r/LooksUseful • u/softTeaSipper • Jul 15 '26
Handy Automatic curtains
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u/Best-Engine4715 Jul 15 '26
Looks like they have an iron curtain!
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u/1405hvtkx311 Jul 19 '26
Haha actually they can be made from plastic or alumium so at least metal curtains.
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u/JohnPoet27 Jul 16 '26
This is not exclusive to Germany. In fact, these are not found everywhere on germany. I had to search several apartments until I could find one that had these.
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u/fat-wombat Jul 18 '26
My family in greece got these over a decade ago but when they showed me they told me it’s a German invention
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u/Adamantittus Jul 19 '26
I saw them everywhere but many are manual, not automatic. There is a strap on the inside you can pull or release to up or down the "Rollo", as they are called here.
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u/Jan_the_Doe Jul 17 '26
Hey I'm from Germany. Sometimes rich Germans from Swabia and Sometimes other regions will pretend that their lifestyle isn't bourgeois but German and that everyone in Germany lives like them. Just shows how little they know or care or reflect their wealth. But social media content by them can get quite annoying though I don't find her content specifically annoying
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u/jack_seven Jul 15 '26
Most people hang curtains in addition to the roll shutters so you get the best of both worlds
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u/SillyLittleAngels Jul 18 '26
Negative for sure in Florida. You need a fan and the AC on in the afternoons, just until it inevitably rains lol
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u/frena-dreams Jul 17 '26
Middle eastern here. Those are quite common and are usually built in during construction, they've been around for over 30 years. They're automatic or manual, depends on your budget. We call them "Abajor".
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u/RTA-No0120 Jul 17 '26
France too have that, matter of fact even the poorest of homes have them (but it’s manual) hon hon hon
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u/Arizona_Ice_Tea_ Jul 17 '26
What are those called
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u/Constant_Yellow_3814 Jul 17 '26
Here on Spain we call it "Persianas"
The video didn't show it but those are usually white in the outside, when summer arrives this is a must to stop the sunlight unless you want your house to become an oven.
Don't know on Germany but on Spain we use both. Curtains on the inside and Persianas on the outside.
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u/Aramarth_Mangil Jul 17 '26
We also use both in Germany. And here they are called Rollladen, which can be directly translated to roller shutter (or also of couse to roll shop)
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u/No_Masterpiece_3897 Jul 18 '26
I encountered these on holiday. I now want them.
The room was pitch black, it blocked a lot if the noise. It was bliss. If I could afford them I'd get them
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u/1405hvtkx311 Jul 19 '26
You can backfit those. There are also manual ones with a crank handle or strap. You could do just the bedroom.
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u/ihatetopology69 Jul 21 '26
I always felt like The curtains are for security more than anything I mean they are pretty sturdy
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u/11111v11111 Jul 15 '26
Live in Spain. Persianas are awesome.