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[–] 9point6 71 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

This is just the US btw. Here's the UK:

You basically never see emperor though

I think European sizes differ slightly too because IKEA duvets and bedding never quite agree with stuff from other shops

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

As a tall Dutch person, my bed is 220 long and 200 wide. Unfortunately Ikea only carries 200 long mattresses, so I need to go to specialty stores.

But luckily tall people problems are prevalent here, so lots of stores.

[–] breakingcups 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I always just thought it was IKEA making sure you'd have to buy a bed, mattress and bedding exclusively from them.

[–] accideath 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nah, here in Germany for example, the standard single bed is 90x200cm, the standard double bed is 140x200cm and the king size (although I’m not sure how it would actually be called) is 180x200cm and usually just uses two 90x200cm mattresses. Can’t say I’ve ever seen a larger bed.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It’s the same in Sweden, which suggests it’s either an EU-wide standard or informally standardised (perhaps thanks to IKEA’s economies of scale).

The UK is presumably different because the Inselaffen like things being in round numbers of inches and they didn’t vote Leave to have 140cm double beds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

As a non-English English-speaker, I just learned some German

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inselaffe

[–] Trail 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

How is a king smaller than a queen...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

He likes big butts and he cannot lie

[–] 9point6 5 points 5 months ago

IIRC The queen would need space for kids or something like that

[–] OlPatchy2Eyes 0 points 5 months ago

To allow for the Superking