English: The Danish folk high schools attract not only Danish young people, but also young people from all over the world. The wonderful thing is that, regardless of culture or nationality, the young people thrive and grow in this environment, which N.F.S. Grundtvig came up with in the 18th century. But why do they thrive? What makes folk high school spirit special? Mette Højland, a folk high school teacher for 22 years, tries to answer those questions. The book can be seen as a gift to all her international folk high school students who over the years have left the stay with a comment that they too should have such a school in their home country. The book is a verbal reaching out for anyone who wants to spread the folk high school spirit to the world, regardless of whether it is under a baobab tree on the savannah, in a Chinese metropolis or at a Danish kitchen table. Folk high school spirit does not depend on buildings, but on will and insight. It is this will and insight the book seeks to support and pass on. The narrative style is both personal and professional – living words in written form.