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Answering the question ‘how do you measure happiness in Europe’ is a tricky one; there’s been no end to surveys, polls and graphs. For example, little will ever be rotten in the state of Denmark according to the infamous results of one survey in the mid-noughties. Reaching beyond the feasibility of statistics, cafebabel.com’s citizen journalists have opted to share the happiness they have at hand, which is synonymous with pan-European experiences of travel, having company and celebrating the non-traditional. In this week’s special edition, happiness is not just a topic restricted to the girls. Read the profiles of a Mediterranean boy and girl who charted very different courses to ‘happiness’ through travel. Or learn how to laugh, even at something as melancholy as a break-up (Image: (cc) Pink Sherbet Photography/ Flickr)

Our/ their special edition

cafebabel.com boys speak: what makes Europe’s twentysomething men happy by English language version of cafebabel.com

How an Italian boy became a ‘happiness coach’ by amare.ca

The rise of divorce parties in Europe by Isabella

Tips for taking a ‘laughter yoga class’ in Paris by Cristina Cartes

Spain: leaving crisis behind to find 'happiness' in and of Latin America by cafebabel.es