Nothing you've heard of...

[Luca E]

unless you happen to live in the Netherlands.

Dutch kids are some of the happiest in the world. 

Learn something about another culture - 5 minute read...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jun/16/dutch-children-unusually-happy-healthy-avondvierdaagse-walking-festival

[Kileoli]

Nice article, although one cannot connect happiness to a cultural event, still the whole thing involves so many levels of interaction and to get to that kids need to learn the skills beforehand. So it's basically a win win situation.

Another interesting statistics is the general happiness of kids.

https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/reports/child-well-being-unpredictable-world

[Luca E]

Have you ever asked yourself why the Netherlands is such a cool country? They made same sex marriage legal years before anywhere else (2001). They made cannabis legal (2013) and don't need to fight a drugs war. They have legal prostitution (18 years old) it's a self-employed legal profession. Around 95% of Dutch people speak English and 75% speak German, and they speak these languages well because they learn early in school.

They also have windmills and tulips, a very flat landscape, and are not big church goers (64% of people have never been to church). Homosexuality has been legal in the Netherlands since 1811 and the age of consent is 16 (perhaps because they don't go to church?). 

And, no, I'm not Dutch, in case you thought this was some cultural self-promotion.