{"id":339665,"date":"2015-05-24T09:30:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T01:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/5-keys-to-be-happy-as-a-dane-339665.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T17:56:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T09:56:39","slug":"5-keys-to-be-happy-as-a-dane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/5-keys-to-be-happy-as-a-dane-339665.html","title":{"rendered":"Pursuit of Happiness: 5 Keys to be 'Happy as a Dane'"},"content":{"rendered":"  <p><strong>Malene Rydahl<\/strong> was born in Denmark but she\u00a0has lived in France for the past 20 years. 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