“View From Your Window”: People From Around The World Snap What They See Through Their Window
Ever since the dawn of art, painters were mesmerized by the idea of gazing at the view from one’s window. Salvador Dali's famous painting called “Young Woman at a Window” from 1925, which shows a woman looking at the bay of Cadaqués, is one of the examples.
The Facebook group “View From Your Window” takes this concept further and invites people to share pictures of things they see either through their camera lens or an actual window.
“View from YOUR window was created in August 2020 when we were all in Covid lockdown. I (Marian Viljoen - founder) had a fabulous view over the Indian Ocean and Mtamvuna River Valley at Port Edward, South Africa,” the group’s description says.
Initially, the group was created with the creator’s family and friends in mind in order “to encourage them to look outside their own 4 walls and see the beauty around them” but has since grown immensely and become a strong community stretching through all the corners of the world.
Below we wrapped up some of the most interesting and inspiring views people saw through their windows and shared with others.
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Leaving An Abusive Marriage After Almost 20 Years. This Is The View From My New Apartment’s Bedroom Window
It’s not the most beautiful view but it’s all mine and I am finally starting to feel free!
Fall River, Massachusetts USA
View From My Treehouse Stay In Odda, Norway
If you’re familiar with the art of Edward Hopper, you’ll definitely remember his paintings that show a lone woman looking out the window. She sits either in a hotel room, on a bed, or at a café, with her gaze reaching far beyond the glass and miles away.
It's no wonder that Hopper chose to depict a woman gazing through the window, just like many other painters who were fascinated by the same state of introspection. Looking out the window has been long known as an exercise that brings us into a state of reflection and deep introspection.
In our fast-paced world, looking out the window becomes a form of daydreaming which is capable of slowing down time.
View From My Window!! Pakistan
My Balcony View Sydney, Australia
Grindlewald, Switzerland. The Incredible View From My Window For A Few Savored Days
“Introversion is a personality trait which is characterized by a preference for the inner world of one's mind over the outer world with other people,” Emily Malamet, a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist from Paris Psychology Centre, told Bored Panda via email.
Malamet explained that introversion is one of the Big Five dimensions (these are dimensions that define personalities) and is on a continuum which is opposite to extraversion.
“In comparison to extroverts, introverts enjoy subdued and solitary experiences. In addition, introverts typically enjoy one on one company, which seems to be more suited to the way their nervous system functions/ responds.”
Asheville, NC, USA
Had To Share This Beautiful Sunrise From My Kitchen Window This Morning In Bonnie Scotland
Seriously, No Privacy
Having said that, Malamet believes that the common understanding of introverts and extroverts is often oversimplified and generalized.
“It is possible that there is often a misunderstanding of what introversion and extraversion are in terms of personality which leads to these oversimplifications or categorial perspectives of these concepts. Most people are neither uniquely introverted nor uniquely extroverted but may display aspects of both personality traits.”
View From My Favorite Window In My Favorite House In Paxos, Greece
Picture From My Window, In Estonia
My Window View In Kyiv, Ukraine
Malamet argues that the majority of the population, for example, needs solitude from time to time in order to replenish their energy. “In addition, often an introvert is often overgeneralized for someone who is shy, but there aren’t many resemblances between introversion and shyness.”
Moreover, “those who are shy typically want to engage with others but can be fearful to do so, and they can be very self-conscious. On the other hand, introverts can typically socialize easily, they just prefer to do so either in small groups or, sometimes, not at all.”
So Happy When I Get To See This Magic From My Living Room Window
My Grandma’s House View! Antioquia, Colombia
View From The Window Of My Father's Home Campione Del Garda Garda Lake, Italy
We are all born with an innate temperament, and parents/our environment are vitally important to how that temperament is nurtured, Malamet argues.
“However, introverts are (mostly) born that way. It is important to note that the degree to which someone is introverted or extroverted is influenced by genetics and out of all the personality traits that have been studied, introversion/extroversion has shown to be highly hereditary,” she explained.
View From Our Window In Giza, Egypt!
My Favourite Thing In Life Is Introducing My Dog Hachi To Children Who Are Scared Of Dogs
I don't want humans to spend their entire life with that fear without knowing what they are missing... A dogs love is a top shelf thing on this planet. Domesticated Dog is a rare sight in Hunza.
My house in Ganaish, Hunza Pakistan.
Just Watching Me In My Bathroom. Homer, Alaska
Digging the whole NORTHERN EXPOSURE vibe going on here: https://vimeo.com/608629278
Nonetheless, there are many environmental factors, including how an individual is brought up and nurtured in their environment, which influence the expression of one’s introversion/extraversion.
“Clinical studies suggest that, unlike with extroverts, the brains of introverts do not react strongly upon viewing new human faces, and in these situations, they have been shown to produce less dopamine (which is a neurotransmitter associated with reward).”
The View From Our Room, Soufriere, St. Lucia
A View From My Grandma’s House In Lappeenranta, Finland
I Live On The Island Of Mallorca, Spain. This Is What I Wake Up To Every Day
View From My Living Room Window In Northern Ireland
View From My Kitchen Window At My Cabin In Sjusjøen, Norway
View From My Living Room In Sherman, Connecticut
The urge to give them leftover chicken and a skull rub may cost me my guitar hand..psst psst..
View From Dubrovnik, Croatia
The View From My New Place In Oregon
After 17 years in an abusive marriage my children and I finally have a home to call our own. I’ve been homeless since the separation & the divorce is almost finalized! Here’s to new beginnings
Congratulations to you and here's wishing you everything. wonderful and good in your new life! May God continue to protect you, provide for you, and your life, be abundance, happiness, laughter, and many blessings!! The view is absolutely spectacular! Thank you so much for sharing.
I Used To Dislike This View Growing Up. Now I Go Home Literally To Sit Here And Look Out. Waitomo - New Zealand
The View From My Home. Greetings From Slovenia
A Nice View Of Our Garden In Denmark
One Of My Big Dreams Came True Last Summer
After two years of hard work, my children and I moved into this house. Every day in this house feels like a blessing. I have built the house on the farm I grew up on.
We live in Loen, in Norway
I Live In The Center Of Sarajevo, B&H, And I Don't Have An Ideal View From All The Windows. I'm Trying To Fix It
it is beautiful what you have done with the window. I love you! The flowers make it look as if you are looking out into a park.
Mykonos Island! Greece
View From Our Window. NB, Canada
P.S., he always has a door open for him to come in and out as he likes and it wasn’t a cold day just because we had some snow
Sad OP knew there would be negative comments because their dog was outside. OP literally took a picture of what was outside their window. Dog may have just returned from doing its business or what not. Dog is clearly not being neglected in the photo but that's the society we live in nowadays. Certain people trying to take the beauty out of every thing. OP took a gorgeous photo and the dog is adorable :)
View From My Sliding Glass Door. Asheville, Nc USA
The View From My Bedroom In Cumbria, UK
View From My Kitchen Window - The Driveway. Young Male Zebra. Zimbabwe
Sun Is Out With A Mild Cold Breeze In Hunza, Pakistan
I am going to stay on that chair all day today & do nothing. In cities, we forget how important doing nothing is
The View From My Ex-Office Window In Kyiv, Ukraine. Missing My Home City So Much Being Away
View From My Cousins Home In Paris
The View From My Kitchen Window. Auckland, New Zealand
Moose Looking In My Window. Wasilla, Alaska
View From My Window In Bilambil Heights, East Coast, New South Wales, Australia
Who Needs A TV When You Have An Ever Changing View From Your Front Window
Everyday the view changes entirely depending on the visibility, tides, sea conditions and weather. In summer it’s special, but in winter we’re totally spoilt with sunsets.
I’m in the far North West, Scottish Highlands
There's nothing on earth like the West Highland light. It shakes my atheism to the core.
View Of Garden From My Kitchen Window. UK
The View From The Sacred Valley Of The Incas, Cuzco, Perú
Literally From My Kitchen Window. I Love The Beautiful Peacocks. San Pedro, California
My View And My Enjoying Cat From Istanbul, Turkey
Roger vs. The Iguana In Parkland, Florida
Roger passed away two weeks ago and our hearts are broken but I love all our memories of him. This was his favorite window
We Just Arrived In Tokyo Two Hours Ago, My Younger Son Is Watching The City From Our Hotel Window. And Yes, That Is A Godzilla There On The Top Of A Building Next To Us
View Of Okanagan Lake From My Aunt's Sunroom In Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
These 2 Started Visiting Shortly After We Moved In
They were obviously fed by the previous owner. As you can see the female is very tame and comes right into the house to tell me its feeding time. I have named the big guy Stanley and the female Lizzy. They are woolly necked storks. South coast KZN South Africa
Our View From Villeneuve Loubet (French Riviera), France
My Window Czech Republic
We Live In A Compound With Just 3 Houses. I Love How Secluded It Feels Even If We Are In The City. Bangkok, Thailand
View From A Window On My Way To Work. Norway
View From Our Boat! We Live Aboard Full Time With Our 3 Kids And Travel The World, Crossing Oceans And Going Island To Island
This particular shot is on our way from Key West, FL to Georgetown, Bahamas. The stars and sunsets are my favorite views from boat life!
When in USCG, it was nights that were the best for me. You think there are a lot of stars on land, at sea it's from horizon to horizon to horizon, to...
View From My Living Room. Bonnie Scotland In The Winter
My dream christmas: being snowed in somewhere in the Scottish Highlands, in a manor type house, during the twelve days of christmas. A fire burning in the fire place day and night, walks or sleigh rides in the snow, good food and drink. Reading, watching a movie, or just looking out at the landscape. Naps in front of the fire. No contact with the outside world, no news, no texting. That must be the most relaxing holiday ever.
Room View, Antarctica
View From My Window Norway 30/03/2023 Still Snowing
Bay Of Kotor, Montenegro
Nice To See What Kind Of Landscapes People Drink Their Morning Coffee In. This Is My Landscape. Vuolenkoski, Finland
View From My Window, Pakistan
Jahaz Banda, is a large meadow in the upper reaches of Kumrat Valley, Upper Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of 3,100 m above sea level
Anchored In Exumas. My Teachers Told Me I’d Never Get Paid To Stare Out The Windows All Day
Proved them wrong didn't you? You can get paid to do almost anything you just have to prove it's worth it to someone else.
I Took This Photo From The Balcony A Year Ago, I Still Have It In My Gallery And I Still See Them Together Like This
Finally Bought Our First Home .not A Bad View From My Bedroom Window Every Morning "Tipperary Ireland"
This Is The View From Our Living Room In Kaiwaka, New Zealand
I was a young divorcee at 35 years of age and searched everywhere for a place to call my own, when I actually dreamed of this view one morning and walked into the house two days later. Back then I had to drive two hours to the international airport about once a week to work as a long haul flight attendant. Then after three or four or five days away, I drove the two hours to get home to the country where I could be on my own in the peace and the quiet. My two cats would always be waiting for me on the top of the driveway no matter what hours I came home. Over time, I learned to love my solitude and to love me exactly as I am.
View From My Window For The Next Two Days. Lovely Sansi Kendwa Zanzibar
My Gorgeous View From Monument Valley In Utah (The View Hotel). Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
Minnesota
Dear bears: either stop being so darn cute, or stop being so deadly!
Welcome To Eastern Uganda Elgon Region Mountain Elgon Ranges
View Of The Sunrise From My Patio Windows
I drink my coffee and enjoy this view every morning! It’s probably my favorite thing about our new home. Westlake, TX, U.S.A.
Wishing You All Love From Canada
View From Our Tent In Kenya. Kilimanjaro
View From My Window In Summer. Kenya
Kumrat, Pakistan
Roman Amphitheatre, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. View From My Office
Here Is My “Not-So-Special” View From Our Home In Mississippi, United States Where We Raise Our Four Children With A Love Of All Outdoor Views!
The View Of Mae Teang,chiangmai Thailand
View From My Kitchen Window. Ålesund, Norway
Boys Being Boys! Showing Off For The Ladies Outside Our Window
These are such cool birds, quite crotchety when they are attempting to court the females though.
This Is A View From My Front Door Which Shows Our House Balcao Which Means Balcony In The Portuguese Language
This is an unique design with lots of sitting space .. our family loves to spend time chatting and kids playing around . Our country side house is surrounded with greenery
I live at Majorda Goa in India
This Is View From My Kitchen Window This Morning, Love It
Our house (and the whole quarter) is almost hundred years old. I really love to see all your views from old neighbourhoods with history. Oh, and I live in Kuopio, Finland
View From The Window Of Our Cottage In Austria
The Old Abandoned Farmhouse Across The Street From My House In Bavaria, Germany
No People live there anymore, but 11 friendly stray Cats and a whole bunch of Chickens
View From My Window. Como Lake, Italy
Greetings From Bourgogne France. On Scene Murphy The Cat And Valentine The Pony
View From My Living Room Surfers Paradise Queensland Australia
From My Balcony In Atlanta Ga
View From Our Kitchen Window. Castle Rock, Colorado USA
Greece, Athens. Poseidonos Avenue
In Greece we have almost 9 months of summer. it is wonderful to leave the house and go for a swim in the sea across the street
(And since we are having so many questions under the picture about 'what is that dead animal that is hanging on the balcony' we have to clarify that it's just a little Santa Claus, facing the sea, as a part of the Christmas decoration, since the picture was taken in the Christmas season )
A View From A Shepherd’s Hut On A Hike In Hunza Valley, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
Well, after all these photos on here, i got to get my a*s to Pakistan.
I Moved Back To The UK Last Summer After A Very Long Time Away And Am Now In A Tiny Flat In The Centre Of Darlington, Durham
Had never been here before I moved in but it’s a nice town with friendly people.
View from my bedroom window
My View From My Bedroom Window
Across the street is an old firehouse from 1912, now a private home. The owner of that also owns the old mansion that I rent an apt in from 1903. She owns many homes in the area, but has an attention to detail and history like I do. Enjoy, I am glad to be a new part of this group, the idea of seeing people’s views from all over excites me! Oh this is Portland, Oregon
Awesome! Love Portland and you’re lucky to live in a well preserved historic building
View From My Living Room In Kokkino Chorio In Crete. An Absolute Dream And Privilege To Build A House Facing The Sea
View From My Library Window In Snåsa, Rural Norway. We Have About 4 Hours Daylight This Time Of Year, And The Cold Winter Light Makes Everything Beautiful - I Think
I Left My German Sheppard Outside For Just 20 Min In Good Weather. That's What I Saw When I Was Back. It's Spring In Canada
Manali, India
This Was The View Of Our Hotel In In Giza/Egypt Not Far Away From Cairo Last Week. Could Have Stayed There All Day
The View From The Kitchen Window In Our Tiny House Se Qld Australia
Taken From My Bedroom Window. The Little Roo Family Were Back Out At 3am. This Mumma Appears To Have A Joey In Her Pouch
This Is The View From My Living-Room. I Live In Santiago De Chile
I Will Be Leaving This Place Soon
This has been a happy home for me, only for a year but has taught me to love solitude! I live alone but absolutely love witnessing the beautiful loving families in the apartments across...and the occasional visitors...Just maneuvering out of a very painful phase and realizing that there is so much to be grateful for.! Pune, India!
A View From My Balcony, Sunset, Pyramids, Egypt
View From My Window-I Was Admitted In The Hospital..st.mary's Langata-Nairobi Kenya
After The End Of A 16 Year Marriage, Me And My Girls Moved Into Our Very Own House And This Is What I Was Greeted With When The Last Boxes Were Moved In
View From My Window In Świecie, Poland. My House Is The Most Heavily Guarded In The World!
View From My Room. (Mecca - Saudi Arabia)
View From My Window. Czech Republic, Opava City. January 2023
View From My Window Doha Qatar
Of All The Beautiful Views In North Wales This Is From My Hotel Window
Our Manhattan Home!
View From My Window Karachi, Pakistan
View From My Windows, Cracow Poland
That is exactly what I expected Poland to look like. You have to admire the genius of the engineer who invented the hyperbolic cooling tower.
Yeah, yeah, we were jealous the first time you shared, gerard ;-) Seriously, that is an awesome old-world view right there.
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That's actually the view from my front door. :) 03-10-2019...4378cd.jpg 
How is that everybody live on the beach, the meddows or in the middle of a freaking forest? Where are all the urban views? The parking lots, the 7/11s, the wall of the neighboring building, which is at an arm's lenght from your window?
The disadvantage of living in a shithole is that you can't really show off.
Load More Replies... Yeah, yeah, we were jealous the first time you shared, gerard ;-) Seriously, that is an awesome old-world view right there.
Load More Replies... That's actually the view from my front door. :) 03-10-2019...4378cd.jpg
How is that everybody live on the beach, the meddows or in the middle of a freaking forest? Where are all the urban views? The parking lots, the 7/11s, the wall of the neighboring building, which is at an arm's lenght from your window?
The disadvantage of living in a shithole is that you can't really show off.
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