This morning, when I was landing in Berlin, I was staring out the window, and I realised that sometimes I forget how many lakes and water sources there are around Berlin. I shot this picture to remind myself about it.

The World Happiness Report, published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network of the United Nations, attempts to measure happiness around the world. The 2017 issue, published this month, puts Norway at the top of the list, followed by Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, and Finland. On the other hand, at the bottom of the list, the least happy places are the Central African Republic, Burundi, Tanzania, Syria, and Rwanda. You can find the whole report at worldhappiness.report.

A couple of days ago, on March 8th, it was International Women's Day. I was chatting with some family members about whether this day should exist at all (they were arguing that every day should be that day). I was checking the pay gap between men and women in European countries, and I think there is still a reason to celebrate this day.

One of the most interesting parts of Basel Fasnacht is the big lanterns that take part in the parade on Monday morning. On Tuesday they were exhibited on Münsterplatz, and this year there were a lot of motifs related to politics and far-right trends. One of the most descriptive ones was this one.

Eurostat has an interesting dataset with the time spent exercising per country in Europe. It's not surprising that the countries where people exercise 2.5h or more are the Scandinavian ones: Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. Way to go, Scandinavia!

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