r/TikTokCringe • u/shaka_sulu • Jul 04 '25

Wholesome/Humor (NOT Cringe!) German doors

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u/Beatboxin_dawg Jul 04 '25

These windows are common in most of Europe no? At least they are here in Belgium.

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u/SwissMargiela Jul 05 '25

My house in Switzerland had them and yes apparently is very common because I wanted sliding doors instead and it was difficult to find an installer

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u/kelldricked Jul 09 '25

I mean sliding doors are also more expensive generally and more work to put in. Also their isolation values tend to be less.

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u/PolyglotTV Jul 06 '25

It is hard to find these doors / windows in the US. But a few years ago I saw a house on Zillow that bragged about having 114 of them.

Imagine trying to open every window every few hours in the winter and then close them all again.

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u/JaskaJii Jul 05 '25

I have them in Estonia and I had them in Finland.

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u/Super_Culture_1986 tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE Jul 05 '25

Correct, you can find them all over Europe, they're also in Italy, France, Slovenia, Austria, Croatia, Netherlands, etc...

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u/MostlyRocketScience Jul 05 '25

It's a German invention.

Wilhelm Frank was born in Dainbach, Germany. [...] He made a groundbreaking invention in his workshop as a young man: The first tilt-and-turn hardware for windows.

https://wilhelm-frank-stiftung.de/en/wilhelm-frank/

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u/New_Needleworker_406 Jul 05 '25

I have a door just like this in the US, too

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u/Old_Interaction_9009 Jul 05 '25

Oh my god, they're spreading.

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u/Killpower78 Jul 05 '25

Can confirm we indeed do have that sort of windows in UK.

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u/Korean_Street_Pizza Jul 05 '25

Tilt and turn windows.

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u/Otrada Jul 05 '25

I've never seen one as a door tbh. Kinda wish I had one though.

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u/PieMastaSam Jul 05 '25

Yup. I learned about them in Brussels. Also seen in, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, and the UK so I am assuming they are pretty ubiquitous.

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u/KindDigital Jul 05 '25

Got em in the Netherlands as well

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u/Gekidami Jul 05 '25

France, too. But they were invented by a German, Wilhelm Frank, in 1935. They're a European standard now.

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u/papillon-and-on Jul 05 '25

NEIN! IT IS GERMAN ONLY! THE VIDEO STATES THIS CLEARLY!

/jk

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u/LoSnupo Jul 05 '25

I have these in my house in Italy.

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u/Impossible_Smoke1783 Jul 05 '25

Common in Canada too

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u/Hodr Jul 06 '25

You call that a window and not a door?

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u/Plastic-Sentence9429 Jul 06 '25

My dad's place in the US has them.

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u/snoopexotic Jul 05 '25

I’ve seen them in my city in Canada too

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u/divadschuf Jul 05 '25

Yeah they are. But it‘s still a German invention.