Find out how every Nordic country is ranked one of the world’s happiest places.
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Nordic nations take top four places in happiness rankings, with annual study also charting the decline of the US
As the US slips further down the happiest countries list (currently in 18th place), the Nordic countries continue to vie with each other for the top spot. The current champ is Finland, which has “been ranked the most stable, the safest and best governed country in the world.”
I’m in the middle of the area known locally as “the Finnish Triangle,” sampling a highly unusual yogurt whose active culture arrived here 100-some years ago on a sun-dried rag. Every surface in Miriam Yliniemi’s bright kitchen is covered with a bowl
Take a peak into the lives of those living in the “Finnish Triangle” in the US. Tradition lives on here, and they recognize that “the beauty of the North lives in its contradictory extremes: searing sunlight, insulating snowbanks against the house, air so cold it burns your cheeks.”
