По исследованиям указанного выше авторитетного издательства горячо и страстно любимый мною Kobenhavn занял почетное 2-ое место в мире по комфортности жизни (вот оно – метафизическое hygge!)
Про победителя – Мюнхен, а также про остальные интересные города, вошедшие в топ, завтра выложу саммари на русском.
#2: Copenhagen is Scandinavia’s most desirable city
By Stuart Husband
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
It’s not often that an advertising slogan sums up the spirit of a city, but the one adorning a billboard for new homes designed by young Danish architects – “there’s something modern in the state of Denmark” – encapsulates Copenhagen’s current mood of creative maelstrom and youthful dynamism rather adroitly.
Not that the charms of Danish society in general, and those of its capital in particular, have previously gone unremarked; a 2006 survey found Denmark to be the happiest place in the world, based on standards of health, welfare, and education. But commentators were starting to insinuate that the city’s cool might be sliding into complacency; after all, weren’t the main attractions still the twee Little Mermaid and the quaint Tivoli Gardens amusement park? Even the design legacy of Arne Jacobsen – the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel stuffed full of Egg chairs, the National Bank – was more heritage than here-and-now.
