This is most of Europe actually
Brit here, all the windows in my flat have this system.
Must be a pre-Brexit window.
You know it.
Glad they’re gone
The Brits?
No, those new-fangled bureaucratic politically-correct continental windows from the EU.
…this is a joke right?
Yes duuh
Germans literally never think about this unless when travelling abroad.
Some people say this is why Hitler ordered operation Barbarossa. Not smart people , but people.
What’s so special about this simple mechanism? Even 50 year old windows can do this here.
Its not special, but also not really common outside of Europe, at least thats what i heard
They are also everywhere in the ex-USSR countries. I think, China, too, has them, based on the rental properties photos I’ve found. I also looked at rentals from India and found lots of them have those weird windows with bars, but on the inside(?). Does anyone know what’s up with that?
You forgot the one where the window is fixated just in one lower corner and it looks so vulnerable and creepy at the same time
The first time that happened to me I freaked out thinking the window was falling out of its hinges.
I still am freaking out every time it happens. What happens if you actually don’t scream and fight for your life by pressing against it and putting it back into a closed position immediately? What happens if you just let it happen and let go?
It holds on the one corner until you push it back in.
Source: did this way too often as a kid with our balcony door, accidentally and on purpose
If you let it fall into this position from the original window position, like if you unlock it and wait for a wind gust, it may break the one remaining hinge off and fall flat. Not the best thing to experience, and replacing the window is not either
Oh yeah I should have said, it’s certainly not something you should do a lot or keep it like that haha. They’re definitely not designed to be in that position.
Then, you reach Enlightenment.
I discovered these windows in Netherlands and Germany. I love it. Blew my mind.
They are called “casement” windows, specifically turn/tilt operation, and they do exist in the USA. They are typically more expensive than vinyl double hung, and home builders tend to shy away from anything “different” that might scare away home buyers. That’s why you don’t see them very often.
But if you want them, you can buy them and have them installed. You can even get them in patio door sizes, but the larger the door, the heavier it is when it tilts.
It’s really common for people unfamiliar with the door function to lift the handle and think it’s locked, and then a strong breeze blows the door inward. Between the noise and seeing the door falling inward, it can be pretty scary.
Source: I worked in construction in the US with European builders who loved these things and couldn’t figure out why Americans didn’t.
In Italian and French they are caled “Vasistas”, from the German “Was ist das?” (What’s that?), it’s said they called it that way because the first German tourists who saw those windows in France were confused and kept asking for clarifications on how they worked.
When Germans start feeling power, the world buys more weapons and ammunition.
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I have these windows. Perhaps not coincidentally the house was made by a German. The windows were fabricated in Canada though. The technology is leaking.
Wait until they find out our windows have a 4th setting as well 😎
The fourth is where you accidentally put the handle diagonally and all hinges unlock except one bottom corner.
Where are you from OP? It pretty standard in France as well and some people here call it “open the window italien-style”.
Qui dit ça ?
C’est un oscillo-battant, rien d’autre 👀
Même ça, moi je me rappelle juste d’appeler ça une fenêtre battante.
Fenêtre 💪
Have these windows in an apartment in Ukraine
My washing machine has doors like this 💀
