The most beautiful guide to the Danish custom of hygge, the everyday life philosophy for better living Hygge is a feeling of belonging and warmth, a moment of comfort and contentment This beautiful little book will help you to find hygge and embrace it every day Make a pot of coffee, relax in your favourite chair and discover for yourself how life is better with hygge 'Best [book] for the philosophy of hygge' You Magazine 'a philosophy for mindful living' The Guardian ‘Her book is a thing of beauty’ Irish Examiner Louisa Thomsen Brits is half Danish, half English, a writer and journalist Born in Africa and brought up in the UK, Louisa spent every summer with family in Denmark, learning the language of hygge to establish a place of belonging wherever she has found herself For Louisa, hygge is a quality of presence and togetherness It’s a daily practice, a way to affirm interconnectedness and enjoy wellbeing She believes that hygge is an experience of contentment rather than a pursuit of happiness and is about being not having As a Dane, hygge is bred in her bones As an Englishwoman she can comfortably translate the concept and share its universality as an impetus common to us all