The Giant Hype Around the Chalet

Karin Cerny, 27.01.2023

Chalets are a luxurious way to travel back in time and still not give up any comfort. Not only since the pandemic but even earlier, traditional wooden houses in the mountains, where you can leave the hustle and bustle of the world behind, have been booming.

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As soon as autumn arrives, they are suddenly everywhere: Images that awaken our longing for a retreat in nature. On social media, you see fireplaces crackling with logs, hot tubs overlooking snowy mountain peaks, and sheepskins on rustic chairs; in Scandinavia, we'd call it hygge. But there is another magic formula that immediately awakens a feeling of homeliness: vacationing in a chalet. Nowhere else do luxury and nostalgia come together as well as in these wooden cabins, which are both rustic and modern.

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