When people say go to your happy place we often think of that as meaning a mental exercise.

Close your eyes and think of hauling up a big snapper near Maria Island, that sort of thing.

This weekend, Auckland gets a physical happy place, it’s a pop-up interactive experience designed to make you feel happy.

Including confetti domes, a room that smells of chocolate chip cookies and an upside down room that defies gravity.

Jared Paul came up with the idea in Los Angeles and he explained Happy Place to Tim Dower.

“Happy Place is an immersive experience where families and people of all ages come for one and only one goal, which is putting a smile on their face.”

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