This is the best city in the world to live in

Just give me Amsterdaahaammm, it's more beautiful than... Every city in the world. Yes, sorry, I could have written a very long introduction here, with a grand finale and then reveal the ultimate winner, but my enthusiasm won. Because yes: I live in Amsterdam. And it turns out to be the very best city in the world to live in. Look, I already knew that for a long time (I knew it before it was cool, you could say), but now there has actually been research done on it and I can back it up with facts.

That's nice, isn't it? And those facts are about health, life expectancy, food patterns, air pollution, and of course happiness. Lenstore has researched based on those factors which world city is the best to live in. Yes, you read that right: if you live in a small village and are convinced that it's better there, that's fine, because villages were not included in this research.

The final top 11 has been announced, and they also mention what the life expectancy per city is and what score the population gives their happiness level. Additionally, the number of sunshine hours a city has and how expensive, for example, a gym membership is also counted. They probably didn't take into account how high the rents and asking prices of the houses are, because I guess Amsterdam would have ranked a bit lower... But anyway, here are the final top performers.

1. Amsterdam (life expectancy: 81.2 — happiness level: 7.44)
2. Sydney (life expectancy: 82.1 — happiness level: 7.22)
3. Vienna (life expectancy: 81 — happiness level: 7.29)
4. Stockholm (life expectancy: 81.8 — happiness level: 7.35)
5. Copenhagen (life expectancy: 79.8 — happiness level: 7.64)
6. Helsinki (life expectancy: 80.4 — happiness level: 7.8)
7. Fukuoka (life expectancy: 83.2 — happiness level: 5.87)
8. Berlin (life expectancy: 80.6 — happiness level: 7.07)
9. Barcelona (life expectancy: 82.2 — happiness level: 6.40)
10. Vancouver (life expectancy: 81.7 — happiness level: 7.23)
11. Melbourne (life expectancy: 82.1 — happiness level: 7.22)

A few more fun facts: London is a no-go, as it ranks number seven among the unhealthiest cities in the world. Aiii. It has the least sunshine hours (only 1,633 — HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE) and the longest work weeks (41.8 hours per week). And if you want to move to America, cross New York and Washington off your list as well — they are in the top five of the unhealthiest cities in the US.

If you never feel like working, go for Copenhagen or Berlin: they have the shortest work weeks of all cities.