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Thrift Shopping for Happiness in Helsinki
According to the United Nations’ World Happiness Report, Finland has been deemed the happiest country on Earth for the past eight years. But what is happiness? For me, a visitor to the Nordic country, it’s reverting back to the childlike fascination and curiosity that comes with exploring a new place. It’s seeing the auburn colors of dusk at 11 p.m. in early
Kayaking Through Tokyo for Tranquility and Cherry Blossoms
Sensory overload. Two words that best describe a first timer’s experience of Tokyo. Neon lights and flashing staircases. People going every which way at Shibuya Crossing. Anime characters on advertising billboards and even civic signage. Mind-boggling realistic displays of plastic food. Counter-culture youth of Harajuku. It’s a lot — a Godzilla-level of stim
Agritourism Grows in the Turkish Countryside
Want an off-beat alternative to an Italian countryside vacation? Fathom contributor Erik Trinidad visits Kairos Farmhouse, an organic olive farm turned intimate agritourism retreat in Muğla, Türkiye. I sat atop a hill, surrounded by rows of grapevines, glass of wine in hand — of course. A slight briny breeze wafted in from the brackish waters of Lake Bafa so