HYGGE (if you say “hoo-ga” in your most Danish accent, you’re just about there) is probably most closely defined as “the art of being/creating/living “cosy” but I’m not Danish, although even the Danes seem to find it tricky to pin it down to just one word in English.  Who cares, though. It’s the best and only way to get through winter unless you have friends with a yacht in St. Bart’s, have a beach villa waiting for you in Morocco or live on the highest peak of a mountain so the sun gets through more often.
Something to know: HYGGE (I didn’t realise this till I started reading more about it) is specifically Danish and not Scandinavian.
It’s all about community, connection, closeness, snuggling up, getting together with friends for a simple supper, lounging on cushy cushions and velvety sofas in your thickest sheepskin slippers and well worn cashmere PJs…it’s big bowls of hearty soup around a wooden kitchen table, it’s brisk walks on a winter beach in sturdy boots, it’s twinkling lights in your bedroom, it’s a crackling fire and a glass of something fortifying, it’s…celebrating the every day, but in the most magical way. Hygge can be summery, too – elderflower cocktails on the terrace, gathering driftwood at the beach on long, sunny days, picnics in your VW campervan – but it’s autumn and cosy-up season. so let’s forget about summer (Austral...