My favourite Airbnb: inside a cool Højby escape for the ultimate Scandi summer

On 23 June each year, Danes across the country gather on beaches and in parks to light towering bonfires, sing traditional songs, and – in a rather peculiar nod to ancient folklore – burn witch effigies to ward off bad spirits. But far from an Ari Aster plotline, Midsommer in Denmark (known locally as Sankt Hans Aften) marks a joyful seasonal shift: schools break up for the summer, city-dwellers flock to the coast, and a nation’s worth of SAD lamps get packed away as the days get…