After watching an episode of BBC's Coast (you can watch it here), I felt compelled to look into the Danish Art of "Hygge" more closely.
Described as a feeling of "cosiness", I couldn't think of anything more fitting for this blog, really.
Hygge can be anything: sitting in front of a roaring fire with a hot spiced tea, spending time with friends and family on the beach and singing a song together... anything that is familiar, nostalgic, heartwarming.
Hygge is apparently pretty difficult to describe as there are no synonyms for it in another language than Danish, but this website describes it in such a lovely way.
And here are a few of my favourite images from Flickr that I think sum-up what my interpretation of "hygge" is:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/puk_photography/3011628255/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/helle-belle/5170261980/
Do they say it with a "he", "high" or "hü" sound?
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