A beloved Danish tradition Photo

Photographer’s Note

Green, empty countryside, natural beauty and neat orderliness of this most civilized country, wherever you go in Denmark you find yourself feeling relaxed. Add a holiday cottage and you have a snapshot of Denmark!

Renting a holiday home is probably the closest you can get to living in Denmark. A holiday home is not an invention aimed at pleasing tourists, it is a beloved Danish tradition and the concept behind it is of course "hygge", this indefinable mixture of calm, homely surroundings and a relaxed atmosphere.
If you ask a Dane where he would prefer to spend his holidays, you can be sure most would answer: "We are going to spend it in our summer house!" Year after year the holiday home is the permanent holiday base and when the Danes themselves are not staying in their holiday homes, many of them are rented out. It gives the holiday an extra "hygge" dimension to rent people's private houses - with all the love and care they have put into decorating their second home. Therefore, it is no wonder that for many foreign guests holiday homes have become the favorite place for spending the holidays.

There are more than 200,000 holiday homes and of these, some 40,000 are let out each year. This little red hut is located near Broager at Flensburg Fjord in Southern Jutland. There is a path along the trees that leads to the beach.

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Greg1949 (8507) 2009-05-27 8:46

Fine post Harriet, the kind of shot that TE (should) excel at. This piece of information would not be available to most of us, good job, and the photo is perfect to illustrate the story. Crisp focus, fine color and nice composition.

Greg

Fransx (1453) 2009-05-27 8:57

Hello Harriet,
A wonderful red cottage among the green surroundings adorned with a soft cloudy sky.
Beautiful subdued lighting!
A nice perspective and a tranquil place!
Well done.

Francis Xavier

maltese (21535) 2009-05-27 9:08

Hello Harriet
Un bel endroit pour passer ses moments de loisirs dans des conditions simples et proche de la nature.
une belle photo qui symbolise bien cette façon de vivre.
De très belles couleurs dont ce beau rouge "nordique"!!
Amicalement
Hervé

Buin (37412) 2009-05-27 9:39

Hallo Harriet!
Bist Du beim dänischen Reisebüro angestellt...?! ;-)
Das ist ja wirklich beste Werbung aber mehrere meiner ehem. Kollegen haben bestätigt, dass das "Urlaub pur" sei. Das Ganze sieht wirklich gemütlich und gediegen aus - und dann noch ein Fliederbusch! Man möchte ins Bild hineinsteigen ... ;-)
Grüße aus dem "tiefen Süden" - vorgestern 32°C, im Moment 15°C!
Frank

claudeD (11258) 2009-05-27 9:55

Hello Harriet,

I like this little red cottage in the greenery.Very good composition and perfect sharpness.Thank you very much for your detailed note.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

Silvio1953 (41438) 2009-05-27 10:16

Ciao Harriet, lovely composition with beautiful wooden house, good perspective and splendid colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

JCG (25147) 2009-05-27 11:06

Hello Harriet,

It is charming this house of holidays. Here is a quite pleasant place for the relaxation. Pretty framing on this beautiful natural landscape where this sky that I like much bring an appreciable relief. Nice glance, thank you Harriet.

With all my friendships and a very good evening,

Jean-Charles

ciakgiak (10496) 2009-05-27 12:00

Hello Harriet,
congratulations for this beautiful photo.
You had a great eye in composing this scene, I like a lot the little red house placed on the right in this magnificent landscape with natural colours.
Very well done dear friend.
Warm regards.
Giorgio

PixelTerror (86038) 2009-05-27 13:11

HI Harriet
From the color I'd associate more this sort of house to Sweden or Norway, but the desifn is a bit different as I see, especially the large window on the left
Have a nice day JY

dip (12534) 2009-05-27 13:12

Hallo Harriet,
Ein schönes architektonisches Exemplar aus Dänemark und eine sehr informative Notiz dazu,
gute Schärfe und schöner Farbenkontrast auch,
Grüße,
Dimitris.

dareco (17104) 2009-05-27 14:31

WOW!! I would love to stay in this place, surrounded by nature and calm. I love the colors and pov. A really great note, and you've definitely planted a seed in my mind :) TFS

emka (21179) 2009-05-27 23:21

Hi Harriet,

It is a very nice house, but what to do there? Just sit on the bench? It is not for me. I prefer travelling, changing the places. It seems rather secluded place. Goodplace for relax after busy week in the city.

warm regards

Malgorzata

gildasjan (23645) 2009-05-28 0:38

Bonsoir Harriet
Voilà un coin paisible dans la verdure dans lequel il doit faire bon vivre.Joli vert de printemps et ses pâquerettes.
Bonne soirée
Amicalement
gildas

danos (32198) 2009-05-28 6:35

Hello Harriet,
beautiful the sample of the 200,000 holiday homes that are distributed in the whole country.The placement in the frame is nice,as the green path that lead to the near beach.Great the contrast between the two main colours.Well done.

Have a nice afternoon,Danos

Vasa (5368) 2009-05-28 14:16

Dear Harriet,

lovely place with regional made house. The corner for the best rest. You are weak in front of this inspiration. Me to. So glad to see you, friend,

Branko

buscape (3583) 2009-05-28 17:06

Hello Harriet,
schönes Bild von diesem netten Ferienhaus in grüner Umgebung. Die roten Bretter machen sich gut in der grünen Landschaft und dank deinem informativen Kommentar könnte man ja auch einmal in Dänemark Urlaub machen. :-)
Viele Grüsse aus dem Donautal,
Helmut

delpeoples (5810) 2009-05-28 19:11

Hi Harriet, when I first saw the title to this photograph, I thought you were gong to show us some beer drinkers :) However, this is an excellent daily life shot, nice and simple and yet tells us alot about the Danish. TFS and have a good weekend, Lisa.

jurek1951 (25896) 2009-05-28 23:12

Hi Harriet,
Nice composition and very good point of view. Excellent light and sharpness.
Georg

patdeph (17694) 2009-05-29 3:43

hello Harriet
this is a simple but nice comosition!The colours of the house make a beautiful contrast with the green nature,and what I like the most,this is the gras with the small white flowers inside,emphasized by a perfect sharpness!
Regards
Pascale

clio (22548) 2009-05-29 13:36

Hi Harriet,
There is a very attractive movement in your photo: clouds, trees, light curve of this road which runs away towards the horizon. A photo very well built around the red contrast of this house.
Have a nice WE
Diane

phwall (5532) 2009-05-30 0:36

Hello Harriet,
What a gorgeous little cottage, a perfect place for a holiday.
I'm amazed that there are 200,000 of these summer residences. Here in Australia we are taxed out of being able to afford a place like this. Our Government calls these places investment cottages and exacts a yearly tax which is calculated on 15% of the value of the property.
Anyway enough of the whining about tax, I like your shot and the note to go with it, it raises many possibilities for us, having never thought of going to Denmark because of the high cost of living, here we have an alternative.
This is a shining example of, "Learning about the World".
Warm wishes
Peter

ellelloo (4733) 2009-05-30 4:59

Hello Harriet,
The place looks so relaxing. The lovely greenness all around the red cottage makes the place and the photo attractive. A balanced composition and good colours. TFS
Greetings from warm, almost hot Finland,
Lasse

fanni (8733) 2009-05-30 14:53

Hi Harriet,
by colours, I would never think it is a scene taken in Denmark! To me, this looks "typically Swedish" :)
I like this beautiful landscape and its rich colours, where the little white flowers scattered about the grass are in harmony with the white paint of the house.
I like the composition! but the day looks windy? (see the tops of the trees...?)
Wishing you a nice (Sun)day,
best regards,
Elena

shevchenko (9862) 2009-05-31 23:05

Hi Harriet,
Lovely little cottage, attractive in red color and good cotrast to the greenery environment, good pov and good perspective effect to create relaxing and natural feels, good shoot.
Ally

skippy007 (6963) 2009-06-01 22:04

A very beautiful tranquil scene Harriet, capture in lovely natural looking colour & excellent detail, I would love to be there now and escape our winter. Looking at this I would not expect to find the beach nearby, it looks to me so country like. I like the contrast between the the red house, blue sky and green surroundings. I also liked your note it enhances your scene & is very informative. Thank you
Regards
Santo

bakes888 (18101) 2009-06-02 2:14

Hi Harriet. Holiday homes are not unheard of here also, we call them a Bach or in the south of the south island they are called Cribs. And they are great places to spend a holiday also! Nice photo, well handled light with good texture and detail in the sky. Well composed and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

saxo042 (15482) 2009-06-02 10:12

Hi Harriet,
First of all , a very fine picture with that nice combination of red and green (and a blue sky). Then I like your interesting note about all these summer houses. Denmark suddenly appears to be an attractive country to spend a summer period, close to Sweden and not too far to drive. Then of course there are many Danes who own summer houses in Sweden. Maybe they want more isolation then they can get in Denmark!
Kind regards
Gunnar

bracasha75 (21960) 2009-06-02 22:30

Guten Morgen Harriet
Es ist ganz beschtimt super van man ein spatziergang zwei lander besuhen kann.Das heushen ist sher schon
Ein tolles foto mit schonen grun kreis
Tschus,Bratislav

Cretense (55690) 2009-06-04 1:16

Hi Harriet!

How I wish I had a cute, sweet, little house like that in the middle of such beautiful nature! Great composition and framing, beautiful colours! Congratulations!

Hercules

jmdias (19071) 2009-06-04 16:00

harriet

beautiful this small house. The conttrast between the greens and the red is very nice to see. I liked this framing, pov and the mood here. Even the light being a little dark it is a nice compo

hugs

jorge

macondo (13071) 2009-06-05 9:10

Hi Harriet.
Looks like the Danes as well as the Norwegians like red timber buildings!
A simple photo, but with a marvellous sky, and a beckoning view down that grass path beside the house. Your usual informative and entertaining note completes the presentation superbly.
Regards,
Andrew

danyy (68492) 2009-06-06 14:25

Bonjour Harriet,

Une photo aux couleurs séduisantes, certainement typique de la région photographiée mais je ne vois pas un véritable sujet qui attirerait une attention prononcée.
Amicalement, Daniel

pablominto (40402) 2009-06-08 7:40

Hello Harriet,

This is a pleasant composition, where the simplicity makes the appeal!
I have no idea why but Scandinavians seem to be particularly fond of red houses hehehe...
Vivid colours and sharp details, a fine sense of depth!

Greetings,
Pablo -

Angshu (33551) 2009-06-09 3:41

Hello Harriet
As I was mentioning to someone earlier, red seems to be the favourite colours of houses and chalets in Scandinavia. Like the contrast of the red with the surrounding green and the small specs of white flowers on the grass. Calm & empty this place, fit to relaxation. A good post & a fine informative note as always!
Best regards
Angshu

Bluejeans (32021) 2009-06-09 5:47

Ola Harriet,
Bonita esta pequenq casa de madeira no meio de tanta natureza , ficou lindo o contraste vermelho verde , gostei muito do céu tem belos tons de cinza e azul ,parabéns !!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

plimrn (19600) 2009-06-10 8:27

Hi Harriet,
This could be my cousin's summer home in Nova Scotia!! Of course there they don't rent them out, because they use them all the time in the summer. Nova Scotia is REALLY small, no place more than 35 miles from the sea.

The other housing resource that I find very nice is using home exchange services, but enough about your intertesting note. It was the photo that called me from the thumbnail with the glorious detail throughout, especially in the clouds and the lawn with its mow stripes and scattered flowers while the tidy red cottage adds perfect contrast.
HLJ, Pat

holmertz (9528) 2009-06-13 7:38

Hello Harriet,
There is a refined simplicity in this picture - in the composition as much as in the lifestyle it represents. A nice diagonal composition, one part mainly blue, the other red and green. As usual an interesting note.
Kind regards,
Gert

foozi (4689) 2009-06-14 0:40

Hi Harriet,
what a lovely shot with great perspective and excellent contrasting colours. The house presents a nice texture and the sky soften it very lighty.
Well composed shot.

regards,
Foozi