With winter just around the corner, we can end up feeling a little down.Three in 100 suffer from depression due to the cold weather, with many others feeling sapped of enthusiasm and energy.
But freezing Iceland consistently ranks among the world’s top-five happiest countries – so if anyone can teach us about enjoying life, it’s Icelanders.
Here, Nína Björk Jónsdóttir and Edda Magnus reveal their tips for staying optimistic when the plummeting temperatures threaten to drag down our moods too...
1. Enjoy ice-cream trips “The ‘ísbíltúr’ is a well-known (perhaps even a cultural) phenomenon in Iceland. It consists of going for a drive with the sole intention of going to the ice-cream shop.