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Finland: 9 years as world's happiest country | WORLD OF TRAVEL
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34:59Now PlayingIn this episode of World of Travel, hosts Kolyn and Lindsey stop along Embassy Row, stepping out of D.C. and into a forest at the Embassy of Finland. For the ninth year in a row, Finland is ranked the world’s happiest country, and Ambassador Leena-Kaisa Mikkola joins Kolyn and Lindsey to unpack why. The tour starts in the embassy’s sauna, where the ambassador notes everyone is equal because everyone is naked. The conversation then shifts to Finland’s core values, the one and only Santa Claus, the country’s decision to join NATO after decades of military non-alignment, and Finland’s purchase of American F-35s, with Finnish pilots now training in Arkansas.
Hosts & Executive Producers: Lindsey Granger, Kolyn Boyd
Executive Producer: Andy Gipson
Editorial Producer: Meagan Ourada
Segment Producer: Christine Jenkinson
Associate Producers: Will Tomasi, Mekhi Rhodes
Editor: Irit Nayden
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