Finland is the happiest country in the world. Now travelers can take a free trip to find out why

Finland has been named the happiest state successful the satellite — again.

The Nordic state topped the "World Happiness Report 2023," published this week by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which measures factors specified arsenic income, intelligence and carnal wellness and societal generosity.

According to the report: "Finland continues to inhabit the apical spot, for the sixth twelvemonth successful a row, with a people that is importantly up of each different countries."

But there's nary nationalist concealed down Finnish happiness, said Heli Jimenez, elder manager astatine the governmental enactment Business Finland.

Rather, it's "a accomplishment that tin beryllium learned," she said.

To beryllium this, the state is giving distant escaped trips to Finland for a four-day masterclass successful Finnish doctrine and beingness balance.

Finland's archetypal "Masterclass of Happiness" volition beryllium held from June 12 to 15 astatine the Kuru Resort, a luxury lakeside retreat successful confederate Finland.

According to Visit Finland, "expert coaches" volition screen 4 themes successful 4 days:

• nature and lifestyle
• health and balance
• design and "everyday"
• food and wellbeing

The catch?

Only 10 radical tin attend. For those who are chosen, the costs of the class, positive question expenses, volition beryllium covered.

Applications to attend the masterclass are unfastened from present done April 2. Interested travelers request to capable retired a signifier and implicit a social media challenge showing wherefore "you whitethorn secretly beryllium a Finn."

Those who are not chosen to be successful idiosyncratic "need not worry," according to the country's tourism authorization Visit Finland, adding that the masterclass volition beryllium disposable online aboriginal this summer.

Jimenez said she is often asked wherefore Finns are truthful happy. For her, it "stems from a adjacent narration with quality and our down-to-earth lifestyle."

The Finnish CEO of the lawsuit feedback institution HappyOrNot Miika Makitalo agreed.

"We nurture our work-life balance, judge successful our nine and dedicate clip to benefitting from our proximity to nature," helium said.

But helium besides said the conception of "sisu" plays an important role.

"Finns person a doctrine called 'sisu', an amalgamation of perseverance, resilience and keeping problems successful perspective," helium said. "Sisu defines our nationalist quality and is arsenic recognizable and accepted a conception to Finns arsenic the 'American Dream' mightiness beryllium to residents of the USA."

He said the connection has nary English equivalent, but it involves pushing one's ain boundaries and approaching seemingly insurmountable challenges head-on.

"This doctrine surely underpins our nationalist happiness and consciousness of purpose," helium said. "It keeps our spirits high."

According to the report, beingness valuation averages this twelvemonth are "remarkably resilient," with planetary averages from the past 3 years akin to those from earlier the pandemic.

Afghanistan and Lebanon are astatine the extremity of the list, however. According to the report, mean beingness evaluations successful some countries are 1.8 and 2.4, respectively, connected a standard that runs from 0 to 10.