How do people in Italy manage without duvet covers?

Since childhood, we have all been accustomed to sleeping under a blanket that is in a duvet cover. Parents teach their children to use the entire set of bedding. Moms said that if you don’t do this, the blanket will get dirty faster, and besides, it’s unhygienic. But what if you find out that in Italy they don’t use the duvet covers we are used to? It is simply not customary for them to use this element of bed linen. And this, to some extent, puts the Russian tourist into a stupor.

Why are there no duvet covers in Italy?

It is normal for Italians to sleep without a duvet cover. It is simply not customary to buy duvet covers from them, as they are considered unnecessary. But, despite this, you can still buy a duvet cover in Italy, although you will have to look for a long time for a store that will sell it.

Reference! Italians use this part of the bed linen, but only as decoration: they tuck the blanket into it only if they are tired of the color or if it is already old and ugly.

Most tourists and foreigners living in Italy are surprised and even frightened by this habit. People who moved to live in Italy cannot get used to this tradition for a long time and persistently look for stores where they can buy such a familiar part of bed linen. Although this is not the only oddity of Italians, it is this tradition that most surprises foreigners.

How Italians manage without duvet covers

Since you already know that in Italy it is not customary to use such a part of bed linen, the question most likely arises, how do Italians manage without them?

The Italians have come up with a way to replace a duvet cover. They simply place a sheet under the blanket and tuck them together under the mattress. This creates a kind of pocket into which a person climbs and sleeps. Thanks to this, the blanket does not get dirty and always remains beautiful. In addition, this method makes life very easy: after all, Italians don’t have to take the blanket out of the duvet cover before washing, they don’t have to worry about tucking it in - they just came up with an easier way.

A Russian person will find this option inconvenient - after all, how can you sleep without sticking your leg out from under the blanket if it gets hot?.. Or how to sleep without hugging him with your legs and arms like a big toy? I think Russian people will never get used to the “Italian” way of making a bed.