What are the top 10 nicest countries in the world?

Nice CountriesNiceness :) how do you define nice?

The common characteristics of a 'nice' country would be politeness, helpfulness, friendliness, willingness to aid tourists, patience, accomodating to different languages/cultures and most importantly smiling!

In no particular order (there is no competitiveness), here are personal opinions/preferences from various WikiAnswer users:

(Feel free to add your input to the discussion area)

• England
• Canada
• Scotland
• India
• Tibet
• Nepal
• New Zealand
• Australia
• Ireland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Iceland
• Finland
• Greenland
• America
• Mexico
• Wales
• France
• Austria
• Japan
• Spain
• Italy
• Germany
• Israel

The above are in no particular order and the list is not complete.

Home is where the heart is and one country is not necessarily better than another.

But we can always add our opinions on what we think are the nicest countries:

There have been no scientific studies to determine the nicest countries in the world. But, Forbes recently listed the happiest countries, which could be related to niceness.

Top 10 Happiest Countries - Forbes website

1. Denmark

2. Finland

3. Norway

4. Sweden

5. Netherlands

6. Costa Rica

7. New Zealand

8. Canada

9. Israel

10. Australia