Top 20 cities in the world with best work-life balance - in pictures
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1. Copenhagen in Denmark is the best city to live in for work-life balance. Alamy -
2. Reykjavik, Iceland, ranks second, with a short commute time and plenty of paid holidays. Corbis -
3. Oslo is the most populous city in Norway and the third-best city in the world when it comes to work-life sway. -
4. Taking fourth position is Helsinki in Finland. One factor that the capital city stood out for was its happiness and well-being. -
5. Stockholm, Sweden, scored highly for the average number of holidays taken per capita. Getty Images -
6. Frankfurt is Germany's best city for work-life balance. AFP -
7. Linz in Austria ranks seventh. Getty Images -
8. Klagenfurt in Austria has an average of only nine minutes' commute time. Unsplash / Katie Archibald -
9. The Hague in The Netherlands records a happiness score of seven out of 10. Alamy -
10. The small Swiss town of Basel ranks 10th. Getty Images -
11. People in Austria's Graz get an average of seven hours and 22 minutes of shut-eye each night. Weinhaeupl / Osterreich Werbung -
12. Dresden, the capital of Saxony in Germany, is the 12th best city in the world for work-life balance. Getty Images -
13. Bern, Switzerland, has a happiness score of eight out of 10. Unsplash -
14. The average number of hours worked in Hannover, Germany, is 1,386. Unsplash -
15. Vienna in Austria ranks high for work-life balance. AFP -
16. Lausanne is one of four Swiss cities in the top 20. Photo: AllDetails / Regis Colombo -
17. Geneva, Switzerland, is the 17th best city in the world for a good work-life balance. Getty Images -
18. Rotterdam residents work an average of 1,440 hours per year. Photo: Rotterdam Partners -
19. Innsbruck in Austria, where residents work 1,611 hours per year. Getty Images -
20. The Netherlands' capital city is not the country's best for work-life balance, with Amsterdam outranked by The Hague. EPA
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