These are the happiest cities in the world – the location of Athens and Ioannina

The Institute for Quality of Life’s Happy City Index has returned for its sixth version and cities across the globe have been evaluated in education, policies without exclusion, economy, mobility (quality and efficiency of the media, and accessibility to the environment) In green spaces and innovation, in order to classify « gold », « silver » or « bronze ».

« A city with happy people will always mean something different to a five -year -old child – who can wait for places to play opportunities to spend quality time with his parents, such as a quick return home from work – compared to a student, a professional or an elderly citizen. Therefore, it is not fair to establish a single city as a leader, « the investigation said, to justify the three categories of the cities in the light of the aforementioned criteria.

Protagonist Copenhagen

The first in the « gold » category is Copenhagen. The Danish capital garnered a total of 1039 points, with winning forces the « dedication to research and development » and « active and participatory democracy ».

« Copenhagen is famous for its commitment to education and innovation. It hosts a leading university worldwide and cultivates a strong learning culture, with 11% of residents engaging in lifelong education. A highly educated population determines the city, where 20% of citizens are holders of a postgraduate degree, 86% speak at least one foreign language and the impressive 98% have digital skills.

The dedication of the city to research and development is evident, with 6.34 patents granted every 10,000 inhabitants, reinforcing its reputation as a center of technological and intellectual progress, ”said the research of the Institute.

The cities that won the gold

• Copenhagen, Denmark

• Zurich, Switzerland

• Singapore

• Aarhus, Denmark

• Antwerp, Belgium

• Seoul, South Korea

• Stockholm, Sweden

• Taipei, Taiwan

• Munich, Germany

• Rotterdam, Netherlands

• Vancouver, Canada

• Vienna, Austria

• Paris, France

• Helsinki, Finland

• Aalborg, Denmark

• Berlin, Germany

• New York, USA

• Dresden, Germany

• Brussels, Belgium

• Geneva, Switzerland

• Porto, Portugal

• Barcelona, ​​Spain

• Oslo, Norway

• Dublin, Ireland

• Milan, Italy

• Roskilde, Denmark

• Reykjavik, Iceland

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Adelaide, Australia

• Minneapolis, United States

• London, United Kingdom

You can read the full list here.

Greece’s position

As far as Greece is concerned, Ioannina and Athens were on the list, but in extremely low positions – the city of Epirus won 151st place, while Athens in the 183rd.

Ioannina seems to have lost enough points on environmental issues and mobility issues. Correspondingly, Athens is falling in the areas of economy, mobility and environment.