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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
Gallery: Finland
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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
Gallery: Iceland
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
Gallery: Norway
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.
Gallery: Sweden
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
Gallery: Austria
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Filed under: Arts and Culture, Europe, Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joseph DiMeco Feb 17th 2008 9:36AM
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
Marc Myllerup Feb 28th 2008 1:00PM
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
Marc Feb 28th 2008 1:02PM
then > that
VENKATESWARA RAO.JANAPAREDDY. Oct 28th 2008 9:45PM
THE BEST COOL PLACE AFTER 50. WHERE NO TENSION AND ASSURED SECURITY AND SAFETY.
Gregor Anton May 7th 2009 11:20PM
I can't disagree with the picks, I was born and raised in Vienna Austria (#1), lived in Zurich (#2) and now I live in Vancouver (#3)
http://marketingworkshops.ca/wordpress/2009/05/07/worlds-best-20-places-to-live/
David Zivanovic Aug 27th 2009 9:18AM
I currently live in Serbia,and I would really like to move out of this place... I was wondering,is there any country that is not so hard to live in,I mean,not too expensive as Norway. Also, it would be good that English is primary language,so i don't have to spend too much time learning language :D Mine real desire is to live in Moscow,but as expensive city and with really cold weather,Moscow is not a good place for a normal family to live..Any recommendation?