal ones are hella isolated so useful anywhere :/
Lassannn
I'm in the US and I have never seen a window like that in my life and I really want one.
ZiomalZParafii
Come to Europe. They are everywhere here ;-)
IAintAfraidONoGhost
So, you all got our german windows?
whitebbwolf
hardly seen them in the UK so far
starrs3
In the us we dont and in my experience when you turn a handle like that its to lock it. Could be wrong.
HarliM
Never seen these in Finland. Maybe too heavy triple-glass windows?
iamarealuser
They exist in Finland but are rare. Cold climate prefers 2 or 3 layer outer + 1 layer inner glass windows with separate frames. (1/2)
iamarealuser
Much better U value than with these one frame and 2 layer windows (2/2)
Updoodilydoo
usually it's either tilt, swing, or slide, not a combination like this one.
letisdorock
Never saw one here in Brazil. Scared me when I went to Germany. Thought a broke the window!
PERRYthePlatpus
You don’t pull this kinda shit in the usa
AMBM2
I’m from Canada and have visited 8 different countries. I’ve never seen that in my life.
MyFavoritesArePrettyNeatIGuess
VonPaulus
F...king stupid UK?
railgap
people without money for the latest shit?
giraffpappa
I have heard that some countries doesn't have triple pane windows either, poor sods.
DTNemes
Surely it's a northern hemisphere thing?
LC94
Every (relatively new) window in macedonia is like this
njob3
We have them here in Bosnia.
Kavrae
I live in the center of the US and have been in about 7 different houses. Never once seen them until now.
kirmes
3rd world countries don't have it ... ;-)
Apollymkatistrafia
US doesn't in a lot of places. Low cost ventilation is cheap, and utility companies(electric) want you using that AC. $$$
Yellowchopsticks
Apollymkatistrafia
Ah, Dogma. https://youtu.be/I5UjfvF917k here's the whole movie if you haven't been a glorious witness yet
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belortik
Have you met most Americans to ask them about their knowledge on window varieties?
PaulHavingABall
I’m American. I was just sitting here with my chicken wings and light beer when I scrolled across a tilting window and it blew my mind.
Nood1e
Fire off a couple rounds, you'll be back to normal in no time.
PaulHavingABall
I went to the gas station to get an extra large Coke and an issue of Guns ‘n Ammo. I should be good.
HoldThatTHOT
In American, never seen this type of window. Looks annoying AF and easy to break
voxolotl
Nah it's easy once you get used to it. When the handle points down, it's locked. If you turn it until it points right, you can open wide.
voxolotl
And if you keep turning until it points up, it can tilt open vertically just like in the video if you just need to get some air in.
voxolotl
It's kinda intuitive cuz the direction of the handle pretty much tells you in which direction the window can swing open.
starlord56
Ya in the US these windows are not common
L3nnyj
Don't have them here in Australia, but they are something I'd love to get if possible.
cookkedduck
you’d need the fly screen as well. Otherwise flies and mozzies everywhere in summer.
thenewteddy
I like how people are like "I'm from (another country in europe) must be some tiny portion of the world that dont have em, like america"
FaciemAlbumine
Same, found a door version in germany my first time. Scared the hell out of me!
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
Few others can tilt their windows, apparently.
Bestiarium
I thought they were the norm in most countries?
PorneliusHubertII
Probably the norm in countries that don't have central air as a standard
Snarkoleptic
Not in the U.K. – they exist but they’re super rare
Artebudz
Cant remember seeing many if any here. Wales.
donorkort
They are, it's just Americans assuming that their way is the norm - as usual. ?
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
I think during corona British TV also had a segment about our well-built windows.
MeepyMcMeepMeep
This isn’t normal across Europe even. What other countries have them than Germany? Only place I experienced them.
jasperiscool
Netherlands at least. All of them.
Bestiarium
Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, I don't know about the others.
jondarane
In switzerland we have em but in finnland I havn't seen em yet
donorkort
Denmark, Norway and Sweden all have them as well, in addition to the others mentioned.
BrewBQ
We typically don't here in the US. You can get them, but they aren't standard. I miss them from when I lived in Germany.
Blank1612
Some places have them in Denmark, and when I went to Bulgaria they had them too. So maybe an EU thing?
Varenvel
these windows are everywhere in Europe , iv been in UK , Sweden , Poland , and seen them in a lot houses.
Superkraut
Having lived in the UK for the last 16 years, I have not once encountered these, far superior, Windows anywhere. Its fucking sash windows/
Superkraut
Or those useless ones that open maybe 2 or 3 inches
AlexSomething
Can confirm they're common here in France.
meemee01
We have em in the Netherlands, but never seen it in the USA,lots of things don't seem to be introduced into the US that I thought were basic
ZiomalZParafii
Yeah, scrolled down for such comment to seek explanation. Regular, European window. I have them opened like this almost the whole year.
Eleshar24
Apparently, these are called literally "euro-windows" in my country, so probably common all over Europe, but not so much in the US and 1/2
Eleshar24
other primitive countries. 2/2
SignHerePlease
Norwegian here, all windows at my work are like this, and my last apartment had them too (my current one doesn't.) Though they were common
flyingaardvark22
Are you guys getting bug screens yet? Or is that still not a thing?
SignHerePlease
Unfortunately not. I guess you could get them, but it's not common.
shitheadtookmyname
Norway? Isn't that just Bleach Germany?
wahoffelmadenga
We don't have these in the UK - but I'm pretty sure I've seen them in other countries on the continent.
spoileddentist
I had the same reaction when I lived in UK… hehe
davyclam
Yes we do, millions of them. Found them even in a hotel up the Wild Wet West Coast of Scoatland in the middle of nowhere.
wahoffelmadenga
I've learned 3 things; 1 apparently we do have these windows in the UK, 2 I am very much mistaken, 3 you can't edit imgur replies
Wryter04
FWIW I too am just now learning the UK has these, and I’ve lived here 44 years ??♂️
YouMayFindThisMildlyInteresting
Yeah we do.
ChloeRed
We don't? My spare room window is going to be shocked!
wahoffelmadenga
I stand (well sit actually) corrected. I would say they are rare then - or at least not common. I don't think I have ever seen one in the UK
ChloeRed
They are an option, and enough of them are used to make them worthwhile to stock/make. Doesn't mean they are very common *nods*
pinkcocainebubbles
Every flat I've lived in in Glasgow has them (if they're double glazed windows)
Matsuuu
I haven't seen windows like that in Finland. But I haven't really seen any newer houses window's mechanisms. I have seen only door like 1/
Matsuuu
opening eith hinges only on side, and windows that don't open at all 2/2
Shoutrr
it's an american self centered thing: they think because it's like that at home, it's like that everywhere else. any difference must be the
Shoutrr
exception and theirs is the norm. apply that to almost anything.
BishlamekGurpgork
UK, Australia, Finland, according to comments. I get that Americans can be idiots, but it'd be nice if people stopped assuming every
BishlamekGurpgork
Difference in culture was Americans being idiots. I've LIVED in Germany, and never had windows like these.
Shoutrr
that's the fucking point: it's not because you never had one that they are rare or special. And american self centrism is a real thing ( a
BishlamekGurpgork
The fact that this person was surprised by a design they'd never experienced was an example of them being self centered? Or is it the fact
Shoutrr
manufactured things, to make sure the average american don't look too hard how it is outside and start to thing his life is not the american
shitheadtookmyname
Europeans rarely understand anything about America in my experience
shitheadtookmyname
But they think they're experts because they watched a few episodes of Seinfeld
SunflowerCatButt
we kinda have very heavy windows in canda..you know...for winter. so no .
rayvn
I'm in Canada and have these windows.
PoorSucker
Have these windows here in Sweden.
DietCokeIsTheBest
All our windows are doubled glazed and heavy. Some triple glazed near the raf bases…you know…for noise
IEatYourSombrero
We have these in Norway.
cattaxinspector
Swiss here. We have severe winters too - and triple glass windows that tilt like this.
Lagrange31
These looks like double pane but you can get them with three as well. Should work fine in Canada.
LittleRobot71
Most heat loss in homes is from air leaks. The fancier the window the worse the seals.
Dasnekones
Triple-pane argon windows (extra heavy for airtight) still tilts. Not an excuse.
Dxb105
Had them in a log house not far from edmonton. Worked great in the winter. Held the heat in and good for a quick vent
Ulthirm
We have cheap easy to replace windows because the glass easily becomes weak and brittle from all the crap in the wind and then shatter in
Ulthirm
the next earthquake or strong wind since thats a thing that happens when you live nested between 2 fault lines. (Because are you really
Ulthirm
paying $1000+ for windows that are more resistant to any one of those when the next environmental hazard is just going to impact it anyways)
Ulthirm
OK TBF Many people do spring for temperature and earthquake resistance and just deal with the permanently frosted white windows.
sourshampoo
German windows are heavier.
BorkBorkasson
We have them in Norway. When all the panes are in the frame, it doesn't matter how many there are. Definitely cold winters here.
elpsk
I live in Finland and we have a decent winter too. My apartment has tilting doors.
rainevasquez
Finland has them
thenewteddy
I've never seen a double tilt window before. I've heard of them, but never seen them till now. I'm 36 and live in canada.
thenewteddy
I've seen single-tilt windows. I've *had* single tilt windows. I have one in my current building. I've never seen a double tilt window.
Dasnekones
They are becoming standard in Scandinavia now. Supplier makes them cheap and triple glass argon good for renovating old houses.
RevengeIsIceCream
Swede reporting in, never seen this type of window…
noxseth
These are extremely heavy and weather resistant. We also have them on roofs and we do get heavy winters too.
INeedMoreGifMeMoreJustOneMore
I have super heavy, super insulating windows... In west Europe. Don't settle! You too can have nice tilting windows!
HeK88
yeah right, obviously there is no winter in norway and germany... duh
GravyHavok
Trash candas
MeatVegetable
This reply tells everyone you have no idea the temperatures we get... you guys get a nice warm ocean current to keep your winter nice.
etcnotect
https://globalnews.ca/news/8089039/gulf-stream-collapse-study-canada-europe for now anyway
seventhsonandsomesuch
We get much lower consistent extremes in Canada, but sure, Germany can get cold too....
grim86
Laughs in west coast Canada.
seventhsonandsomesuch
Cries in northern.
ZeroaFFXIV
I had one of the windows from the gif. Heavy as fuck.
mbessard
Here is Switzerland we have triple layer baye window that does does this, and houses are made that the temperature inside is always the same
mbessard
With no air-conditioning and minimum heating. Our walls are more than 1 meter thick so idk aha
Zapathasura
Apparently In the US they dont have these windows.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Europe has good windows and doors.
FluffyGreyJedi
Ummm, yes we most certainly do
Charles222a203
they’re not super common. I think my grandmother may have had windows like that in the 80s.
Zippyllama
We had them on an older house as well.
asm80dfa8sdfj
The US does have these windows but they aren't very common
iimplodethings
In the US we just have terrible vinyl windows that slide for the first year and then start disintegrating
TeflonTrout
US here, I'd never seen anything like them until I went to Germany. Ours are almost exclusively slides
CurrentlyNaked
We use these windows in Canada. Sometimes for basement egress. Thing is, theyre a more expensive windiw so you dont see them a lot
BarryAllensSole
Or has the little handle you have to spin around like your trying to start a car from the 1930s just to crack it an inch
NayaTaylor
We just use .556 to open our windows
bantambasher135
I've lived in places where this is true. Either the window is fixed in place or the frame wouldn't slide.
DoorbyTheHouseShelf
Can confirm. Every window in every house I've ever lived in slides up.
Goldensands
Sounds like a prison to ngl
greakel
US here, I have those windows. I have a 3 seasons room and the entire room has those windows
slaughterhouse4andahalf
K, I'll bite...what's a 3 seasons room?
greakel
a room made specifically without heating or cooling like the rest of the house. kinda like how an enclosed porch is but an actual room
greakel
and I live in area of the us that is known for very cold winters so it's a room that you can really only use for 3 of the 4 seasons
Imalwaysready
A room to celebrate the 3 seasons climate change has left us with, and to mourn the loss of the 4th.
slaughterhouse4andahalf
I'm imagining something like a sun room...is there a pagan like theme? Sounds lovely! Always looking for additions to my mind palace :)
SexyAttackHelicopter
Can confirm. Wtf is this?
yellowdove
In US. Had one in a basement apartment I rented from a family. Was cool cause I could open the window at night without being burgled.
Respectablecrazy
I have them here in Berlin. I like them. Very common in bldgs built 1996+.
Quaxx
I have actually not seen any house built 1980+ without them.
Respectablecrazy
I live in old East Berlin. I was told it was ruins until mid 1990s. Maybe it took a bit longer to get here?
cattlegrazer82
Most windows don't open in the US
shitheadtookmyname
Lolwut
Euchre
I'm guessing you live in an apartment. Most houses do have windows that open.
cattlegrazer82
I'm assuming you live in a newer/nicer house. Nailed shut or painted shut is the norm where I am.
PlataBear
You live in a weird neighborhood then. Literally nowhere have I ever even visited is that the norm. Not even my college dorm was that way.
wordington
In the US and I've got these windows! But I'm also in NYC, so maybe that's why.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
There are really weird design things that are in 100% of European homes and 0% of American homes and vice versa. Especially doors/windows.
ThatsFair
Can confirm. If it wasn't for this post, I'd react in the same way if I came across one lol.
Imalwaysready
They aren't common, but they exist, especially in more urban apartment settings rather than single-family homes.
JohnnyDewDew
I’m in the US and I’ve only seen windows like this at rich people’s houses
JustAFlamingoInDisguise
Uk here. These are normal if you've had double glazing. Only old builds without dont have them.
evelineperkonem7
??♀️we also have such windows in Slovenia. Which is pure normal and not only for the rich people!
H0rndog
This is considered to much science in most states. Not the freedom window the way GOD intended
jesuisgur
I remember when 1st in the US, they had those dangerous guillotine windows that would fall down randomly. Particularly when looking out...
guigner
The US is missing out.
Avanchnzel
Idk man. I really like my bug screens. I feel like you couldn't have a screen with a window like that.
daemogorgon
You can.
guigner
They don’t really get in!
Avanchnzel
Learn something new every day:)
gbuck55
We have cooling air conditioners. It’s very hot here. Always.
hildr
Yeah, and it's well know there never were human living there before the invention of domestic AC.
worldwarzero
I certainly wasnt
shitheadtookmyname
Yeah we existed for millennia without vaccines and refrigeration, too. Guess you don't think those are important to have!
hildr
You don't die from 40ºC weather when you do your house accordingly. We are just at a time where we don't care about energy efficiency.
Predicto
there were a hell of a lot less of them. The population growth in the southern US in recent decades is directly tied to expansion of AC
gbuck55
True. Maybe if the northeast and industrial central cities weren’t such shitholes, people wouldn’t move south in such numbers. But alas…