I need to add one point here since I'm sure some people will mention this. While Finland was ranked as No.1 in the Happiest Report, Finland has serious social issues as well such as high depression rate, mental health challenges, harmful alcohol use, and so on. Of course moving to Finland doesn't mean you acquire easy, happy lifestyle automatically. However, as the report shows, the living environment here in Finland is in general one of the best. Overall, I like living in Finland. フィンランドは世界一幸せな国に5年連続で選ばれている一方で、アルコール中毒や鬱、精神的な病に苦しむ人の割合も多いというのが事実です。フィンランドに引っ越す＝快適で幸せな生活が自動的に手に入るわけではありません。ただ、このレポートのいろんな指標で評価されているように、総合的に見て、世界でも住みやすい国のひとつであると思います。なんだかんだ、僕自身は、この国での暮らしは好きです。
Watch The video "Country alcohol consumption comparison "" Finland's alcohol consumption is in the middle in Europe. The highest alcohol consumption countries are in Europe: The 1st Moldova, The 2 nd Lithuania, the 3rd Chechia and the 4rg Germany. Forinstance Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium Poland, Luxemburg, Belarus, Portugal, Hungary, France, Latvia UK, Ireland etc. are ahead of Finland. Deppression is not so high in Finland. That's old news. We don't live in the 90's anymore. Watch the vide the most deppressed countries.
Finnish harmful alcohol use is largely a myth nowadays. It is based on a cartoon sketch done in the 1850's to warn people about alcohol's dangers. It has stuck ever since. In truth the harmful alcohol use in Finland is pretty much on par with the rest of the world. I need to admit we have a culture where alcohol is often being used for intoxicating purposes rather than conversational drink like in Mediterranean countries like Italy and Greece. That's again due to very high alcohol pricing and government owned alcohol monopoly that prevents healthy competition in this area. All in all our alcohol culture is very skewed by our government for no valid reason. As for mental illnesses this is just a hunch but I believe we have equal amount of it compared to any other country, it's just that we diagnose them early and readily due to very good health care system. We pretty much notice and recognize every mental illness case in our population where in other countries people may live their whole life without getting them diagnosed. Which then leads to one of the biggest reasons I believe we're ranked high in happiness; the healthcare system. It is paid from tax money (I need to admit our taxation rate is very high, but for a good cause) and basically everyone here will get very good nearly free (just a small nominal fee) healthcare of every kind from dental care to physiotherapy and even more severe ones like cancers and toxicology. Mutual trust is also a big factor. Crime rate is small and whatever crimes happen here they're mostly reckless driving, tax evasion and minor shoplifting. The police here isn't considered a force to be feared by anyone but rather your friend. Some even jokingly call them 'Late night taxi and hotel service' because if you pass out somewhere, someone is bound to call a police on you and they come pick you up. Sometimes they may drive you home but officially they'll take you in the station and let you sleep the night there. The bunk bed isn't the most comfortable one but to be honest in a heavy drunken stupor you'll hardly notice the difference to your own bed. For that you'll not get charged and you're free to go the next morning. That is unless you broke some stuff or caused havoc before passing out the night before. And I'd guesstimate 99% of the time whoever finds you first after passing out will not steal your wallet and phone but rather make sure you have them on you. Edit: But like in life, everything usually evens out. All the happiness is far outweighted by the fact that half of the time the air is trying to kill your face. :D
Finnish people are content and that's way more important than being ''happy''. There's always going to be things that make us sad, that's the way life is. Because of that, I think the pursuit of happiness is a fool's errand.
Yeah, and what is happiness truly? Life is ups and downs. I you have everything basic in your life just okay I think it's this so called "happiness" for fins. We know that someone always has it worse...
Everytime I see any videos talking about the ”Happiness report” I have to leave a comment, that I think the term is misleading. It brings to mind people laughing all day long, exuding constant joy. I think the better term would be ”contentment report”. We Finns rarely have to live in a constant stress, worrying about insurmountable amount of student debt or fear of getting sick without (or even with) a health insurance, which might lead to a personal bankruptcy. Finland is still fairly safe and there is not really a fear of gun violence and I as a woman feel quite safe here. The egalitarity of us Finns might be the reason that we rarely feel the need to ”climb up the success ladder”. Most of us are happy/content if we make enough to live comfortably, are able to travel, eat well and do the things we love. I also think that the closeness to nature is a big part of our happiness, as it’s mosty accessible to anyone. And there have been many studies that just walking in a forest decreases your stress levels. If you have lived here all your life and you’ve never visited any other countries, or tried to learn about them and other cultures, it’s easy to be blinded to all the good things we have here. So yes, it’s easy for us Finns to laugh and make jokes about our top ranking (I’ve done that myself) but I think there is truth in it. If only they’d change the name of the report 🙃.
i think one of the main reasons of finnish happines is in trust. we trust pretty easyly to each other, to police, media, politics-- to our society. The humble lifestyle with this type of feeling of trust makes us feel safe. Pretty wide distribution of income is also one big subject in finnish quality of life.
When this report is brough up, there is a 5% chance that someone will do the very common joke of "Finland is the happiest country in the world because all the unhappy people kill themselves". There is a bit of a backstory to the perception that we have a lot of suicides, mostly it being so 30 years ago and reality and perception don't always go eye to eye and because how dark and cold the winters are. There aren't that many suicides in Finland, but people still think there are, so it's a case of reality and perception not matching up.
Oh, I find it bit funny, we tend to be gloomy and pessimistic people, a long history of sheer poverty with brutal climate etc. But the society is absolutely functioning, the institutions are trustworthy, the social safety nets are strong, the country is very safe and we have lots of nature free for roaming etc. But I don't think we are like excessively happy, more like complaining and often pretty grim :)
It must be contrast between Winter and Summer combined with good society. That first 5 min sunshine after darkness of autum and December remainds you - Oh Yes, only 5 months to summer. 🌅😊
The name of the study is a bit misleading. If majority of the people are content with everything gooing on in their country it always trumps "some people are super happy but others are poor and unhappy". That's why social democracies tend to be on the top of the list instead of heavily capitalist countries
This is an interesting topic especially when the suicide rate is so high. I like the way you put it that there are not many stimulants in Finland. Some people would just say it's rural but it depends on how you look at it. The music at the end sounds very smoothing. It feels like I just went back to ancient Kyoto
Suicide rate is not high in Finland. Are you still living in the 90's. Where an earth that lie comes from? Watch The video "Suicide rates in the world/Country suicide rate comparison. " 62 highest suicide countries and Finland is not even mentioned. The highest suicide countries are: The 1st Lithuania, the 2 nd Russia and the 3 rd South Korea.
@@cinderellaandstepsisters The myth begun from the post-war period when there were huge amount of men in Finland who, after witnessing years of destruction and death, could no longer find their place in a society where there were practically no mental health services except in the most difficult cases. Thousands of them ended up killing themselves because no other way out of the hopeless situation was in sight and just as many resorted to alcohol and drugs until death eventually pardoned them as well. Fucking sad
as the @Manteli Kukkapenkki said, the suicide thing aint much of a thing nowadays. Without checking stats, I recall finns offing themselves less than french do... per captia that is. So AFAIK the finnish suicide intentions are about the EU average. And as a public announcement: nah, dont do it, there's prolly better things, sometimes there arent but most of the times there are: so dont end your life, but if you still wanna do it in the end (no pun intended) conclude things so that no other person gets harmed.
I need to add one point here since I'm sure some people will mention this. While Finland was ranked as No.1 in the Happiest Report, Finland has serious social issues as well such as high depression rate, mental health challenges, harmful alcohol use, and so on. Of course moving to Finland doesn't mean you acquire easy, happy lifestyle automatically. However, as the report shows, the living environment here in Finland is in general one of the best. Overall, I like living in Finland.
フィンランドは世界一幸せな国に5年連続で選ばれている一方で、アルコール中毒や鬱、精神的な病に苦しむ人の割合も多いというのが事実です。フィンランドに引っ越す＝快適で幸せな生活が自動的に手に入るわけではありません。ただ、このレポートのいろんな指標で評価されているように、総合的に見て、世界でも住みやすい国のひとつであると思います。なんだかんだ、僕自身は、この国での暮らしは好きです。
Watch The video "Country alcohol consumption comparison ""
Finland's alcohol consumption is in the middle in Europe.
The highest alcohol consumption countries are in Europe:
The 1st Moldova, The 2 nd Lithuania, the 3rd Chechia and the 4rg Germany.
Forinstance Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium Poland, Luxemburg, Belarus, Portugal, Hungary, France, Latvia UK, Ireland etc. are ahead of Finland.
Deppression is not so high in Finland. That's old news. We don't live in the 90's anymore.
Watch the vide the most deppressed countries.
Finnish harmful alcohol use is largely a myth nowadays. It is based on a cartoon sketch done in the 1850's to warn people about alcohol's dangers. It has stuck ever since. In truth the harmful alcohol use in Finland is pretty much on par with the rest of the world. I need to admit we have a culture where alcohol is often being used for intoxicating purposes rather than conversational drink like in Mediterranean countries like Italy and Greece. That's again due to very high alcohol pricing and government owned alcohol monopoly that prevents healthy competition in this area.
All in all our alcohol culture is very skewed by our government for no valid reason.
As for mental illnesses this is just a hunch but I believe we have equal amount of it compared to any other country, it's just that we diagnose them early and readily due to very good health care system. We pretty much notice and recognize every mental illness case in our population where in other countries people may live their whole life without getting them diagnosed.
Which then leads to one of the biggest reasons I believe we're ranked high in happiness; the healthcare system. It is paid from tax money (I need to admit our taxation rate is very high, but for a good cause) and basically everyone here will get very good nearly free (just a small nominal fee) healthcare of every kind from dental care to physiotherapy and even more severe ones like cancers and toxicology.
Mutual trust is also a big factor. Crime rate is small and whatever crimes happen here they're mostly reckless driving, tax evasion and minor shoplifting. The police here isn't considered a force to be feared by anyone but rather your friend. Some even jokingly call them 'Late night taxi and hotel service' because if you pass out somewhere, someone is bound to call a police on you and they come pick you up. Sometimes they may drive you home but officially they'll take you in the station and let you sleep the night there. The bunk bed isn't the most comfortable one but to be honest in a heavy drunken stupor you'll hardly notice the difference to your own bed. For that you'll not get charged and you're free to go the next morning. That is unless you broke some stuff or caused havoc before passing out the night before. And I'd guesstimate 99% of the time whoever finds you first after passing out will not steal your wallet and phone but rather make sure you have them on you.
Edit: But like in life, everything usually evens out. All the happiness is far outweighted by the fact that half of the time the air is trying to kill your face. :D
Finnish people are content and that's way more important than being ''happy''.
There's always going to be things that make us sad, that's the way life is.
Because of that, I think the pursuit of happiness is a fool's errand.
Yeah, and what is happiness truly? Life is ups and downs. I you have everything basic in your life just okay I think it's this so called "happiness" for fins. We know that someone always has it worse...
Everytime I see any videos talking about the ”Happiness report” I have to leave a comment, that I think the term is misleading. It brings to mind people laughing all day long, exuding constant joy. I think the better term would be ”contentment report”.
We Finns rarely have to live in a constant stress, worrying about insurmountable amount of student debt or fear of getting sick without (or even with) a health insurance, which might lead to a personal bankruptcy. Finland is still fairly safe and there is not really a fear of gun violence and I as a woman feel quite safe here.
The egalitarity of us Finns might be the reason that we rarely feel the need to ”climb up the success ladder”. Most of us are happy/content if we make enough to live comfortably, are able to travel, eat well and do the things we love. I also think that the closeness to nature is a big part of our happiness, as it’s mosty accessible to anyone. And there have been many studies that just walking in a forest decreases your stress levels.
If you have lived here all your life and you’ve never visited any other countries, or tried to learn about them and other cultures, it’s easy to be blinded to all the good things we have here. So yes, it’s easy for us Finns to laugh and make jokes about our top ranking (I’ve done that myself) but I think there is truth in it. If only they’d change the name of the report 🙃.
Yes the term is a bit mis leading, I agree.
I lived in other countries and ppl in them did not smile 24/7.
@@cinderellaandstepsisters I have noted this too. If they would, I'd suspect there was something added in to their water supply 😂
i think one of the main reasons of finnish happines is in trust. we trust pretty easyly to each other, to police, media, politics-- to our society. The humble lifestyle with this type of feeling of trust makes us feel safe. Pretty wide distribution of income is also one big subject in finnish quality of life.
That's a good point and I feel that from daily life as well :)
It's fun watching this as person from finland :D
I like your perspective. 👍
Thanks!
I've moved to Finland only 2 months ago but I can see myself staying here. It's not perfect but which country really is?
Welcome 🙂
@@mantelikukkapenkki2368 Kiitos!
the most perfect country is: kanada
edit: the answering committee was from the united states of the america of the answering commitee of from
このビデオをありがとう。 私は71歳で、田舎に住んでいます。 私は2週間に1回店に行きます。 前回、3マイル離れた場所で買い物に行ったとき、私は引き返しました。何も必要ありませんでした。 しかし、村の道をドライブして春が来るのを見るのは楽しかったです。
ビデオを見ていただきありがとうございます。フィンランドらしい、のどかな場所に住んでいるんですね😁
When this report is brough up, there is a 5% chance that someone will do the very common joke of "Finland is the happiest country in the world because all the unhappy people kill themselves".
There is a bit of a backstory to the perception that we have a lot of suicides, mostly it being so 30 years ago and reality and perception don't always go eye to eye and because how dark and cold the winters are. There aren't that many suicides in Finland, but people still think there are, so it's a case of reality and perception not matching up.
Oh, I find it bit funny, we tend to be gloomy and pessimistic people, a long history of sheer poverty with brutal climate etc. But the society is absolutely functioning, the institutions are trustworthy, the social safety nets are strong, the country is very safe and we have lots of nature free for roaming etc. But I don't think we are like excessively happy, more like complaining and often pretty grim :)
As you say, I think "Functioning" is a good word to describe the society :)
It must be contrast between Winter and Summer combined with good society. That first 5 min sunshine after darkness of autum and December remainds you - Oh Yes, only 5 months to summer. 🌅😊
That's true...you start appreciating sunshine :)
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I totally agree with you. I've been to many online arguments with people that think Finnish people are happy. 😂
Haha yeah that's a controversial topic :p
The name of the study is a bit misleading. If majority of the people are content with everything gooing on in their country it always trumps "some people are super happy but others are poor and unhappy". That's why social democracies tend to be on the top of the list instead of heavily capitalist countries
This is an interesting topic especially when the suicide rate is so high.
I like the way you put it that there are not many stimulants in Finland.
Some people would just say it's rural but it depends on how you look at it.
The music at the end sounds very smoothing. It feels like I just went back to ancient Kyoto
Yes this is interesting in several way as you mentioned. haha that's my favorite music too :)
Our homicide rates have been at the European average over 20 years now, even Belgium have more than we do. We're not living in the '70s anymore
Suicide rate is not high in Finland. Are you still living in the 90's. Where an earth that lie comes from?
Watch The video "Suicide rates in the world/Country suicide rate comparison. "
62 highest suicide countries and Finland is not even mentioned. The highest suicide countries are:
The 1st Lithuania, the 2 nd Russia and the 3 rd South Korea.
@@cinderellaandstepsisters The myth begun from the post-war period when there were huge amount of men in Finland who, after witnessing years of destruction and death, could no longer find their place in a society where there were practically no mental health services except in the most difficult cases.
Thousands of them ended up killing themselves because no other way out of the hopeless situation was in sight and just as many resorted to alcohol and drugs until death eventually pardoned them as well. Fucking sad
as the @Manteli Kukkapenkki said, the suicide thing aint much of a thing nowadays. Without checking stats, I recall finns offing themselves less than french do... per captia that is. So AFAIK the finnish suicide intentions are about the EU average. And as a public announcement: nah, dont do it, there's prolly better things, sometimes there arent but most of the times there are: so dont end your life, but if you still wanna do it in the end (no pun intended) conclude things so that no other person gets harmed.
Unhappy Finns off themselves, leaving happy Finns, or used to. Japan is not far behind on that.
私が最初です。 サポート！
Why you look sad 😂
That's how I look happy lol
For Finns it's more true, but not for immigrants who are from developing countries