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"Babies sleep in prams outside": Life in the world's five safest countries

Ellsworth Toohey
Aug 26, 2025
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Iceland (neurobit/shutterstock.com)

You can walk alone at night mostly without worry; you will see babies sleeping peacefully in prams outside cafes and shops while their parents enjoy a meal or [are] running errands; and the local police don't carry guns," says Inga Rós Antoníusdóttir, describing daily life in Iceland to the BBC.

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