The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country

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How long have you lived in Denmark, where do you live, and what’s changed in your life since ‘The Year of Living Danishly’?

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Denmark is no longer the happiest nation in the world. Was there some jealousy when Norway and Finland, fellow Nordic countries, took up the position in the following years?

Copenhagen, unlike London, seems a fairly informal city. Nevertheless, living in Jutland, have you found there’s a difference in attitudes between urban and rural areas in Denmark? When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn’t Disneyland, but Denmark, a land often thought of by foreigners as consisting entirely of long dark winters, cured herring, Lego and pastries. What is the secret to their success? Are happy Danes born, or made? Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shown PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Year_of_Living_Danishly_-_Helen_Russell.pdf, The_Year_of_Living_Danishly_-_Helen_Russell.epub

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In this keynote, Helen explores the cultural differences and challenges foreigners face when moving to Denmark. Well, we’re all fascinated with happiness, I think. Working in consumer and lifestyle magazines, the underlying message of most features I wrote was happiness. And, actually, my podcast is about sadness. Since moving to Denmark, I realised it’s because there are fewer reasons to be unhappy. In a later book, I travelled to discuss my work and realised people are so obsessed with the pursuit of happiness, they have a phobia of being sad. Many of us have a very narrow definition of happiness: never being sad. In limiting sadness, we’re making negative thoughts worse. My podcast looks at how being sad can make us happier… in a roundabout sort of way! The UK is still pretty obsessed with Scandi lifestyle trends. Do you worry we’ll ever lose interest? verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ You talk a lot about childcare in ‘The Year of Living Danishly’. Denmark is well-known for generous childcare – what sets its system apart? Full Book Name: The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country Your book is about living Danishly, but we’re fairly similar cultures… how much of life in Denmark was the same as in the UK? That’s a good question. They’re all Danes. But yes, Danish is the ninth hardest language to learn in the world, and even in a county of just 5.6 million people, Copenhageners often don’t understand Jutlanders. Absolutely terrifying! I had a nice job, lots of friends. People made mutterings of career suicide and wondered if I was having a breakdown… which perhaps I was! We moved to Denmark in the middle of winter. I didn’t speak the language. I didn’t have a job. My husband left for work at 7:30am and I was alone in the house. I wondered if I’d made the biggest mistake of my life. It took a lot of bravery and tenacity. I put my journalist’s hat on and approached it as a project. I found out about a different area of Danish living each month and that gave me a focus. Otherwise, I would have just curled up in a ball and not come out until summer.

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In this insightful keynote, Helen shares the secrets of happiness from 30 countries – uncovering the unique cultural concepts, habits and attitudes keeping people afloat, worldwide. You’ve written books on happiness, and your podcast How to Be Sad interviews guests about happiness. Was happiness something you were always interested in, or was it a fascination you developed living in Denmark?