

If you ask a Danish person, they're likely to tell you that candles are the most important part of creating a hyggelig atmosphere at home. Here's what else is considered hygge:Ĭandles.

For example, a hyggekrog is essentially a nook where you can get cozy-imagine a window seat where you can wrap yourself up in a blanket and watch the world go by, or your favorite armchair where you do all of your reading. In addition to describing things as hyggelig ( hygge-like), Danes are also obsessed with adding hygge to other words to describe things. There's even a word in Danish for them! Hyggebukser are that pair of pants you'd never be caught dead wearing in public, but practically live in when you're at home on the weekends binging on Netflix. For example, do sweatpants count as hygge? Yes.
