A window, at first glance, might seem like a solely practical physical object that lets in light and air into our buildings and allows us to see what is happening outside. However, due to its ability to connect inside to the outside, it has acquired a deeper meaning, especially in art and literature where an opening in the wall symbolizes communication, liberation, hope, opportunity, and even escapism.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when everyone was confined between four walls, a view from a window could suddenly provide people with all of this and more. Seeing an opportunity to connect people during trying times, Barbara Duriau created the Facebook group ‘View From My Window’, encouraging its members to capture scenes from the comfort of their homes and share them with others so they could vicariously travel through them and break out of their isolation. Now there are more than 3.8 million people who continue to share the most incredible views through their windows, which you can find in the list below!

#1 Sydney, Australia

Image credits: Dianne Markus

#2 Easter. Ombo. Norway

Image credits: Kjetil Grøtte

#3 Taken On A Visit To Caernarfon, Wales

Image credits: Barbara Truman

#4 This Was The View From My Room At Ponte Winery Inn In Temecula, California

Image credits: Kim Gonzales

#5 Ravensdale – Ireland. Sunset, Our First Neighbours, Literally Our Window View!

Image credits: Lily Walker

#6 Backyard View Murree, Pakistan

Image credits: Hassan Shafi

#7 Today’s Sunset @ Xlendi Gozo Malta

Image credits: Monica Farrugia

#8 Fall In New England, USA

Image credits: Caroline O'Brien

#9 View From My Kitchen Window, When The Wisteria Is About To Bloom. April, Novato, California USA

Image credits: Sally Carlile

#10 This Is My View Of My Back Garden In Tiverton, Devon U.k

Image credits: Gwynnie Horwood

#11 Good Afternoon. This Is My Backyard Scenery Today. +3c And 60cm Snow. Believe It Or Not, Summer Is Soon. Selkie, Finland

Image credits: Ari Savolainen

#12 View Of Perth Australia From My Bedroom Window

Image credits: Yasmin Zara

#13 Sitting On The Verandah Enjoying The Sunset – Murrurundi, Australia

Image credits: Holly Clark

#14 View From The Windows At The Back Of My House In The Villages, Florida, USA

Image credits: Lori Heithoff

#15 View From My Window, Slovenia

Image credits: Vesna Babič

#16 Ofriniou,greece We Are Building A House For Sale With The Same View 100km From Airport Macedonia, Thessaloniki

Image credits: Svetlina Deleva-Hristova

#17 My Window View Rituvík Faroe Islands

Image credits: Elna Johannesen

#18 My Current View, Loen , Vestlandet Norway

Image credits: Anja Vie

#19 Port Elizabeth. South Africa

Image credits: Tshiamo Motlhale

#20 View From My Livingroom Window This Morning. I’m Not So Good At Taking Pictures, So I Didn’t Manage To Capture The Total Beauty Of The Colours. Sunnmøre, Norway!

Image credits: Hilde Solibakke

#21 Beautiful Morning From Wicklow, Ireland

Image credits: Anita Gibney Ryan

#22 Mount Shasta, California This Afternoon. Such Cool Friend-Ships Here

Image credits: Kathy Maloney Mathieu

#23 From My Front Window. March 30, Reno, Nevada, U.s.a., Where We Can Have 4 Seasons..in 1 Day! I Guess No Yard Work Today

Image credits: Karen Short-Steinacker

#24 Sunset In Southern California. I Could Never Get Tired Of This

Image credits: Kathy McCown Gierucki

#25 View From My B&b Window In Bluff, Durban, South Africa

Image credits: Heyns van der Merwe

#26 Autumn Dawn In The Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada

Image credits: Marilyn Buyar

#27 The View From My Train Window White Pass Railway Skagway Alaska

Image credits: Joanne Stucken

#28 First Thing I See When I Open My Eyes In The Morning. New Jersey

Image credits: Laura DeCroce

#29 View Of The Old Town Of Trogir, Croatia From My Hotel Room Balcony

Image credits: Samana Agha

#30 The Day Will Be What You Make It, So Rise, Like The Sun, And Burn. Phuket, Thailand

Image credits: Mirasol Mosura Ranario

#31 “Chapel Of Christ By The Lake” In St. Arnaud/New Zealand

Image credits: Heiko Meserle

#32 A View From My Window Last Night. Northern Norway

Image credits: Grunnfoss

#33 View From My 51st Story Apartment In The Heart Of The Cbd In Melbourne, Australia. Blessed To Wake Up To This Everyday

Image credits: Hannah Griffin

#34 Bodø, Norway

Image credits: Martina Lintervo

#35 The View From My Apartment Balcony Tonight In Chicago, Illinois USA … Hard To Beat This View From 27 Floors Above The City!

Image credits: Alex Songaila

#36 View From My Balcony, Wanchai Hong Kong

Image credits: Joe Susie

#37 View From My Window In Sarasota Florida, USA

Image credits: Alicia Dawn King

#38 Hi All! I Just Wanted To Introduce Myself And Share A Photo. Brighton, Tasmania, Australia

Image credits: John Lampkin

#39 Waikiki Beach!

Image credits: Stephanie Alexander

#40 View From My Tent…. Home For The Night On June 26, 2024 Emerald Lake Near Schofield Pass, Colorado. 10,340ft. Above Sea Level

Image credits: Troy M. Romero

#41 View From My Stateroom On The Douro River In Portugal

Image credits: Antoinette Acone

#42 I’m Italian And This Is The View From My Hotel Room In Karpathos Greece. I’m Here In Vacation With My Daughter

Image credits: Desi Daria

#43 View From My Balcony Near Stuttgart, Germany

Image credits: Mirela Bursan

#44 View To Central Park From My Living Room Window In Helsinki, Finland, A Few Minutes Ago. It Is Getting Dark Fast, But The Colors Of The Sky And Trees Were So Beautiful For A While Before That

Image credits: Tuovi Tolonen

#45 Beautiful Fall Day In Syracuse NY, USA

Image credits: Anthony Monteleone

#46 View From My Hotel Window, Niagara Falls, Canada

Image credits: Barbara Allan Cooper

#47 My Saturday Coffee Morning View From Home

Image credits: Kelly Scott

#48 Spring In Full Bloom

Image credits: Lise-Mari Goosen

#49 View From My Window This Evening In Asiago/Italy

Image credits: Silviu-Cornel Iancu

#50 No Filter, Batumi- Georgia Tonight, View From My Balcony

Image credits: Marta Khavshabova

#51 From Our Teracce, Hungary, Balaton Highlands

Image credits: Ágnes Horváth

#52 West Cork – Ireland

Image credits: Alexandra Keane

#53 Prague, Czech Republic

Image credits: Traveler's Corner

#54 View From My Window Rituvík Faroe Islands

Image credits: Elna Johannesen

#55 Hunza, Pakistan ( In View Rakaposhi Mountain Karakurum Range, 27th World Highest Peak)

Image credits: Safder Karim

#56 A View From My Balcony After Overnight Rain In Gurgaon, India

Image credits: Neha Sharma

#57 View From Parking – Ferragudo, Algarve, Portugal

Image credits: Liivika Marmor

#58 This Is The View From Our Front Door At Our Last House. I Miss It! (Mount Vernon Il USA)

Image credits: Dontrell Black

#59 Sunset, From The Balcony Of My House. Gandosso, Italia

Image credits: Cinzia Manenti

#60 Yesterday Morning. Hungary Budapest

Image credits: Krisztina Ágnes Szabó

#61 Look At My Fantastic View Outside The Kitchen Window. This Is My Cat Akira

Image credits: Ellen Sørensen

#62 Falltime Is Here! Syracuse NY USA

Image credits: Anthony Monteleone

#63 View Last Night From Front Window Weston Super Mare

Image credits: Dean Gough

#64 Wekiwa Springs, Florida

Image credits: Rhiannon Krist

#65 View From My Bedroom Window Right Now. No Filter. Ålesund, Norway

Image credits: Monica Juliebø

#66 Evening From My Car Window. Carolina Ave. Bluefield, West Virginia

Image credits: Justin Simon

#67 Sinaia, Romania

Image credits: Tamara Ogrean

#68 View From The Window Of Our Apartment In Valloire, France. Dreams Stay In The Moutains

Image credits: Isabelle Marchal

#69 Coucher De Soleil . Chambord, Lac-St-Jean, Québec, Canada

Image credits: Patrice Villanueva

#70 Sunset At The Loire River In Blois, France. View From Our Appartment (Airbnb)

Image credits: Mira Bleeker

#71 View From My Window

Image credits: Neha Kumar Baser

#72 Night View From My Holiday Apartment In Trentino Alto Adige, A Mountain Region In Northern Italy, Just Below Austria

Image credits: Alessandro Melillo

#73 View From My Tent On An Overnight Hiking Trip To Trolltunga In Norway

Image credits: Deborah Brooks

#74 Bran , România

Image credits: Nicoleta Leiba

#75 View From My Hotel Room In Wengen, Switzerland

Image credits: Reema Patel

#76 I’ve Lived In My Narrowboat For 11 Years. Each Summer I Take It Out Of Town To Hertfordshire Where We Can Swim In The Lakes And Pick Apples. It’s Great To Take Your Whole Home On Holiday With You, No Packing! Also I Love That The View From The Hatch Changes As You Move From Place To Place

Image credits: Jo Hunter

#77 Beautiful Hunter’s Full Moon From My Window

Image credits: Steve Platthy

#78 Still Beautiful Even On A Cloudy Day

Image credits: Michele Tesoriero

#79 View From My Room At The Resort I’m Staying At Different Times. Phuket, Thailand

Image credits: Mirasol Mosura Ranario

#80 Vancouver, Canada Skyline At Night. Coloured Sails Of Canada Place In The Background

Image credits: Joanne Horsman Fulton

#81 Where The River Meets The Sea. Veleka Beach, Bulgaria. Breathtaking View From The Sunset

Image credits: Tanya Newell

#82 The View From My Window Just After 5am This Morning In Aberdeen, Scotland

Image credits: Natalie Hood

#83 From The Window Of A Seaplane. Up Close To Denali Mountain, Alaska

Image credits: Renee Shubert Spenny

#84 View From My Window. Aoraki/Mt Cook New Zealand’s Highest Peak. With Mt Sefton In The Foreground

Image credits: Rob Poole

#85 Aya Napa. Cyprus

Image credits: Krisztina Hujberné

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