Many of us have heard the word hygge, but what does it actually mean?
Added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2017, it's a defining characteristic of Danish culture and a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. Though there's no direct English translation, it might be simpler just to say cosy!
And one Northumberland lodge has been chosen as one of the best Scandi-style escapes in the UK, with staying there said to summon up that hygge feeling. Oat Grass Lodge, two miles from Bamburgh, has been designed to have a fresh contemporary feel contrasting with its "dramatic" setting on a former whinstone quarry.
