Cool bedrooms without air conditioning: The 5 best tips
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Have you ever felt the same way? You lie in bed and roll from one side to the other. A nice and warm summer day is often followed by a restless night these days, because the temperatures just don’t let you sleep.

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For sleeping, our body likes it cooler. But not every family can afford air conditioning. Therefore, the question arises about alternative solutions.

It is clear that air conditioning cools most effectively. But air conditioning can also have negative effects: If the system is not properly adjusted, the cool drafts threaten tension in the neck and colds.

What is the best way to cool your bedroom? What mistakes should you avoid? Here are 5 tips from practice, which also cost nothing

1. Switch off electrical appliances

Electrical appliances continuously emit heat into the room — especially when they are switched on, but also in standby mode.

With these tricks, anyone can easily cool their bedroom — plus, there are some mistakes you should definitely avoid when sleeping in the heat.

It’s not uncommon to have all sorts of electrical devices in the bedroom. TVs, cell phones, laptops — they all emit heat, even when they are in standby mode. Especially devices that have to be charged via a cable heat up. That’s why you should do without them in the bedroom.

This also has the pleasant side effect of saving electricity.

This measure also ensures better sleep on cold days. Every human heats up his environment with about 100 watts. But remember that animals also produce a lot of heat. A large dog still produces 50 watts and should therefore sleep outside the bedroom if possible.

2. Darken and ventilate during the day

If roller shutters or darkening curtains are drawn during the day so that as little sunlight as possible enters the room, the bedroom cannot really heat up in the first place.

One of the biggest mistakes that cause the bedroom to heat up is leaving the window open during the day — because then warm air continuously flows into the room.

It makes sense to keep the bedroom window closed all day and ventilate only in the early morning and late evening hours.

If possible, open two windows facing in different directions to provide drafts

3. Avoid sumptuous meals

Meals that are difficult to digest should be avoided in the evening. Because when the body is busy digesting, it cannot switch to the rest mode that we need to fall asleep. Eating too hot should also be avoided. Light salads, vegetables and steamed fish are good choices.

4. Ice socks and cool foot baths on particularly hot nights

To do this, put a pair of socks in the freezer. Similar to a foot bath, the cold socks not only cool an area of the body that has a lot of blood flow, they also help you fall asleep. The important thing here is that you choose very thin socks. Although the cooling effect is shorter, thick socks would conserve your body heat after an hour or two and do exactly the opposite of what you wanted.

A cold foot bath not only cools the body, but also helps you fall asleep faster. The backs of your wrists, knees, elbows and neck can also be cooled with a damp towel or under running water, acting as an air conditioner for your body.

5. Avoid ice cold drinks

An ice-cold drink is very refreshing in the heat. But the body has to compensate for the cold temperature and thus expends energy — even more sweating is the result. Lukewarm drinks are therefore more recommended in warm temperatures. On warm nights, you should take special care to drink enough before going to bed. Fluid loss due to sweating during the night leads to restless sleep and unnecessary awakenings. The lack of water also disturbs the heat balance in the body as well as the exchange with the environment.