Mildly Interesting

First of all, these often cited surveys ask for being content, or satisfied, not "happiness" itself, a term most Finns would feel overwhelmed by.

And this article, like so many others, is about summer and Helsinki. Not winter and somewhere less cultural.

And, believe it or not, national surveys have revealed that we are less happy now than a few years ago, thanks to our conservative-neoliberalistic-fascistoid government.

That said, it still is a great place to live, winter has its charms too, now that the days are getting longer again and there is proper snow, and if I ever had to live in a big city again, Helsinki would be a good choice.