A housing (1), especially an explosion-proof housing, comprises at least one lower housing part (3) which is provided with a housing wall and has a housing opening (5) that can be closed by an articulated cover (4), wherein the articulated cover (4) is mounted by means of an articulation device (6) to be pivotable between an opened and a closed position (7, 8). In order to improve such a housing to allow both a closely adjacent arrangement of housings and the complete utilization of the housing interior, the articulation device (6) comprises a lower articulation part (9) arranged in the housing wall (2), and an upper articulation part (11) arranged on a lower side (10) of the articulated cover (4) which faces the housing opening (5) in a closed position (8), which are pivotably interconnected.