Australia

Endless golden beaches, phenomenal year-round weather, a lot of room to escape the crowds, and a world-renowned lifestyle,Australia rightly sits high on most people’s travel bucket list.

Sweeden

The lowliest of the Nordic top ten, Sweden has swapped with Australia to climb one place thanks to its combination of beautiful wilderness, hip cities, and Scandi cool. For visitors, Stockholm is probably the most beautiful Scandinavian city of all.

Canada

The US’s gargantuan neighbor always seems to nail the happiness metrics with its high life expectancy, small population, and extraordinary landscape offering everything from absolute solitude to city living at its edgiest.

Netherlands

Flat, Netherlands is world-renowned for its liberal, laissez-faireapproach to life. Do as the locals do and pedal a bike through its iconic tulip and windmill laden landscapes before rolling into Amsterdam and a taste of European culture at its finest.

Switzerland

Dropping from the top spot, Switzerland is still a pretty cheerful place to call home. Take into account, its favorable tax regime, a booming economy, phenomenal infrastructure, and education services and you can understand its success.

Iceland

The most equal, peaceful, and fair country in the world has always danced around the top spot thanks to its low tax and free health care and education.

Norway

Last year’s winner has also been voted Europe’s most beautiful country, which no doubt helps with the smiles.

Greece

According to the readers of CondΓ© Nast Traveller (CNT), Greece is the best country in the world and the top destination in 2018, followed by Italy and the USA.

Finland

Finland’s 5.5 million residents enjoy more forest per square mile than any European country, extremely high environmental standards, and a very low threat level making it one of the most peaceful places on Earth.

And the winner is… Italy

Italy, a European country with a long Mediterranean coastline, has left a powerful mark on Western culture and cuisine. Its capital, Rome, is home to the Vatican as well as landmark art and ancient ruins…