The SAS Hotel Royal in center of Copenhagen, Denmark, displays a heart on the building amid COVID-19.Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Ima The country that introduced the world to “hygge” now has another ...

Danes are some of the happiest people in the world, and they also happen to have a lot of cool words for ways to be happy. You may have heard about “hygge,” which has been the subject of countless ...

Danes are some of the happiest people in the world, and they also happen to have a lot of cool words for ways to be happy. But another word “pyt” – which sort of sounds like “pid” – was recently voted ...

The Danish word "hygge" was shortlisted as the Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year 2016. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Meik Wiking, the author of The Little Book of Hygge, about the concept.

Festive movies and seasonal advertisements all paint the holidays as a joyful time. But if you actually often find the season more stressful than merry, know you’re not alone. How can you participate ...