As per the United Nations World Happiness Report, Finland has been crowned the happiest country in the world. Reportedly, the European nation has bagged the title for the fourth year in a row.
Heli Jimenez, senior director of international marketing at Business Finland, in a press release stated that Finnish happiness isn’t skin deep and immediately visible, and that it’s deeply ingrained in their being. He added, “Sustainable happiness is our superpower, and it means we tend to take life as it comes — a trait that is helping us through these challenging times.”
The said report has been published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which is a global initiative for the United Nations. In fact, this year’s World Happiness Report looked a bit different as compared to previous years, as it focused more on the effects of COVID-19 and how people fared this time.
The report further added that their aim was two-fold; first, to focus on the effects of COVID-19 on the quality and structure of people’s lives, whereas the second thing was to evaluate and describe how governments across the world have dealt with the pandemic. The report further added that they delved into the factor as to why some countries manage to do a better job than others.
Regarding Finland, despite all the things that happened in 2020, the nation still managed to grab the top position. For those keen to experience some of that happiness, Visit Finland, the country’s tourism organization, has lined up a few key activities, such as relaxing and reconnecting with nature, exploring one of the country’s 188000 beautiful lakes, partaking in the Finnish tradition of sitting in a sauna and much more.