Forget sea, sex, sand and sensational cooking - Italians are the least happy people in Europe, according to a surprising new poll.
Cambridge University researchers analysed data from the annual European Social Survey, in which respondents were asked about a number of factors the pollsters thought crucial for individual happiness.
These included reliability of friends, relations with neighbours, job security and satisfaction, and faith in institutions like the government and the police.
Italy came bottom, followed by two other countries popularly imagined as relatively carefree and sunny: Greece and Portugal.
Danes, by contrast, apparently don't give a hoot about their rather dodgy climate, topping the poll along with the even colder Finns.
The Irish were up at the top too, despite having the most unpredictable weather in Europe.
