What makes this the happiest city on earth?

Aarhus has been named the happiest city of 2024. What is it that makes it special, what part takes bicycling, and why do children play a big role?
Let me take you with me on a trip to Denmark and the happiest people on earth.

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00:00 Intro
00:25 Hygge
00:56 Mobility
01:27 Livelyness
01:42 Children
02:04 Free Activities
02:28 Nature
02:36 People & Work
03:11 Social System

[Infernus]

Love the old parts of Aarhus but the new districts just seem so bland and harsh. Great video though man, always nice when people venture outside of just cph

[azr]

The whole time I lived in Aarhus I was constantly happy and in fact so was everybody else. All the time everyone was happy constantly. Nobody was ever sad ever because in Aarhus there is no reason to ever be sad and no one is. Everyone is so happy. :))

[ijamato]

Almost naked, by a beautiful morning, the Aarhus citizen enjoys a fair trade coffee coming from São Paulo and manufactured by a small family farm the size of 40 football fields, mentally reproducing the scene of torture in Casino Royale, sitting on its black polypropylene chair from Ikea hoping that someone is looking at him from below through its transparent blue PVC balcony

[slavomt]

Sorry, I lived in Aarhus and I have a different opinion. Aarhus is nice, but not extraordinary. There are many other wonderful places in Europe, but Danes truly believe that Denmark is special. The Danish media repeats this narrative almost every day. I can say that Denmark is best seen through Danish eyes and Danes feel best about it because it is built on their values.

[dudemaster]

the problem with all of this is quantifying happiness purely by material things like money, social security and places for leisure. this approach completely overlooks the core of what makes humans happy to begin with: feeling of belonging in an accepting and helpful community. Western cultures and Europe, with its deeply individualistic mentality, in general, has none of that. You have to look into third world countries to find it.