Very beautiful video!

I grew up between the north and a mountain region and I genuinely start to bloom the moment you smell fall, cold air, wind and water are a wonderful symphony to me, getting to get my coats and gloves out and totally embracing the fuzzy clothes at home, baking and eating the home made stuff with a good cup of tea is part of life. I just love the rain Chelseaboots and my fuzzy kinda embarrassing onesie for quick trips outside and my fuzzy fun slippers inside, I just embrace the cozy lounge style as long as it makes me laugh. Nice representative clothes are for outside only. We have citrusy, cinnamony candles and I love to cook with cinnamon and vanilla. Also it’s kale and stew season and kale season is just amazing.

I live in roughly the same area as you and I can confirm: "winter is coming" isn't a threat but merely a promise for different activities and fun.

You have understood the well-being concept 100% correctly. Congratulations, because not everyone knows how to do that.

A really stunning beautiful video! And a very wise lecture

So ein wundervolles, inspirierendes Video!!! Du bist eine Künstlerin ❤️ Such a wonderful and inspiring video!!! You're an artist😊

What a beautiful even magical video… I entirely share your philosophy as the calm winter months offer you the possibility to enjoy time for yourself and cozy moments inside. But even outside it‘s breathtaking with the snow and the cold… you have given us the proof that mother nature offers us pure magic even in winter… Thank you very much for sharing …

Sehr gutes Video mit genau den richtigen Tipps!Der Mensch hat verlernt MIT der Natur zu leben.Winterzeit ist die Zeit zum zurück lehnen und Kraft zu sammeln.Ich setze mich jeden Abend in meinen Sessel,trinke ein gutes Glas Wein,höre entspannende Musik,und lese in einem Buch.Das hilft mir meinen Kopf frei von all den unsinnigen Gedanken des Tages zu machen.Bleibt gesund und genießt die Zeit der Ruhe.

It definitely helps to live in a region of Gernany where snow makes the winter more beautiful than in most other regions in Germany where it is just grey and rainy and cloudy with 5 - 10 degrees above zero on the day and 0 - 5 degrees in the night for weeks with barely any sun. I know snow is annoying for those that need to drive to their workplace but otherwise it makes the world look much nicer and with the correct clothing can be enjoyed much more than the winter weather without snow.

Ein sehr schönes Video. Ich musste dabei auch direkt an ein sehr schönes, berühmtes deutsches Wort denken: die Gemütlichkeit, 😊 wobei auch die Behaglichkeit sehr gut passt. Macht es euch weiterhin schön gemütlich 🙋‍♂️😊

You've really understood and encorporated the concept of Gemuetlichkeit well, there is no point in fighting the seasons. There is nothing as comforting as coiming in from the cold into a room with a fire going, getting out of your winter gear into comfy clothes andsit down i with a hot chocolat or punch or having a nice bubble bath with a good book and candles. These things would not feel special if it wasnt' cold outside for this long. Also, nothing compares to the first signs of spring after a long winter. We often have snowdrops, crocus and daffodils coming through the snow (make sure you plant plenty of early blooming bulbs and hellebores around the front of your house, it'll lift your mood every timer you go out or come home).

You live in the Siegsdorf-Ruhpolding region in a very beautiful area. The winter has snow there, but not the masses that are several meters high, such as in many Alpine valleys. But let's look forward to the approaching spring. This is the best time. Then when everything is in bloom, the cows come out again and the days are getting sunnier and longer. When you can go hiking in the mountains again (e.g. on the Hochgern in front of your "doorstep").

Sunday morning. Time for a comfy breakast. Sitting at the table "with my friends from abroad" (linked by my notebook) 😄. Almost "normal" during autumn and winter season. I like it 👍. Hi guys, I appreciate to start my day by watching your videos. Even this one today, which at first sounded a little bit melancholic, but then reflected your point of view and live style in the colder and darker seasons in a good mood. Your private thoughts, calmed down and fitting to wether, nature, winter season ... Until next week 🙋‍♂during breakfast time 😘.

You certainly have a wonderful house and an amazing decorating style. You also are a beautiful woman. Up here in NRW we hardly get snow. But when the outside is grey, windy and wet it's even more important to have a gemütliches house or cosy flat. Tea is always a good idea! I came to appreciate all the lights people put up in the pre-Christmas time and then the sometimes white landscapes in Jan, Feb and March. But when the first flowers break through and the first branches become green my heart overflows. Fall is also a beautiful season. Every season has its ups and down and I just love that I live in a place where there is a seasonal change throughout the year.

My lovely friend, I so enjoyed seeing your new home. You know we don’t get to see snow like that at home! You have always inspired me by your flexible and loving attitude no matter what situation you find yourself in! Stay warm 😘

This was unexpected and so beautiful this morning! Talk about calm after the storm. Absolutely, it would be a waste of precious life to wish away the Winter months, when it is truly possible to enjoy them. Yes, kids and in my case, dogs, teach us to embrace the wondrous things that are in front of our eyes, which we are often too busy to stop for a while for, and be aware of. I will have an epsom salt bath in your honour today or tomorrow!

Good morning ☀️🕯️🍀 Winter, the cold, dark season, is also the time when everything calms down a bit more, the world slows down a bit and you think more about the important things, spending cozy hours with your family. Such a beautiful winter landscape, especially in rural regions, with forest, meadows, mountains and small villages with candles in the windows, fragrant bakeries and cute little markets. Every season has its needs and we just have to be able to make the best of it.

Such a beautiful video 😍 Made my day😊😍💐

February has always been called the winter month. I like white February better than gray November. The days are also getting longer again.

Consider yourself lucky, to live in such a beautiful part of Germany. Embrace it and enjoy the sound of crunching snow under your boots, and the beauty your snow covered landscape gives you, as a feast for your eyes. The Scandinavians have Hygge, the Germans have Gemuetlichkeit. Where I live, spring has sprung, my azaleas are blooming outside and I know, we have a long, hot summer ahead of us. I'm trying to embrace it more too, because I used to "hibernate" inside during the long, hot summers. I'm trying to create a tropical back yard and do plantings, that are native to Florida. There is so much to choose from, I had no idea.

Sehr schönes Video! Selbst ich, als Deutsche, die nie woanders gelebt hat, leide unter der dunklen und kalten Jahreszeit. Du gibst sehr nützliche und hilfreiche Tipps, die mir Inspirationen geben. Dankeschön und liebe Grüße aus Düsseldorf.

Most beautiful video I have watched in a while! My heart is warm ❤. Thank you Sara!

Certainly one of your best videos with a deep content of how to encounter this very special an full filling season ! I´ve enjoyed it very much. Continue like this. you´ve just got me to suscribe.

Danke für das wundervolle Video, in Norddeutschland hatten wir diesen Winter leider noch keinen Schnee.

Wow, was für ein wundervolles Video :) Tolle Botschaft! Schnitt, Bilder sowie musikalische Untermalung wie immer top! Vielen Dank :) Deine/Eure Videos sind Entspannung genug - wer braucht da noch Kamin und Co :)

Northern latitude: Munich (München) is farther North at 48.14 than Quebec City (46.8) and Seattle (47.6). Chicago is at a similar latitude as Rome (Roma, IT) of 41.9. Living in the London, Amsterdam, Berlin band around 52N, near the sea, to me climate is more moderate and white winters are rare - here we (I) would love those quality white winters cold enough to keep powdery crispy snow, but if snow falls, it gets soggy and transport problems dominate.

Right in time to watch with a good Cappuccino. Lovely and well done. You can be so proud of yourself, having found towards this attitude. Now, you understand easily, why I am so happy and content myself: you named plenty of those very important things. I always start my mornings with candle light. I found it always important to give my son a calm, cozy start into his school day or now: apprenticeship. And it is just so beautiful to come home from a cold, icy weather into a warm home, enjoy something hot to drink. How grateful we can be to have a roof over our heads and such an easy access towards warmth, cozyness and dry and warm clothes. Beautiful, cozy decorations which make you smile are so important. And yes, nature is so wise. When times are tough, I compare them with acting like a winter tree. Sometimes, it is important, to draw all your energies back and give things a halt. The winter tree has no leaves, it looks frozen, kind of given up against the forces from outside, but then, suddenly: all the sprouts, the new fresh green of leaves, even flowers and once again a rebirth, recovery, overcoming of a crisis. That picture helped me over so much in my life. Especially since I moved to my tiny, most cozy little appartment (my nest), I live every single day in this calm contentedness, candles, mostly tea, me-moments, which became more since my son grew up to this wonderful young man. And yes, exactly: beautiful tea pots, plates, etc. for everyday's joy, not to save it for somewhen later. We do not have this later, we have the now. I am so glad, you found warm and good clothes. Weather is just so unimportant, when you can wear the right things (owning a dog and being out, whatever, from storms to icerain, hail and all the normal stuff, I can tell ;-)). I also love that you keep those light bows. Originally they come from the area and time, where families of miners put them into their windows as a symbol for hope and life, for the healthy return of their family members and of course for miners, the light was a symbol of hope, life and warmth in their dark underground. So, that fits perfectly. I still have my huge lantern with a big candle at my window sill - as a light in the darkness for us and all those outside, who may look up to my window plus the bulb light-string, I left there, just decorated now with some butterflies and over the branches for Easter with painted eggs and recently sewn little owls (I am a little early this year, but: my home, my rules ;-)). So, I absolutely enjoyed your video. It is lovely to see a like minded spirit and I wish you and your family a lovely, cozy Sunday and a wonderful, happy and healthy new week. Love and hugs from not too far ;-)

Love that winter wonderland. Here in the rhineland (especially the "cologne bay") heavy winter / snow hardly happen. So at this time first signs of spring come up already.

Nichts geht über die Gemütlichkeit in dieser Jahreszeit.Sehr schönes Video👍🥰❄️❄️☃️

Today's video is a bit different than our other videos. It's the kind of video I LOVE to create - cinematic, beautiful - something that transports you to another place for 11 minutes. The video is all about what I've learned from Germans and Scandinavians to learn to enjoy winter through Hygge and Gemütlichkeit. I have a lot of gorgeous snow footage in the video and I know that most of Germany doesn't get this kind of snow. However, that is all the more reason to practice Hygge and Gemütlichkeit. Hygge comes from Denmark and they rarely get snow there either. Their winters are dark, cold and rainy. Those who don't get snow need Hygge/Gemütlichkeit even more! I hope you enjoy it and it makes you feel cozy. 😍☃️❄️ What are YOUR favorite tips for making the most out of winter?

What a wonderful video. I think it's one of the best you ever made. I always loved fall and winter very much and to see how you approached experiencing German winter and adapted to it in this beatiuful and wise way makes my heart melt.

What a declaration of love to Winter! Can’t wait for the Spring version.

Wunderful Words, thank you

That was beautiful and cozy. 💗

Hello, my dears! I envy you being able to experience winters like this! I live in a part of Germany where winter hardly takes hold anymore, snow is scarce, but it is wet and cold, so bad weather. A real winter landscape is the most refreshing (most beautiful) thing there can be in winter and a must to go out whenever you have the time.

One of your best! You're channelling the deep truths of old northern Europe. Plus, you are in of the best places to be during the winter. A wonderland of magical nature. Good choice to come to southern Bavaria and give yourself over to the magic of the location. And when spring finally comes, it will all be the more glorious!

One, if not THE best video about this topic I have ever seen. Thank you sooo much. I love your family and wish you only the best for the rest of your lifes. Greetings from the North Sea 🤘😎

Really enjoyed this video! You live in one of the most beautiful areas in Germany and I think snow makes it look so romantic.x

I like your attitude towards the German winter.

I would not change a winter's day with sparkling snow for a summer's week. There is peace and unique warmth in a snow covered landscape that you can only feel with your heart. Thank you very much for sharing the beautiful pictures of your life and your thoughts. Every video you share makes me want to come back home to Bavaria. I think that Gemütlichkeit is the Bavarian version of the Danish Hygge.

Toll! Was Du beschreibst ist Gemütlichkeit in seiner eigentlichen Bedeutung, fern von dem Kitsch, der manchmal hineininterpretiert wird!

I love winter, because everything is so zen. So fro-zen.

Beautiful vlog. You really know how to bring it al together and create this calm and hygge atmosphere in the vlog. Thank you for sharing

How I love the sound of snow under the boots!!!

it looks like you're ready for the last level of cosiness - the nude german sauna by the way, a beautiful video👍😄

Thank you for this inspiring video!

Wunderschön stimmungsvoll gemacht. Wir freuen uns jetzt schon auf ähnliche Videos von dir für den Frühling, den Sommer und den Herbst. Bleibt alle gesund und munter . . . 😉

We just spent our winter break in Lapland in a winter wonderland, so cold and yet so pretty! Unfortunately we didn't have any northern lights, but we had so much fun, and if you can spend time outdoor in those temperatures there is no excuse for anyone 🙈

This is one of my favorite videos. I just had to rewatch it, and it is so well executed and soothing, that at the end I was ready to get a delicious cup of hot chocolate and cuddle myself up with a cozy blanket and a book. Then I remembered, that we are right in the middle of summer now. Bummer.

It is 34°C (93,2 °F) here in Northrhinewestphalia/Germany now and I am about to go swimming in a "Freibad" (lido?) now, BUT you just made me long for the winter!!!! You did this video sooooo well, that everybody will look forward to the winter time! 😊 Thank you, you reduced my fear, my malaise, I've learned a lot.

I'm a Chicagoan and don't drive, so I LOVE winter and the snow. The snow absorbs sound waves and makes the trot outside so quiet and calm, and as long as I'm layered up it's cozy and warm. Your German home and the fluffy snow outside looks like a winter wonderland!!!

I love this video! I like to do the same things! We’ve lived in Germany for over 6 years, from Alabama, but we’ve had no snow at all this year in central DE- so sad! I wish we lived closer to y’all!

What an absolutely heart-warming, gemütliches Video. Such gorgeous winter scenes, definitely ASMR worthy. Even the somewhat dreary winter skies are lit up when you show the snow falling. Thank you for those insights. They are much appreciated here in the wet, soggy, cold, but ultimately rainy north of Germany. While snow has it's own share of chores associated with it, it does help reflect the little light there is and somehow makes the days brighter than the grey, damp, rain-slick tarmac of larger cities. That fireplace has an absolutely amazing draft-pull in it. I could hear from the sound the flames made that there is a LOT of air pulled through the grate (presuming that you did not add more 'fire-sounds' to the video while editing). I associate that pull of air in a fireplace with Gemütlichkeit, the even more encompassing German term that can be translated as cozyness in English. But Gemütlichkeit goes so much further than just being cozy. It is coming in from a freezing afternoon walk through thick layers of snow, your cheeks and tip of your nose red and tingling. Shedding your thick outer layers of coats inside the door, slip on your thick, soft house slippers, and shuffle into your living room. To find that snug warmth of a crackling fire, the safety associated with home while a storm groans around the eaves of your house, snow flakes whipping past the outside of your windows, barely visible through the slit in the drawn, thick, soft curtains. While you huddle up on a comfy sofa in your favorite 'Kuscheldecke', with a cup of tea just in reach, possibly some of your favorite cookies besides it, and a good book to read. Then your significant other or your kids slides next to you to offer a hug and a cuddle. THAT'S the feeling of Gemütlichkeit for me.

I really enjoyed your video, very special atmosphere ♥️ brought my tears. Since i feel depressed at the moment.

How beautiful this is!!! 🥰 you’re video brought tears to my eyes! Thank you !

Very nicely explained. Thanks Sarah… I would also recommend you to go to the sauna in the wintertimes… very relaxing.

Coming from a hot and humid country and now living in Scandinavia for the last 27 years, one of the things that I like the most are the 4 seasons. Each have their own beauty. I don't really get tired og them, I appreciate each and everyone of them. Hygge makes winter more special, I learned to love lighting candles and the fireplace makes it more "hyggeligt".

I see it as an opportunity. In summer you can go hiking, cycling, on road trips, to the beer garden,... and you always know, you take benefit of the good weather for memories in the winter. In the winter I like, to go out for a walk in the fresh cold air and looking forward to the hot tea or a hot chocolate back at home. Winter gives you the time for reading, listen or making music, baking, christmas markets,... Always make the best of it and how boring would it be to have sun the whole year or snow? The change makes the difference and it just depends on you, to find something you like and make the best of it.

Wonderful once again, we had close to no snow here in our region this year...or the years before that.But that's the change in the climate, the once green hills of the Taunus range are now barren and treeless on wide stretches.

I'm born in January and I live in the Cologne Area too. I love the winter and snow so much. When I lived with my parents I took the dog for a walk, and walked through the new fallen snow. Unfortunately it don't snow very often here and if most times it's already melted until noon. This winter we haven't had any snow yet. Gosh, I miss the snow .

Also, ich lebe in Niedersachsen an der Nordseeküste / Bremerhaven. Die Winter hier sind meistens von einigen Plusgraden und viel Wind und Regen geprägt.. Nix mit Winter Wonderland 🤪😂😂.. Immer ne kalte Brise Luft um die Nase . Aber auch daran gewöhnt man sich mit den Jahreszehnten 😂😂

Awesome! Excellent video, your best so far. Thank you :)

Ein knackig kälter Wintertag mit Sonne und glitzerndem Schnee, einem schönen roten Sonnenuntergang um 4 pm, ein Spaziergang und anschliessend ein gutes Abendessen ist mein perfekter Tag.

Beautiful video! And a great lesson to make the best of every day. I'm setting intentions right now...

Warm cozy wonderful vidio ;)

Beautifully edited and presented! Thank You! Very inspiring!

Where you live, you have beautiful snow. It's a wonderful winter. In many regions it is only foggy and rainy. And that's a lot sadder. With snow you can really enjoy the winter!

Totaly agreed! Love your Videos, i moved from Germany to Canada and Love even the Winter If WE have -31degress here. 🇩🇪🇨🇦🥳🤩

This video is like a poem!

Sehr schönes Video. Das Anschauen hat Spaß gemacht.

Wonderful Video 😍😍 You have chosen the right area for winter. I miss the winters of my childhood: snowball fights, building igloos, sledding, skating on the lake or in the harbor, peeing in the snow 😂 Ihr habt euch für Winter die richtige Gegend ausgesucht. Ich vermisse die Winter meiner Kindheit: Schneeballschlacht, Iglu bauen, Schlitten fahren, auf dem See oder im Hafen Schlittschuhfahren, in Schnee pinkeln ...

What a beautiful video!! I love winter for its coziness too, like a hug!!

Very well made statement about living in colder areas. Unfortunately in my region in middle Germany we have only rain, clouds and mud outside instead of white snow covered landscapes.

You are really getting Germanized/scandinavianized 😀 Yes, exept for the baking and the oil, I do the same and it makes a big difference. Oh and of course watching, how the days are getting longer again and enjoying that.

What a beautiful, even magical video… I entirely share your philosophy and I always enjoy the calm winter moments inside or outside which enable you to get much more in touch with yourself than in the summer… and your pictures show the true beauty mother nature offers us every single day… and now I am going to have a cup of tea…

I have just been watching your podcast on (to love winter) It was inspiring, although I live in Australia 🇦🇺 Your outlook on life seems to ? Been inhansed & your life slowed so you are all enjoying your lives more . My late wife & I always wanted to return to Europe we loved visiting

I really liked your hygge Video ...especially the calm and relaxed atmosphere that you created here.....thank you ....

Ok, I enjoy all of your content but this one is NEXT LEVEL! The intro sounds like a segment on This American Life or a piece for The New Yorker.

Well, as you mentioned not everywhere in Germany winter is as beautiful as in the Bavarian mountains. Here in NRW it's more dull and uncomfortable. Therfore it's even more important to make it cozy (light up candles, drink hot chocolate and sit in front of the fireplace, underneath a warm and comforting blanket). The wonderful landscape you show us reminds me of the years I lived in Maine which I first did not like because winter overthere was 6 months long and really cold. But I got to love the beauty of the country, ice skating, sliding on the snow or driving a jetski. Life is what you make of it.

The most meaningful vlog you have done so far! Scandinavians would be all depressed when they wouldn’t embrace the winter time! You will have a hard time to adjust to the constant hustle and go go go, work work work when you come back to the US! After 1 year you became a true European!❤️

This video feels like long winter walk. You did a wonderful job! I totally dig the shot at 9:01. Judging by the look in your eyes I get the feeling that facing you in a snowballfight might be tough! My wife and I spent many vacations in Denmark so Hygge has been a big thing in our house for quite some time. Our part of Germany (Ruhr district) sadly does not get much snow, but you have to take the weather as it is and embrace it. Thanks a lot for a very relaxing video!

Skiing is way better than walks in the snow! ^^

Thank you for this cozy video.this time is coming now.And I Love to make it a cozy time at home.lovely greetings

That was absolutely beautiful! Thank you, I agree with all of it. Didn’t realize how much I loved it until I moved to a hot place

As you said, in winter days are getting shorter and darker. So I am always looking forward to Dec. 22., when days are starting to get longer again. 😊

WONDERFUL! And true. :)

Love this video! Good insights too.

Such a wonderful video! Thanks for sharing! I'm not really a big fan of winter. Advent and Christmas with snow is wonderful. But January and February are often too long and dark. But you are so right about your tips. You have to make yourself comfortable. I really like everything about this video! 🥰

Great video, Sara! Very inspiring

what a beautiful video you created. you could name it "WINTERWUNDERLAND"

Hi Sara, very inspiring video! Hyggeln (the verb) also means that nice settings, as you created, should be shared with good friends you would invite or get invited to🤩

The days are getting longer allready. I love the Winter time everything is focusing on to survive the cold. But happily we have nice homes, warm cloth and some Drinks to en joy. Winter for me is time to reflect to contemplate and to make Plans. It is my thinking season and my time to feed my inner child. Who does not like jumping into fresh snow😍

Such a lovely Home!!! So nice and cosy. Ich bewundere dich für dein Mindset, wie du dich auf eine unangenehme Situation eingelassen hast! Sehr inspirierend, danke😍

Nicht jeder kann die Winterzeit genießen! Wer es kann, kann genug Kraft für das Jahr tanken. Ein sehr schönes Video, zeigt es doch wunderbar wie es gemacht werden sollte. Wenn Deutschland Euch dabei helfen konnte, umso schöner! Gerade der Blick von „außen“ macht es so interessant für uns. Viel Spaß noch bei den kommenden Jahreszeiten und bitte so weitermachen 😉.

Super Video! :)

this one made me so happy I cried.

Hygga is this feeling of Sunday late in the evening, when the kids are asleep and the house is quiet and calm, and i can enjoy a video from one of my favorite channels on KZfaq - yours 💝💝💝

Great Video Love your positive vibe and General approach to Life

I think you just found YOUR style of video filming. Please continue

Really enjoyed this video format, you did a great job! :) Happy to see you found ways to make the dark season season cozy and special. I love winter (which, where I live, basically just means colder rain) because I celebrate it in very similar ways: wintery teas from my favorite cups, baths with some lovely Kneipp products I always treat myself to in late autumn, candles, and my beloved woolen clothes. Thanks for the reminder to take things slow and not get swept away by the business of work.