Hygge - A Danish ritual

Hygge - A Danish ritual | Euromaxx

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The Danes are ranked as the world's happiest people. Hygge may have something to do with it. Difficult to sum up in one word, "hygge" is a Danish ritual of enjoying life's pleasures.
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@Earth098 4 жыл бұрын

I think the concept and the feeling of Hygge is universal. Only that in Denmark and Sweden, they are smart enough to treasure it.

@clifftheford 8 ай бұрын

Literally

@user-2c5Goi0fr8id-m Ай бұрын

The notion of Hygge _was_ universal . . . until it got supplanted by the new religion of the California/American Dream, of "keeping up with the Joneses" to be cool.

@user-2c5Goi0fr8id-m Күн бұрын

Nope. Wrong. In the US, China, Germany, Latin America, et al, the most important thing in the universe is to be _COOL!_ You gotta look cool, act cool, talk cool, behave cool, think cool, exude coolness. You have to own and drive a sleek, new cool car or truck, have a beautiful, cool girlfriend or handsome cool boyfriend. You must own and live in a cool family home. If not, you're considered a nerd, wimp, childish, immature, naïve, a loser, failure, nobody. No one will be your friend or want to marry you.

@sophelet 2 жыл бұрын

My older Danish cousins say Danes are happy because they don't set their expectations too high to be met. Therefore, they feel satisfaction and contentment more. Looking back to my childhood and young adulthood, I see elements of hygge everywhere. My father's parents immigrated from Denmark, and my mother's grandparents were Swedish and north German. I don't know how my mom absorbed what made an occasion hygge (and I never heard the word until it became popular in the US), but she clearly did. Coffee and tea with cream and sugar and a small plate of homemade cookies were ideal carried into the living room to share with company. Lighting was rather more golden than brilliant. Flavors were generally not too sharp, except blue cheese, pickled herring, and sweet-sour sauce like lingonberries.

@Earth098 6 жыл бұрын

Hygge can be defined as a cozy mood. For me, watching a movie or KZfaq videos while sipping a tea or a coffee is Hygge.

@BurgundyandBlue1111 7 жыл бұрын

I think I was a Danish person in a previous lifetime. This is what I do.....look for little things that make me happy.

@Bertopk 2 жыл бұрын

And why Hygge? any circumstance of life is Hygge?

@korybeckwith834 3 жыл бұрын

My great grandmother from Denmark was always in a good mood.

@sage_in_palmmall5301 7 жыл бұрын

I know what makes them happy: MADS MIKKELSEN

@cristinaponce6892 7 жыл бұрын

Hygge is what I've been looking for!

@Flipmongofnir 6 жыл бұрын

It's a feeling not a ritual or a design it's a feeling.

@user-lw1zq5gh4v 7 ай бұрын

I think in Russian 'Hygge' concept is in a process of developing. Thank you for such cosy video it reminds us about togetherness, savouring simple pleasures and cherishing moments of life.

@dannifredeiksen2228 3 жыл бұрын

Hygge = Mental Cozyness

@arindasleeze 6 жыл бұрын

I have that book and I love it!

@boomboombook 2 жыл бұрын

Awsome😍👌

@squatch545 7 жыл бұрын

Hygge can also translate as being 'cozy'.

@stimps 6 жыл бұрын

I am all about the hygge, and his book is cool. I am Canadian and we are a lot like this. _:)

@sup9958 7 жыл бұрын

Damn that editing 100% 2:16 3:43 lol :D

@JY-tq4ir Жыл бұрын

love it - 2023 004

@TheEd0206 3 жыл бұрын

So Hygge is anything that's like comfort food for the soul??

@abbylee1329 7 жыл бұрын

4:29 hyggely 😂😂😂😂😂

@tobiashaurum581 7 жыл бұрын

Abby Lee It is called Hyggeligt or Hyggelig.

@reducepricroryhrywtby 2 жыл бұрын

I have just got this book

@dweuromaxx 2 жыл бұрын

Are you enjoying it? :)

@darrelllancaster9554 Жыл бұрын

I need hygge in my life.

@ABCEasyas-- 9 ай бұрын

I actually found the book in a thrift shop the other day

@azulmundi3350 6 жыл бұрын

More living space per person than any European country -this can in my view besides all the factors that influence a balanced life- contribute for a great level of Hygge. Time and freedom to enjoy life is fundamental. In some way every one is aware of this.. No doubt that most nordic countries have a level of living (and not just regarding the financial aspect) that put to shame UK and other nations (more driven/governed by greed than social conscience).

@Competitive_Antagonist 7 жыл бұрын

3:26 I feel better with lights more on the red side of the spectrum. Which is why I use Philips Hue. I can instantly turn from deep red to bright white when I want if I want more visibility. I really do feel better with a good mood lighting, but I also like being able to easily change when needed. Lights should be dim in the evening and with as little blue as possible. I can remember precisely, but there's a certain wavelength of the blue part of the spectrum that is very stimulating for the nervous system as it corresponds to the colour of the sky. Our bodies have adapted this to wake us up in the morning so it shouldn't be a wavelength we're exposed to in the evening.

@stimps 6 жыл бұрын

Chriscom28 we got a giant rack of solar powered fairy lights for hygge lights that go through the whole house.

@SR-mv2mf 7 жыл бұрын

I am so hygge

@roisingtommy 7 жыл бұрын

do you even hygge?

@kokonana4086 5 жыл бұрын

The spirit of Christmas for Danes is 'Hygge' while the Americans line up for a 'Black Friday' sale.

@AR-kf8dr 7 жыл бұрын

In London we always moan there's no sun and that's why people aren't happy, now this video made me very very confused! 😀

@nori633 7 жыл бұрын

A Raad Denmark is like London, but with a bit more snow

@FallenAngelEnemy 6 жыл бұрын

same in scotland, we always complain about how cold and wet it always is here.

@irishcladdagh3 5 жыл бұрын

just learn to embrace the weather, and work with it instead of against it....if its raining, get cozy, its its sunny enjoy the outdoors....I get very little rain where I live and the summer months are too intense to go out in so indoors is mostly my year and i learned to embrace this instead of getting angry all the time.

@vovapapoyan4331 4 жыл бұрын

Hi ILS

@user-2c5Goi0fr8id-m Күн бұрын

2:50 Seems like they've Californiaized hygge. It should it be more about cottages, tiny homes and minimalism.

@AR-kf8dr 7 жыл бұрын

It's basically: self love.

@Competitive_Antagonist 7 жыл бұрын

A Raad I've been doing that a lot lately.

@LittleSteamMrs 7 жыл бұрын

Sometimes we need to repair and recharge ourselves before we can share the love x

@user-sq1gk3fr4i 5 жыл бұрын

It is much more than just self love. Are you Danish?

@TheJoergenDK 3 жыл бұрын

In a ritual, you have to do specific things. When hygging, there are no specifics at all. So it is the opposite of a ritual. Damn, it's easy to call BS in headlines!

@irishcladdagh3 5 жыл бұрын

Never knew this even existed as a thing. I am a pagan and this is what i have always done within my lifestyle...Now this is a great thing, and there are books about it...even more awesome....I guess its a trend and I am glad more people are moving towards creating this kind of tranquility in their lives.

@A2thaLO 4 жыл бұрын

Hygge for me is plaid scarves, throw blankets, my dog on my lap and family by my side...

@nl2766 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. The Danes pronounce it hueguh but the foreign interviewer insists in pronouncing it hoogeh 😄😄😄😄

@livewirelive8256 6 жыл бұрын

You don't think the highest percapita income in the world has anything to do with it do you? $ is the root of all happiness. Dates back to the seafaring days when Denmark scooped up a butt load of gold. Having a predominantly Caucasian population doesn't hurt either.