open curtains...

People keep their curtains open to reassure the world that they are not doing anything shameful - or that they are completely unashamed of anything they might be getting up to. But no Dutch person would dream of staring in at the windows. That would be an invasion of privacy.
Xenophobe's guide to the DUTCH





(only foreigners do...and i have done it many times!...but this time it's OK as it's my own window...)