Swedish death cleaning, also known as döstädning, is a practice of decluttering and organizing your home in preparation for death. It is a way to make things easier…
Get your hyggegroove on with any of the Café del Mar – CD Compilations 1 – 22. One of our favorites is Café Del Mar Volume 7. Like an oasis…
The ultimate Hyggefest film, Babette’s Feast, fulfills all the right cozy notes: the dreary, cold, bleak Scandinavian landscape contrasted with warm candles, roaring fireplace, and enjoying the finer…
Hygge is one of the most versatile words in the Danish language, as it is used frequently in both adjective and verb forms. And it is used constantly since the…
No recipe for hygge is complete without specific things that create extreme coziness. First and foremost are candles. Not scented ones, just preferably plain ol’ beeswax. Studies have shown…
From The Little Book of Hygge, here is an elderflower cordial recipe that harkens back to the wonderful smell of childhood summers in Denmark. 30 Elderflower clusters 3…
Why are Danes the happiest people in the world? The answer, says Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, is Hygge. Loosely translated, Hygge—pronounced hoo-ga—is…