The World's Best Places to Live
Finland was recently named the best place in the world to live, thanks largely to great air and water quality, low rates of infant diseases, and protection from water pollution and natural disasters. What else is great about Finland? Well, for starters, Finland ...
Iceland also made the list of the world's best places to live. Despite it's name, Iceland is not made entirely of ice. In fact, Iceland offers:
Norway made the cut, too. Despite it's reputation as being expensive, Norway has:
Ahhhh ... Sweden. There are so many reasons to love this nation:
Austria rounds out the list of the five most liveable countries. However, just because it came in at number five -- and just because it has controversial urinals -- don't dismiss this nation. Austria is the proud home of:
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- Boasts the Northern Lights
- Hosts the Sauna World Championships
- Offers sleddog vacations
- Is home to the Ice Hotel
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Iceland also made the list of the world's best places to live. Despite it's name, Iceland is not made entirely of ice. In fact, Iceland offers:
- Opportunities to surf
- Excursions to the Icelandic Phallological Museum
- Some of the most gorgeous valleys in the world
- Scuba diving
Norway made the cut, too. Despite it's reputation as being expensive, Norway has:
- Amazing views
- Amazing coasts
- The amazing Hurtigruten
- Some of the world's most amazing islands
Ahhhh ... Sweden. There are so many reasons to love this nation:
- It's home to one of the world's top tech cities.
- You can see the world's longest art gallery here.
- It'll soon have an ABBA museum!
- They even have Swedish tacos.
Austria rounds out the list of the five most liveable countries. However, just because it came in at number five -- and just because it has controversial urinals -- don't dismiss this nation. Austria is the proud home of:
- The world's largest ice caves
- One of the world's most elegant Easter festivals
- Entire villages you can RENT!
- One of the world's most unusual spas
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Filed under: Arts and Culture, Europe, Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Feb 17th 2008 @ 9:36AM
Joseph DiMeco said...
Where are the best places in the world to retire for example Japan, philipenes, guam, saipan, etc for retired military and why do you not tell us about the 9 countries that the state department approves and we do not have to pay taxes on anything especialy our incomes please advise same as you did above about pros and cons thank you look forward to the new article on this
Joseph
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Feb 28th 2008 @ 1:00PM
Marc Myllerup said...
I was very suprised when i noticed that Denmark wasn't on the list, as it's one of the richest and freest countries in the world.
Since Norway is there it's a shame not to have Denmark noticed, cause as a lot of people know in northern countries then Norway is extremely borring.
Anyway cool idea.
Marc
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Feb 28th 2008 @ 1:02PM
Marc said...
then > that
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