5 Reasons Why Denmark Is The Happiest Country In The World

The World Happiness Report recently named Denmark the "happiest country in the world" for the second year in a row. You should know why.

1. Biking Culture

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Copenhagen is the second largest biking city in the world after Amsterdam. With all those endorphins floating around, it's no wonder people are so damn happy. Also, no traffic = no traffic-induced freak-outs.

Yup, nothing stressful about this...

2. Christmas Markets

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It's the hap-happiest tiiiime of the year... ALL DECEMBER LONG. Danes love Christmas so much, they celebrate it for a full month. The ubiquitous Christmas Markets provide visitors and locals alike with aggressively large hot-dogs, fuzzy scarves that will absolutely be re-gifted, and $7 hot chocolate. But it's the holidays and, with everyone drunk on Glögg, anything goes!

3. Everyone's Hot

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Seriously - everyone. Even babies. Everyone's happy all the time because they're hot and they know it, and they have an endless supply of eye candy! No worries - you, too, can fake the "Danish look" by bleaching your hair, throwing it in a high bun, wearing all black, and being effortlessly cool in general. Good luck!

4. Students Get Paid to Go to University

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....AND GETTING PAID.

Just another reason to want to stay in college forever.

5. Safer Than Abstinence

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Denmark ranked second on the 2013 Global Peace Index, with only 34 homicides (2012) and virtually no kidnappings or aggravated assaults. (Compare this to New York City, with over 12 times the number of homicides and almost 400 aggravated assaults). Denmark is so safe, parents leave their babies outside in unattended carriages. American parents walk around with their children ON LEASHES.