Americans do not understand hygge as a concept. It is not just relaxing, it is a way of living your life. It is a way of building society so that it is not overwhelming and not overly stressful. The core of the principle lies in making comfort a priority; it staves off depression, which for Danes has always been crucial. It is not just a cozy fire with mulled wine on an autumn evening, it is prioritizing time with your friends, it is in being welcoming to strangers, it is in planning your life with realistic, achievable goals. American culture is the antithesis of hygge. Please stop trying to appropriate the concept if you don't respect it or care about Danish culture. Danish culture is just cozy, and while some American finance person in a suit may scoff at it, Danes scoff at him and think he is a d-bag.
I would disagree. The Midwest has been doing Hygge for a long time. We just called it something differently. Hygge boils down to a way to be happy during the cold months of the year. Curling up with a good book is Hygge.
USAers _do_ understand the concept of Hygge. They just think it's silly and naïve, something for wimps, nerds and immature individuals. The _de facto_ religion of the US is the California/American Dream, of "keeping up with the Joneses". What this means is that you have to own and drive a sleek, new SUV, luxury car or sports car, and preferably live in a nice, big, suburban home. That way, you'll be seen as COOL, everyone will respect and admire you as a winner, and all the women will love you. Otherwise, you will be considered a failure, loser, a nobody; no one will be your friend or want to marry you. This isn't the so much the case in New York; while going into overdrive in China.
Thank you, I will have a wonderful day but I don’t expect to win the lottery, it’s not that important to me 🙂but very best wishes to you if you think that will make you happy 💖
@@myopi No! Anybody can fall on a couch, turn on TV and stuff themselves with unhealthy stuff. Creating a pleasant atmosphere at work or in the family is key to getting on with sterner stuff.
Danes: "Hygge emphasizes comfort, family, and disconnecting". Americans: "HOOGEH IS TO BE CONSUMED. BUY SHEEPSKIN! BUY SOCKS! BUY! BUY! BUY! Are you happy now?"
Anybody else get Bjorn Skifs ‘Hooked On A Feeling’ stuck in their head every time you hear the word ‘Hygge’ Hygge Shaka Hygge Hygge ....I-I’m hooked on a feeling.... Ok never mind 😶
"Hygge" is relaxing and having some nice, quiet fun with your family or friends. Chilling, relaxing, hanging out, cozying up. It can involve a wide variety of different activities. The most important part is that you feel relaxed and cozy. Greetings from Denmark.
Kinda, but it can be a lot of things, to be honest it’s more of a feeling than anything. The feeling of snuggling into your partner in the cold winter in front of the fire place. Friends not seeing each other for a long time and hanging out. Having a pint with your best mate. Talking for hours with your family. It’s not just cozy, but cozy can be a part of it. It’s the relaxing feeling you get when everything is just right, and all worries are placed aside for just a moment, where time skips because you just had fun. It’s kinda another word for happiness and it’s a way of living. It’s kinda hard to describe, but I try to live by Hygge as much as possible. Sincerely a Dane 😊
My Viking ancestors have once again conquered North America, lol. It is not just Danish. It is also Norwegian and Swedish, basically Nordic. I’ve been doing this since I was little, going around turning on lights or as an adult put out lamps or lighting, making lap quilts and candles, an emphasis on expanding the cozy factor in the houses I live in or have remodeled. In truth, in most ways, it has been embraced here as a marketing concept, around which to combine products. More power to them!
3 minutes in, and I can't handle it anymore. This is surely made by an American - There is nothing special over hygge, and you guys are ruining it. Thanks.
@@norddalle6408 like americans go absolutely bananas for fika... like it isn't just morning tea that most western countries have.... why do I get the feeling it's just americans fetishizing/monetising scandinavia....
Our society wants to brand everything. “Hygge” is just the new name for “cocooning”. High profile marketers will find a new name for it in 15 years to relaunch the trend.
It's not about winter, although that's how people who live in cold or temperate climates tend to think about it, because we mostly live indoors during that time, and the winter nights are very long. It's basically a way to fend off depression by being mindful of the pleasures of small moments.
You can say hygge to a lot of things. If you went to a party, and a friend of urs that wasn't there ask you how it went, you could say: ''It was very hyggeligt''/hygge. It isn't just relaxation and coziness. mostly that, but can still be used to explain most good experiences, or situations. It's not that deep though lol
In Denmark their main ideal and value is _Hygge._ In US it's the California/American Dream, of "keeping up with the Joneses". What this means is that you have to own and drive a sleek, new SUV, luxury car or sports car, and preferably live in a nice, big, suburban home. That way, you'll be seen as COOL, everyone will respect and admire you as a winner, and all the women will love you. If not, you will be considered a failure, loser, a nobody; no one will be your friend or want to marry you. This isn't the so much the case in New York --- and it goes into overdrive in China.
@@user-k4d-e59mo28oc agree 100%. Meanwhile my dad got my mom (she was the prettiest in their village) without owning anything but a bicycle, simply by being charming. That was in the 70s in Bosnia😆 Expectations are VERY cruel for young men these days imo.
i get the lighting thing, i've always disliked pure white lighting because of how unnatural and cold it felt, this is an interesting topic but i guess it hasn't really been discussed much before because it's quite inherent
Well; As a Dane I can testify to the fact,that anti depressents plays a huge part. Many Danes roll theor eyes every time those happiness statistics come out because it's not recognisable to everyday experiences. A high number of the population are on anti depressants and mental illness is pretty common. Also, since more and more Danes aspire to the American model of "money makes happy" people get more and more prone to stress, anxiety and depression. Hygge is wonderful but loneliness is also at an alltime high. When you do a specoal like this, nuances would be appropriate.
Mental health issues aren't worse than in Denmark than any other country. Having a higher consumption of anti-depressants than USA merely reflects that we have free and equal acces to our universal health care.
I ended up here because I looked this up online and all I found was pictures of coffee and pinecones. Oh, and thick socks. Who doesn’t do this in the winter?
Would you do a series about other words that Americans lack that could enhance quality of life? Someone else commented about the Japanese word for "death by overworking" but it might be nice to highlight native/first-peoples' words and explain their context for instance.
Noah fence but an Indian man saying how "hygge" can totally be capitalistic...? THAT AINT IT. I agree with the 2nd to last guy; exploitation of something like this is gross. Non scandi folks can't really just assume they know best and can monetize the concept--such a thing is more or less the antithesis of ACTUAL hygge. Just say "cozy" and be done with it.
Hygge = Utopia. How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit. Proverbs 6:9-11
In Norway its basically just a word used while in Denmark its become a part of the danish identity, something it hasnt in Norway, even hearing from other Norwegians is that they barely ever use that word and use other words instead, it is used all the time in Denmark
So what's happening in America is that white Americans have no culture. They gave up their culture for the social construction of whiteness. Two are Danish people are in their home countries and connected to their culture. So when you have privilege white Americans who are bored because they really don't have any social or environmental obstacles. You get things like this. Which is why people like Marie kondo are popular. Because white Americans fantasize other cultures and minorities. And those cultures and minorities become the background to their lives. So you have a situation where the word cozy and relaxed is no longer good enough for white people. They find the exact same word and a language that's plausible to them and that's a reflection of who they are and then they monetize that. Because everything in America can be monetized. And then you have people were actually spending money to buy this and this is something that already exists for free. It's like that Alanis Morissette song is like a free ride when you already paid. That's up a line from the song. But that's kind of how I see this. But that's America for you it's about consumerism, capitalism and just overall and gluttonous fantasizing of Strange and exotic cultures. And I don't like the word exotic because what the f*** does that mean? Because if you look at all the Marie kondo training videos there's nothing but white women in those training videos. Because they have no social and environmental obstacles. When you're at the top of the economic pyramid. This is what you get. Meanwhile the Working Poor, or looking at folks were saying you're paying people to make your house cozy and relaxing. You can't do that yourself. And then you try to justify it by using the Danish word for it And it just makes you look even more idiotic.
@Siobhan Fogarty oh, Ms. Fogerty, you obviously didn't see that was a sarcastic comment on millennial Americans' appropriation of a foreign word to describe something people have done for centuries, and a desperate News channel who posted a story on a subject no one cares about, instead of real things that matter in the world to get views.
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Americans do not understand hygge as a concept. It is not just relaxing, it is a way of living your life. It is a way of building society so that it is not overwhelming and not overly stressful. The core of the principle lies in making comfort a priority; it staves off depression, which for Danes has always been crucial. It is not just a cozy fire with mulled wine on an autumn evening, it is prioritizing time with your friends, it is in being welcoming to strangers, it is in planning your life with realistic, achievable goals. American culture is the antithesis of hygge. Please stop trying to appropriate the concept if you don't respect it or care about Danish culture. Danish culture is just cozy, and while some American finance person in a suit may scoff at it, Danes scoff at him and think he is a d-bag.
I would disagree. The Midwest has been doing Hygge for a long time. We just called it something differently. Hygge boils down to a way to be happy during the cold months of the year. Curling up with a good book is Hygge.
USAers _do_ understand the concept of Hygge. They just think it's silly and naïve, something for wimps, nerds and immature individuals. The _de facto_ religion of the US is the California/American Dream, of "keeping up with the Joneses".
What this means is that you have to own and drive a sleek, new SUV, luxury car or sports car, and preferably live in a nice, big, suburban home. That way, you'll be seen as COOL, everyone will respect and admire you as a winner, and all the women will love you. Otherwise, you will be considered a failure, loser, a nobody; no one will be your friend or want to marry you. This isn't the so much the case in New York; while going into overdrive in China.
To whoever is reading this I hope you have a wonderful day and win the lottery
Same to u my friend
Leon Murphy I hope you get a life! 😹
@@brothertn708 ahahahah ha ha ha. ha.
Thank you, I will have a wonderful day but I don’t expect to win the lottery, it’s not that important to me 🙂but very best wishes to you if you think that will make you happy 💖
So it's just... relaxing...?
Sounds like relaxing is a large part of it. Also sounds a bit like a warming lifestyle & mentality, or an aesthetic when it comes to design
Meme Machine it’s coziness
It's more like a "feeling" you get when you're relaxing. I'm danish
No! It is about creating a proper, pleasant setting for any activity - no unnecessary jarring of the senses.
@@myopi No! Anybody can fall on a couch, turn on TV and stuff themselves with unhealthy stuff. Creating a pleasant atmosphere at work or in the family is key to getting on with sterner stuff.
Danes: "Hygge emphasizes comfort, family, and disconnecting". Americans: "HOOGEH IS TO BE CONSUMED. BUY SHEEPSKIN! BUY SOCKS! BUY! BUY! BUY! Are you happy now?"
This made me chuckle. You're right!
Anybody else get Bjorn Skifs ‘Hooked On A Feeling’ stuck in their head every time you hear the word ‘Hygge’
Hygge Shaka Hygge Hygge ....I-I’m hooked on a feeling....
Ok never mind 😶
I think this is something that everyone does, it is called relaxing.
"Hygge" is relaxing and having some nice, quiet fun with your family or friends.
Chilling, relaxing, hanging out, cozying up.
It can involve a wide variety of different activities.
The most important part is that you feel relaxed and cozy.
Greetings from Denmark.
Is it’s just basically being cozy?
Kinda, but it can be a lot of things, to be honest it’s more of a feeling than anything. The feeling of snuggling into your partner in the cold winter in front of the fire place. Friends not seeing each other for a long time and hanging out. Having a pint with your best mate. Talking for hours with your family. It’s not just cozy, but cozy can be a part of it. It’s the relaxing feeling you get when everything is just right, and all worries are placed aside for just a moment, where time skips because you just had fun. It’s kinda another word for happiness and it’s a way of living. It’s kinda hard to describe, but I try to live by Hygge as much as possible.
Sincerely a Dane 😊
My Viking ancestors have once again conquered North America, lol. It is not just Danish. It is also Norwegian and Swedish, basically Nordic. I’ve been doing this since I was little, going around turning on lights or as an adult put out lamps or lighting, making lap quilts and candles, an emphasis on expanding the cozy factor in the houses I live in or have remodeled. In truth, in most ways, it has been embraced here as a marketing concept, around which to combine products. More power to them!
3 minutes in, and I can't handle it anymore.
This is surely made by an American - There is nothing special over hygge, and you guys are ruining it. Thanks.
@Jesus Christ Oh yeah, I don't doubt Americans haven't adapted it. I just think videos like this are ruining it.
@@norddalle6408 like americans go absolutely bananas for fika... like it isn't just morning tea that most western countries have.... why do I get the feeling it's just americans fetishizing/monetising scandinavia....
I was today years old when I knew what HYGGE was
HAHAHAHAHAHHA
Our society wants to brand everything. “Hygge” is just the new name for “cocooning”. High profile marketers will find a new name for it in 15 years to relaunch the trend.
I was an au pair in Denmark for almost 2 years and i love hygge 😌 even though I don’t live in Denmark anymore I still practice this way of living.
So hygge is not a product but the things that people do when they are in winter season !!
It's not about winter, although that's how people who live in cold or temperate climates tend to think about it, because we mostly live indoors during that time, and the winter nights are very long. It's basically a way to fend off depression by being mindful of the pleasures of small moments.
Not about winter at all. You can hygge in the summer too.
Vishnu Prasath ppl in Denmark thought autumn is the best time for “hygge” though.
@@morikemieow1501 wrong. Most of us think it is was more hyggeligt to sit on a cafe a hot summerday or having bbq party in the garden.
"Hygge" is relaxing and having some nice, quiet fun with your family or friends.
It simply means to do something you like. A picnic with good friends, watching a movie ect as long as it brings you joy.
... OMG CNBC get serious, this is just relaxing
You can say hygge to a lot of things. If you went to a party, and a friend of urs that wasn't there ask you how it went, you could say: ''It was very hyggeligt''/hygge. It isn't just relaxation and coziness. mostly that, but can still be used to explain most good experiences, or situations. It's not that deep though lol
in America, they made Hygge into a "what to buy"-list, shown at the beginning of this video when she listed random things.
In Denmark their main ideal and value is _Hygge._ In US it's the California/American Dream, of "keeping up with the Joneses". What this means is that you have to own and drive a sleek, new SUV, luxury car or sports car, and preferably live in a nice, big, suburban home. That way, you'll be seen as COOL, everyone will respect and admire you as a winner, and all the women will love you.
If not, you will be considered a failure, loser, a nobody; no one will be your friend or want to marry you. This isn't the so much the case in New York --- and it goes into overdrive in China.
@@user-k4d-e59mo28oc agree 100%. Meanwhile my dad got my mom (she was the prettiest in their village) without owning anything but a bicycle, simply by being charming. That was in the 70s in Bosnia😆 Expectations are VERY cruel for young men these days imo.
Thank you for this! Bless all of us
i get the lighting thing, i've always disliked pure white lighting because of how unnatural and cold it felt, this is an interesting topic but i guess it hasn't really been discussed much before because it's quite inherent
Well; As a Dane I can testify to the fact,that anti depressents plays a huge part. Many Danes roll theor eyes every time those happiness statistics come out because it's not recognisable to everyday experiences.
A high number of the population are on anti depressants and mental illness is pretty common.
Also, since more and more Danes aspire to the American model of "money makes happy" people get more and more prone to stress, anxiety and depression.
Hygge is wonderful but loneliness is also at an alltime high. When you do a specoal like this, nuances would be appropriate.
Mental health issues aren't worse than in Denmark than any other country.
Having a higher consumption of anti-depressants than USA merely reflects that we have free and equal acces to our universal health care.
one of their most underrated videos
Need this in my life!
"Hyggeing alone" sounds like a one hand exercise with the door locked. 🤭😊
Sorry but you cant say hyggeing is not a word
This is really just coping with winter. It really is hard to live with less sunlight. Sunlight is always important.
Hygge means having a good time. It is not about winther at all
I ended up here because I looked this up online and all I found was pictures of coffee and pinecones. Oh, and thick socks. Who doesn’t do this in the winter?
Americans do Hygge. Just not as often
Would you do a series about other words that Americans lack that could enhance quality of life? Someone else commented about the Japanese word for "death by overworking" but it might be nice to highlight native/first-peoples' words and explain their context for instance.
i love hygge i live in Denmark
I love Hygge! :)
Basicly you like having a good time. 😊
We have hygge in Norway too
Men det er et dansk ord 🇩🇰
Hope being more cozy and more happiness 🥰
We first need more vacation days!
Millennials let’s make everything have a meaning
Noah fence but an Indian man saying how "hygge" can totally be capitalistic...? THAT AINT IT. I agree with the 2nd to last guy; exploitation of something like this is gross. Non scandi folks can't really just assume they know best and can monetize the concept--such a thing is more or less the antithesis of ACTUAL hygge. Just say "cozy" and be done with it.
no offence but who's Noah Fence?
@@OAS15 It's a meme.....
Hygge = Utopia. How long will you lie there, O slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit. Proverbs 6:9-11
You clearly took Graham's advice and started to make your videos 10 minutes long.
I have the book, it’s really good :)
The intro was uncalled for
If time staring at screens of computers or mobile phones is limited, we wouldn't have learnt about hygge.
Why does this kind of video doesn't get millions of views? While those prank-related videos are getting all the millions.. smh
nice ad CNBC
Hygge or Hipster? I'm noticing a lot of similarities
Hygge has Nothing to do with correct lighting.. 🥴🙄 .. It's a state of mind 😉
We have had hytte for decades and decades in Norway
In Norway its basically just a word used while in Denmark its become a part of the danish identity, something it hasnt in Norway, even hearing from other Norwegians is that they barely ever use that word and use other words instead, it is used all the time in Denmark
Who else felt the presence of Arnold Schwarzenegger lol
Hmm being comfortable you mean? Doesnt need a name and analysis
They make a big deal about everything, firstly it's yoga, then meditation, now hygge.
Stephen graham need make this reaction
Molly McGee: Hygge what now?
If you live in California, please skip this depressing video!
I came here rdr2 coffee mug
I search hygge because I want to learn about Danish culture and all I get offered is a poor American interpretation. 🙄
Lol Americans complaining about overworking, meanwhile in Japan they have a word for death from overwork - karoshi.
Hyggelig literally means nice.
This is so american.
So what's happening in America is that white Americans have no culture. They gave up their culture for the social construction of whiteness. Two are Danish people are in their home countries and connected to their culture. So when you have privilege white Americans who are bored because they really don't have any social or environmental obstacles. You get things like this. Which is why people like Marie kondo are popular. Because white Americans fantasize other cultures and minorities. And those cultures and minorities become the background to their lives.
So you have a situation where the word cozy and relaxed is no longer good enough for white people. They find the exact same word and a language that's plausible to them and that's a reflection of who they are and then they monetize that. Because everything in America can be monetized. And then you have people were actually spending money to buy this and this is something that already exists for free. It's like that Alanis Morissette song is like a free ride when you already paid. That's up a line from the song. But that's kind of how I see this. But that's America for you it's about consumerism, capitalism and just overall and gluttonous fantasizing of Strange and exotic cultures. And I don't like the word exotic because what the f*** does that mean? Because if you look at all the Marie kondo training videos there's nothing but white women in those training videos. Because they have no social and environmental obstacles. When you're at the top of the economic pyramid. This is what you get. Meanwhile the Working Poor, or looking at folks were saying you're paying people to make your house cozy and relaxing. You can't do that yourself. And then you try to justify it by using the Danish word for it And it just makes you look even more idiotic.
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Hygge is dependent on good toilet facilities to expell all the lovely hygge snacks
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Soooooo, hygge is a millennial name for something that has been done since before the founding of the US.
@Siobhan Fogarty oh, Ms. Fogerty, you obviously didn't see that was a sarcastic comment on millennial Americans' appropriation of a foreign word to describe something people have done for centuries, and a desperate News channel who posted a story on a subject no one cares about, instead of real things that matter in the world to get views.
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Nope nope nope, no Indian shall ever comment on hygge.
us north Indians living in the HIMALAYAN foothills want to know your location
Yup just like those white people that love embracing incense and yoga lmfao