The happiest places in Denmark

If you go down to the woods today, you’ll find more than 10 trolls ready to surprise you. It’s all part of artist Thomas Dambo’s drive to get people exploring the lesser-visited parts of Denmark.

This bright red playground and outdoor fitness park is in an unlikely place on the roof of one of the buildings in Copenhagen’s newest Nordhavn district, with ocean views and trampolines to enjoy.

This circular bridge near Aarhus is a bridge to nowhere. The only reason to visit is to enjoy the walk, soak in the sea views and enjoy the fresh air. It’s not pointless if your aim is to increase your happiness!

The Happiness Museum in Copenhagen is a small museum ready to put a big smile on your face. Created by The Happiness Research Institute, a think tank dedicated to well-being, happiness and quality of life, it is all about what happiness is, how we measure it and what on earth living in the Nordic region has to do with it all. 

There's nothing like play to put a smile on your face. And at LEGO House in Billund, there is no shortage of ideas to get you playing around with LEGO. It helps that it's at the heart of LEGOLAND® Billund Resort, a collection of fantastic family attractions, in a city that is known as the Capital of Children. 

Imagine the joy of walking inside a rainbow. People in Aarhus don't have to imagine it - they can experience it whenever they want, by walking inside Olafur Eliasson's joyful circular walkway, Your Rainbow Panorama, on top of the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum.

Want to ride a wave of happiness? How about live in one! In Vejle, the Wave is an apartment block with a difference – it loops up and down next to the fjord and is just another example of joyful living and design from Denmark.

Have you heard of biophilia? It's all about how being in nature makes you feel happy. So when you put biophilia together with a treetop playground, just like you'll find at WOW PARK in Billund, that happiness multiplies.

We take pride in our city planning and how it is all designed with people in mind. And we also take that thinking into our countryside design, with sculptural and urban-influenced towers and developments like Camp Adventure's Forest Tower. A walk in the woods leads to a spiral tower and views as far as Sweden - just another way that Denmark's designs can put a smile on your face.