How Finland Designs Cities to Remove Stress You Didn't Know You Were Carrying [Ad-Free]
Episode 2 of my series on the world's happiest country is now live.
Most cities are designed around cars, commerce, and efficiency. The stress they create is just something you absorb without noticing.
But not Helsinki, the capital of the happiest country in the world (nine years running).
In this second episode of my Finland series (here’s part 1 if you missed it), I spent time walking the streets with locals to see how the way a city is built might have more to do with happiness than we’d expect.
I explored a neighborhood that used to be working class and a little rough around the edges with Timo Hämäläinen, a blogger and urban planner who works for the City of Helsinki. He shared with me the the city had of making the area more people-centric.
I explored another neighborhood with Pauliina Seppälä, a Helsinki community organizer who showed me what it feels like to have everything you need within walking distance. We also discuss the tradeoffs of Finnish society, such as whether he country’s famously strong social safety net might quietly be make people less engaged.
This is Episode 2 of a five-part series on why Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world. Watch the full video below, and subscribe so you don't miss what's next
