Original question by @tetris11@lemmy.ml

To let a breeze into your room, do your windows open out from the bottom or the top?

If your windows are stacked (upper and lower) which part opens and which part stays fixed?

(Germans with 3D windows don’t count. Lüften is a weird cultish ritual and you should all feel bad.)

      • ManixT@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        I hate this style of window. I live in Europe and have plenty of them in my house. Compared to typical north American designs that slide up or down to open, you lose the ability to open your window varying amounts. Not to mention your air only comes in at the top and any desired draft is blocked. Fully opening them is a pain because they’re so large and need a huge sweeping area clear.

        I feel they’re only really superior when you’re living 3+ storeys high.

        Also, the lack of bug screens here is mind boggling.

    • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I do enjoy making people who don’t know about these windows have that momentarily freakout when they use option 1.

      • MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub
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        4 days ago

        And you can continue the fun when they start experimenting with it and inevitably fall into option 1.5 and have the window hanging from one corner.

        • somenonewho@feddit.org
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          4 days ago

          Oh no! I’d have to leave the room for that. I cringe way to hard every time anyone (or even I myself) gets a window into option 1.5 it feels like things are about to break very bad.

        • Mad_Punda@feddit.org
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          3 days ago

          German living in Sweden here. Never seen them here (Stockholm area). I am sad.

          As far as I understand the ones we have here are generally better for bad weather. Can leave them open even in some rain. Not sure I find it worth it though. I miss my German windows.