THE ART OF BEING COSY
It’s the perfect way to spend a chilly winter’s evening: snuggled up around the campfire, feeling oh-so cosy and warm and swapping yarns with a few favourite friends. There’s something delicious in your mug, a soft glow from the fire, and a distinct feeling of contentment amongst your happy crowd.
If you didn’t already know it, this version of the best winter’s night possible is classic hygge — the distinctly Danish philosophy for living that has the internet in a buzz. Pronounced ‘hoo-gah’, hygge roughly translates as the art of cosiness, and it’s all about relaxing in one happy, shared, indulgent moment.
To cultivate hygge, the Danish believe that you need to make time for activities and rituals that connect you with others, indulge your senses and make you feel peaceful and content. It’s a recipe for ‘cosiness of the soul’ and you can feel it with friends or even on your own.
As a traveller, you might experience hygge as you are casting a line on a windswept beach at dawn, taking
