It's hard not to use superlatives when talking about Norway... In March 2017, it was even awarded the title of "the happiest country in the world"! No doubt thanks to its magnificent, generous and preserved nature. This is what Philippe Gougler invites us to discover this evening along the fjord road, born from the union of ice and sea. A journey through breathtaking scenery. A magnificent nature It all begins at the top of the Nordfjord, a picture-postcard landscape, where Philippe Gougler discovers... flying men! They practice base jumping with wingsuits, throwing themselves off a sheer cliff, before gliding in their fluorescent air-filled suits, until the moment they open their parachute and land a thousand meters below. For Henrik, "it's the height of freedom!" Philippe prefers to discover Norway aboard a helicopter that takes him to the foot of the largest glacier in continental Europe, the Jostedal. A stunning sight: "Look at all that blue... It feels like you're entering a still sea!" This powerful nature is undoubtedly the secret to Norwegian happiness. They even have a word to define it: Friluftsliv, which could be translated as "life in the open air". Stine and Hege, two young women from Oslo, regularly leave the capital and their families to go and recharge their batteries: "we Norwegians believe that nature is our common good. So we want to spend a lot of time there and take care of it". This is also the philosophy of the Bonsaxen family, sheep farmers, whom Philippe meets in the Geirangerfjord, rightly nicknamed the King of the Fjords. It must be said that the view from their high-altitude chalet is exceptional. "When you get up in the morning, you think about how lucky you are to live here, in such a setting!" A generous nature In the Lofoten archipelago, north of the Arctic Circle, the landscapes are undoubtedly among the most beautiful in the country: snow-capped peaks reflected and thrown into turquoise waters! A true paradise where nature also knows how to be generous! To fully appreciate it, you have to board a fishing boat between January and April and pull up the nets full of cod! Once dried, it becomes cod and ensures a very good standard of living for those who trade in it. Like Geir, who, when he walks along the immense open-air fish drying racks, does not hesitate to affirm that "the smell that comes from them is not that of fish but that of money!" And it is still the sea that has allowed Norway to go from being one of the poorest countries in Europe to one of the richest in the world... A miracle that happened at the end of the 1960s, thanks to the discovery of oil and gas deposits in the North Sea. For employees working on oil platforms, training to get out of extreme situations is a priority. This is why the country has set up several survival training centers. Off the coast of Trondheim, the largest of them is welcoming a rather special student this evening: Philippe is undergoing the most spectacular exercises alongside the other trainees... A thrill guaranteed when his lifeboat plunges into the sea, from a ramp 20 m high! Here, they work to limit the risks while in the neighboring fjord, in Alesund, they are playing with fire! Every year, on St. John's Day on June 24, the city's young people try to set a world record for the largest bonfire by building a tower several dozen meters high, made of wooden pallets. When it goes up in flames, the whole city holds its breath... Unspoiled nature In Norway, even in the city, people are keen to protect the environment. Like in Trondheim, where the bicycle is king. So it is by bicycle that Philippe crisscrosses the streets of the country's third largest city, accompanied by Sophie, a French woman who has lived here for 25 years. She reveals some aspects of the personality of the Norwegians, a people who really have reason to be the happiest in the world! Before leaving the country at the wheel of an electric car, like 20% of the Norwegian population, Philippe takes a last look at breathtaking landscapes: those that line the Atlantic Road, a ribbon of barely 8 km, which winds between fjords and small islands. Without a doubt one of the most beautiful in the world!... © France 3 - 2017 https://www.france.tv/france-3/faut-p... / emission.fautpasrever #FautPasRever / fautpasreverfrance3