With Finland's place as the happiest country in the world firmly cemented, we set off on a quest to find the best place to live in the world's most contented nation.
Our call-out for nominations garnered a huge reaction among APN listeners, with stories and suggestions coming in from across the country — especially from people who have moved from abroad and now call their corners of Finland "home".
We hear about vibrant neighbourhoods in the south, the positive effects of an ambitious climate change policy in the east, and the tranquil beauty of life in Finnish Lapland.
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Aarne Granlund, a resident of North Karelia in the east of the country, told APN that the criteria for finding a good place to live in Finland is almost universal.
"If everything is working correctly and we get to go out to nature and have our sauna, we don't want anything much more than that. So if the basics are correct, then we are happy, but we do a lot of work to get the basics right in Finland," Granlund said.
We also wrap up the rest of the week's news and offer our weekly recommendation of what to watch on Yle Areena.
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Ronan Browne and Egan Richardson presented this episode of All Points North, with additional reporting by Zena Iovino. The sound engineer was Joonatan Kotila.
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