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I don't understand how 'eye mask' made it into the title, if it's all just about light. Here in Germany, you get window shutters ("Rolladen") on every window and that's that

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Funny, in Germany most "old" houses don't have shutters, from my small sample of living in 4 or 5 German houses. Many people from the south of Europe complain about that when traveling to Germany.

https://www.lasexta.com/viajestic/curioso/que-paises-extranj...

I've never forgotten living with these when I was an exchange student in Germany years ago!

and often in France, ones that you can close from the outside. Moreso for blocking out the sun in summer time and security rather than night pollution.

I don't get the fake shutters in North America. Especially the ones that wouldn't even cover the window if they could move.

Shutters are expensive in the US, like thousands a window. They’re basically a luxury item. Curtains and blinds are middle class.

Mask is much cheaper and even the best shutters/blinds/curtains don't black you out perfectly.

The whimsical swinging shutters you see in the US: yes.

The mechanically or electrically-closed rolling shutters called "Rolladen" in German, and installed on all but the cheapest new construction in Europe: when properly installed, those things can black out a room with the sun shining directly through the window.

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