Journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell was given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, Denmark and discovered an unexpected experience: 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. Helen Russell questions the idea; are happy Danes born, or made?
To find out she decides there is only one way to investigate: she will give herself a year, trying to uncover the formula for Danish happiness. The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country is a funny, moving story of a journey that shows us how the Danes get it right, where they get it wrong, and how we might just benefit from living a little more Danishly ourselves.
