After March 20, which has been World Happiness Day for seven years, the UN defined Finland for the second time in a row as the happiest country To do this, he took into consideration some variables such as freedom, confidence, income, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity.
Through your program Rent a Finnthe Nordic country offers free vacation to foreigners so that they learn to be happy. Finns are opening up their homes and lives and welcoming visitors to experience reconnecting with nature.
How to be happy in Finland?
In addition to witnessing the factors that the UN took into account to define it as the happiest country, if you participate in the initiative Rent a Finn You will be able to visit eight villages in Finland to practice activities such as berry picking, boating and playing traditional Finnish games. And it is that the secret of the happiness of the Finns, according to the promoters of the initiative, is their nature.
While the rest of the world goes to therapy, the Finns put on their boots and clean the forest
Rent a Finn
His goal is to get people from all over the world to spend three days during the summer in the homes of happy Finn families to understand their lifestyle of relaxation, tranquility and total happiness.
Eight households in the country were chosen to represent this initiative, although the expenses will be borne by the national tourism board Visit Finland. Some of the hosts are families, others are people who live alone. The happiness guides will share their connection with nature with the winners of the experience.
Here you get to know the guides more thoroughly: Petri, Linda and Niko, Juho, Timo, Hanna, Katja, Esko, and Laura and Joni.
How can you participate in the experience?
If you want to live with a happy Finnish family, you must send a video of maximum three minutes to Rent a Finnin which you must describe your relationship with nature and explain what your intention is when visiting the Nordic country, in addition to filling out the form that you will find on their website in which you will find the requirements that will allow you to participate to “rent a Finn”.
Visit Finland will select suitable candidates for each of the hosts and the winners will be contacted personally.
The application period ends on April 14. of this year.
And you, what do you think of this initiative? Find your calm and connect with nature!
Sources:
Collective Culture
CNN