glass walls and a thin roof) and large wood terraces. As a result of the friggebod reform in 1979, many cottage owners have built additional guesthouses on their lots. Norway The formal Norwegian term for cottages is hytte or fritidsbolig (vacation house). In Norway, cabins are often built near leisure activities such as hunting, fishing, and outdoor life / outdoor sports, or in areas with particularly beautiful nature, such as in the woods, in the mountains, or by the sea. In the most attractive areas, it has become increasingly common with regulated fields where the cabins are very close together, in so-called "cabin villages". Chained cabins and holiday apartments are also being built here, similar to a normal city. Russia The first known "cottages" were built in Russia in the 19th century, when British culture was popular. Today many large cities in Russia are surrounded by cottage villages. So it is legitimate to talk about the appearance of the term "Russian cottage" - a house, comparable in size to a British villa or even a mansion, and includes a corresponding piece of land. South Africa Much like in the rest of the world cottages in South Africa housed agricultural workers and their friends and families. A number of cottages were also constructed for fishermen along the West and South Coasts of the country throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Most cottages are single-storey two to four-roomed structures sometimes with an attic for storing supplies. Most cottages in the Western Cape area of South Africa have thatched roofs and stone or adobe walls which were traditionally whitewashed. A large number of the remaining cottages in the country are listed heritage sites. Notable cottages Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Fife, Scotland - weaver's cottage, birthplace of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Warwickshire, England - childhood home of Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare) Arthur Cottage, County Antrim, Northern Ireland - the ancestral home of US President Chester A. Arthur Bishop Asbury Cottage, Staffordshire, England - boyhood home of Methodist Episcopal Bishop Francis Asbury Bron-Yr-Aur, Powys, Wales - holiday cottage used by rock band Led Zeppelin Burns Cottage, Ayrshire, Scotland - home of poet Robert Burns Cook's Cottage, Melbourne, Australia - birthplace of James Cook, taken from Yorkshire to Victoria in 1934 Dove Cottage, Cumbria, England - home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth Elgar Birthplace Museum, Worcestershire, England -