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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Rob.

And I'm Georgina.

In this program, we're looking for utopia.

You mean a perfect world? A place where everyone lives together in harmony?

Does that kind of place exist, Rob?

Hmm, probably not, but it's something we aspire to create.

A happy place where everyone is cared for and nobody goes without.

Well, let me know if you find it and I'll head there straight away.

Well, one place that is trying to be like that is the Dutch city of Amsterdam.

We're going to be finding out what they're doing with the help of some doughnuts.

But first, Georgina, I have a perfect question for you.

According to the 2020 United Nations World Happiness Report,

which country is the world's happiest?

Is it A Finland, B Singapore, or C Austria?

That's tricky, but I imagine that if only for the scenery it's A Finland.

Okay, Georgina. I'll tell you if you are right or wrong later on.

Anyway, let's get back to Amsterdam, a city that's doing its best to use creative ideas to be

sustainable. That's right and it's using the concept of a ring doughnut to use as a model for

its sustainability. Economist Kate Rayworth, who we will hear from shortly,

describes this as a picture of 21st century prosperity for humanity.

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