4th Times in a Row, Norway is still the Best Place to Live In!

Norway is still the Best Place to Live In! United Nations has just recently announced one of the Scandinavian countries is the best place to live in. With its sister-countries, Norway on its consecutive year is said to be the best place to live in.

By considering these qualities, education, democracy, income, public health, expected length of lifetime etc., Norway still maintained its level.

The remaining Scandinavian countries were also said to be suitable to live in as each ranks Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland.

Norway is still the Best Place to Live In! According to the Scandinavica, the Human Development Report (HDR) is an annual independent study commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme and published into more than a dozen languages. The HDR measures the wealth of nations by the standard of living of their population and considers several indexes related to life expectancy, education, economy and environment.

The worst countries in which to live are all in Africa, according to the UN report. All 23 nations at the bottom of the list were African, with war-torn Sierra Leone in last place.

Norway - Bergen

The view from mount Ulriken (643 metres above sea level), the highest of the seven mountains that surround Bergen, Norway.

Norway - Flag over Bergen

The view from mount Ulriken (643 metres above sea level), the highest of the seven mountains that surround Bergen, Norway.

Nidaros Cathedral

Nidaros Cathedral, Nidarosdomen, Trondheim (Norway). This spectacular church is the destination of one of the most important and fascinating pilgrim route, visited since the Middle Ages.

Bergen - Bryggen

Bryggen (in English “The Wharf”), also known as Tyskebryggen (”the German Wharf”) is a series of Hanseatic commercial buildings lining the eastern side of the fjord coming into Bergen, Norway. Bryggen is on the UNESCO list for World Cultural Heritage sites.