Finnsæter, Norway • On a remote island in the Norwegian Sea, where fishing villages line the shore and cliffs jut thousands of feet over the fjords, a happy woman lives inside a theme park that is home to the world’s largest troll.
The 59-foot, molded concrete statue is both whimsical and ghastly. Visitors pay to meander the two floors inside, where trolls appear in a bar, in jail and in other scenes, and singers called The Trolling Stones perform.
Siw Rubach may live 5,000 miles away, but what she and her countrymen and -women have to say about how they live — along with science-based tips from a Utahn who is a world expert on happiness — can help those of us who want to live a happier life in 2018.