As a mom of four boys, I usually consider burping to be rude. But when it comes to getting fresh air into my home during the winter, burp away!

I, too, was skeptical. So I gave it a go for a week. Here's how it went—and whether I've become a believer.

One thing I enjoy about living in Virginia is that I get to experience all four seasons; seeing the landscape change ...

It seems that many people have been posting on social media about their well-ventilated houses and how they’ve been ‘burping their houses.’ So, what is the actual concept of house burping? It’s just ...

The German practice of lüften, airing out your house, is becoming popular in the U.S. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Annette Baran from the Goethe Institute, and her husband Robert, about embracing ...

The German practice of lüften, airing out your house, is becoming popular in the U.S. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Annette Baran from the Goethe Institute, and her husband Robert, about embracing ...

In the last few weeks, an unfamiliar German term may have surfaced on your social media feeds. “Lüften” roughly translates to “ventilate” or “airing out” and involves just that — opening windows in ...

Airing out your house has become a trend on social media, labeled by American wellness influencers as "house burping. But the origins of this practice go way back: "lüften" is the German tradition of ...

Vikram Niranjan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) William Bahnfleth, a professor of architectural engineering at Penn State, has ...