Why Do Dutch People Not Use Curtains?

The most popular explanation stems from the Protestant religious tradition of Calvinism, which insists that honest citizens have nothing to hide. Closing the curtains could indicate otherwise. And by letting people have a look inside, you let them know: Look, I'm a decent person!

Do they use curtains in the Netherlands?

Just Don't Care. While it has become (more or less) a tradition to avoid curtains and blinds, a lot of Dutch people have adapted to it as a practice that is there in their subconscious minds, and they don't even care thinking about it.

Why don t Scandinavians use curtains?

Swedes, it appears, have nothing to hide. According to Jonas Engman, a curator at Stockholm's Nordic Museum, the lack of curtains may simply reflect how late the country was to achieve material prosperity.