https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The newest “Glücksatlas” (happiness index) measures overall life satisfaction every year. The coronavirus crisis has definitely been a powerful damper on the happiness of people everywhere. What role does age, gender, and region play, and how happy are folks in Germany? https://www.thelocal.de/20201119/just-how-happy-is-germany-in-2020 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 17:45:08 +0100 just-how-happy-is-germany-in-2020 German children are less happy with life than than their counterparts in neighbouring countries, a new study on the well-being of youngsters has found. https://www.thelocal.de/20200903/revealed-how-life-satisfaction-of-german-children-compares-to-other-countries Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:06:02 +0200 revealed-how-life-satisfaction-of-german-children-compares-to-other-countries Ahead of International Day of Happiness on Wednesday a majority (66 percent) of Germans have told pollsters they are happy. https://www.thelocal.de/20190319/poll-two-thirds-of-germans-consider-themselves-happy Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:59:40 +0100 poll-two-thirds-of-germans-consider-themselves-happy What is a happy day for you? To find the best answers, dance teacher Karina Sillmann began asking the children, ages 7-12, in her class in Aschaffenburg near Frankfurt. https://www.thelocal.de/20181206/german-project-spotlights-happiness-through-the-eyes-of-a-child Thu, 06 Dec 2018 18:34:00 +0100 german-project-spotlights-happiness-through-the-eyes-of-a-child The German Glücksatlas was published again on Tuesday and the people of Schleswig-Holstein were once again revealed to be the most content in the country. Here’s why. https://www.thelocal.de/20171107/this-is-why-people-in-northwest-germany-are-the-happiest Tue, 07 Nov 2017 18:23:41 +0100 this-is-why-people-in-northwest-germany-are-the-happiest A new study shows that Germans are more satisfied with their lives now than at any point since reunification in 1990. https://www.thelocal.de/20170317/german-happiness-hits-record-high-thanks-to-the-ossis Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:40:42 +0100 german-happiness-hits-record-high-thanks-to-the-ossis Germans this year reported being happier with their lives than they've been in years, but some places are certainly more cheery than others. https://www.thelocal.de/20161018/heres-where-germanys-happiest-people-live Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:13:22 +0200 heres-where-germanys-happiest-people-live Germany leaped and bounded up the scale of happiness, surpassing the comparatively gloomy Brits for the first time in the UN report on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160316/germans-jump-up-the-scale-in-world-happiness-rating Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:29:13 +0100 germans-jump-up-the-scale-in-world-happiness-rating Want to find your happy place in Germany? You might want to move to Schleswig-Holstein, according to the latest "Happiness Atlas" produced by Deutsche Post. https://www.thelocal.de/20151125/germanys-happiest-states-revealed Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:08:06 +0100 germanys-happiest-states-revealed More than three-quarters of Germans told pollsters that well-being for them simply meant "having no financial worries" in a survey published on Tuesday, revealing a nation still searching for simple stability. https://www.thelocal.de/20150609/germans-idea-of-happiness-no-money-stress Tue, 09 Jun 2015 17:45:06 +0200 germans-idea-of-happiness-no-money-stress The economic and political powerhouse of Europe ranked 14th place worldwide for overall social progress in ratings released on Thursday, but lagged behind other European leaders in areas like religious tolerance and violence towards minorities. https://www.thelocal.de/20150410/germany-still-has-room-to-improve-on-tolerance-inclusion Fri, 10 Apr 2015 18:35:39 +0200 germany-still-has-room-to-improve-on-tolerance-inclusion In time for the International Day of Happiness on Friday, Eurostat released a report showing that younger Germans are on average more satisfied with their lives than older Germans. https://www.thelocal.de/20150320/younger-germans-happier-than-older-germans Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:19:40 +0100 younger-germans-happier-than-older-germans If you want to be happy, head north! That at least is the conclusion of the annual German happiness map which found people in Berlin and Brandenburg need to cheer up. https://www.thelocal.de/20141008/where-are-the-happiest-places-in-germany Wed, 08 Oct 2014 16:44:00 +0200 where-are-the-happiest-places-in-germany Nearly three quarters of Germans are feeling optimistic about the coming year, a report released on Friday suggested. This is a significant increase on the year before. https://www.thelocal.de/20131227/most-germans-optimistic-about-2014 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:05:00 +0100 most-germans-optimistic-about-2014 Being happy is important for everyone. For some it's a ray of sunshine falling on the petals of a spring flower, for others it's a fancy yacht. For this week's The Local list we looked at a recent survey of what puts a smile on German faces. https://www.thelocal.de/20130501/49453 Wed, 01 May 2013 12:30:00 +0200 49453 They often toil for long hours for little pay and even less glory, but artists are Germany’s happiest workers, according to a new study from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW). https://www.thelocal.de/20120216/40775 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:09:00 +0100 40775 Happy in Hamburg: People living in the northern port city are the most content Germans, according to a study published on Tuesday. While the eastern state of Thuringia has the grumpiest residents, overall the country is the happiest it's been in a decade. https://www.thelocal.de/20110920/37707 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:48:00 +0200 37707