The Holland filming took place in Amsterdam between July 28th and 30th, and was carried out by Sarah Hack and Rob Chambers.

We stayed at a Hotel called the Avenue (http://www.hotel-bookings.nl/avenue.html?google)

Although a large number of Dutch people were either out of the city for the holidays or whizzing past us on a bicycle, we managed to interview 3 people about Happiness.

The following questions were asked:

Amsterdam Q1 - On a Scale of 0-10 (10 being best) how happy do you think your local area is? Why and how could this score be improved? VIDEO 1

Amsterdam Q2 - How happy do you think your country is ? How could this score be improved ? VIDEO 2

Amsterdam Q3 - Do you think there are some groups in your country that are happier than others ? Why ? VIDEO 3

Amsterdam Q4 - Where in the world do you think people are happiest and why ? VIDEO 4

Amsterdam Q5 - When you think of the United Kingdom what do you think of ? What is the United Kingdom like ? VIDEO 5

The Videos of the Interviews can be viewed/downloaded here in either Windows Media or Flash Video Format

Useful Links:

Geography of Happiness Links Web Links

Geography of Happiness: Amsterdam - Photo Set http://www.flickr.com/photos/41985066@N00/sets/72157594258453461/ - 68 photographs taken around Amsterdam during the two days of filming.

Wikipedia: Amsterdam - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam

Visit Amsterdam - Tourist Information http://www.holland.com/amsterdam/gb/

The Internet Guide to Amsterdam http://homepages.cwi.nl/~steven/amsterdam.html

Rijksmuseum - http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/index.jsp

Van Gogh Museum - http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp

Virtual Windows on Amsterdam - short, looped video clips of scenes in Amsterdam - for use on IWB / for students to download and edit / add voice overs etc.