https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Danes are famous for their happiness but a new national survey reveals that some pockets of Denmark are happier than others. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160916/heres-where-the-happiest-danes-live Fri, 16 Sep 2016 16:20:25 +0200 heres-where-the-happiest-danes-live A new study released by the Copenhagen-based Happiness Research Institute shows that Denmark can no longer lay claim to the title of the happiest place on Earth. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150707/danes-happiness-supremacy-challenged-again Tue, 07 Jul 2015 22:02:32 +0200 danes-happiness-supremacy-challenged-again Denmark ranks eighth in the world in an index released on Thursday measuring what makes a country a good place to live, falling behind fellow Scandinavian countries Norway, in first place, and Sweden in second. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150410/denmark-in-top-ten-for-well-being-social-progress Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:51:46 +0200 denmark-in-top-ten-for-well-being-social-progress It’s a known fact that the Danes are the happiest people in Europe or even on Earth, according to some studies. But among all those happy Danes there is a small group that stands out as particularly happy, and that is retired Danish women, according to Danmarks Radio. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150402/retired-danish-women-the-happiest-of-the-happy Thu, 02 Apr 2015 11:34:43 +0200 retired-danish-women-the-happiest-of-the-happy As part of our Events Around Town series, we spoke with the Indonesian woman who organized a hugging campaign in Copenhagen on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150217/cheering-up-copenhagen-one-hug-at-a-time Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:22:00 +0100 cheering-up-copenhagen-one-hug-at-a-time Immigration Services, tax authority Skat, the Tax Ministry, the Employment Ministry and state-run transportation companies DSB and Banedanmark are among the public institutions that bottomed out in a new survey. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141027/danes-trust-in-public-institutions-on-the-decline Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:55:00 +0100 danes-trust-in-public-institutions-on-the-decline The American news site tells its readers that the Danish capital is the place to be for work-life balance, green commuting options and high levels of trust. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140908/copenhagen-one-of-cnns-healthiest-cities Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:51:00 +0200 copenhagen-one-of-cnns-healthiest-cities One international survey after the other has pointed to Denmark as the world's happiest country and now a researcher in England tells The Local that he may have discovered the reason why. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140718/danish-happiness-is-all-in-the-genes-researcher Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:52:00 +0200 danish-happiness-is-all-in-the-genes-researcher