{"id":2089,"date":"2017-02-07T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2017-09-11T16:49:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T16:49:35","slug":"allow-a-little-hygge-into-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/allow-a-little-hygge-into-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Allow a Little Hygge Into Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, staff at the Oxford Dictionary sift through the cultural morass to deliver their shortlist for Word of the Year. 2016\u2019s lineup reflected a tumultuous period globally, with nomenclature like <em>Alt-Right<\/em>, <em>Brexiteer<\/em>, and <em>Woke<\/em> front and center. Somewhat cheerier, the word Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) was also present on the shortlist, and it\u2019s a term that came roaring into fashion in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re unfamiliar with the word, it\u2019s becoming increasingly ubiquitous with the concept of coziness and togetherness. Unfortunately, it has no literal translation in English making it difficult to pin down exactly what it means. Hygge was developed as a way of living by the Danish in the 18th century, and is often credited with helping Scandinavian people maintain their cheery disposition despite their long winters.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the concept of Feng Shui, hygge has begun to inform interior design choices everywhere from IKEA, to hotels we feature in Kiwi Collection. This week on the blog, we take a closer look at hotels where hygge is central to the guest experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, staff at the Oxford Dictionary sift through the cultural morass to deliver their shortlist for Word of the Year. 2016\u2019s lineup reflected a tumultuous period globally, with nomenclature like <em>Alt-Right<\/em>, <em>Brexiteer<\/em>, and <em>Woke<\/em> front and center. Somewhat cheerier, the word Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) was also present on the shortlist, and it\u2019s a term that came roaring into fashion in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re unfamiliar with the word, it\u2019s becoming increasingly ubiquitous with the concept of coziness and togetherness. Unfortunately, it has no literal translation in English making it difficult to pin down exactly what it means. Hygge was developed as a way of living by the Danish in the 18th century, and is often credited with helping Scandinavian people maintain their cheery disposition despite their long winters.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the concept of Feng Shui, hygge has begun to inform interior design choices everywhere from IKEA, to hotels we feature in Kiwi Collection. This week on the blog, we take a closer look at hotels where hygge is central to the guest experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":3723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"stoc_hidden_slugs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[596,593,175,193,278,18,71,590,597,594,521,598,591,494,281,155,595,592,289,424],"class_list":["post-2089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kiwi-curated","tag-adelboden","tag-andermatt","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-chile","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-harads","tag-hotel-portillo","tag-le-chalet-zannier","tag-nita-lake-lodge","tag-santiago","tag-scandinavia","tag-south-america","tag-sweden","tag-switzerland","tag-the-cambrian","tag-the-chedi-andermatt","tag-treehotel","tag-whistler"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3422,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions\/3422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiwicollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}