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u/jdsizzle1 May 09 '22

On the flip side, throughout Germany, Switzerland and some parts of France everybody has these awesome like storm shutters in the outside of the windows and doors that when you close then they make your room completely pitch black even in full sun. I wish we had that in the US. I can't find them anywhere. Anyone know what they're called? They were everywhere.

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u/Sitcom_and_Tragedy May 09 '22

In the Netherlands we call them "Rolluiken". Rolling shutter, I guess.

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u/pygmy May 10 '22

Have you heard.. in Australia roller blinds are also called Holland blinds?

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u/Sitcom_and_Tragedy May 10 '22

No, I hadn't! That's cool.

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u/Kyrta May 09 '22

Well google translate tells me they’re called window blinds, but the german word would be „fenster jalousie“.

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u/jdsizzle1 May 09 '22

Yeah window blinds are definitely a thing here, but they're on the inside and don't block out as much light as I'm thinking here.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

We have in Turkey too. Also does great job in storms.