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The most northerly of the chilly Baltics, member of Nato since April 2004 and the European Union since May 2004 Estonia is making great strides with rediscovering their culture and revelling in their newly acquired relative wealth.

Estonian society is however tainted with the aftermath of Soviet occupation with ethnic tension and the ex Soviet style womens liberation making Estonias women reluctant to pursue more rights.

Being sparsly populated, Estonia has wide expanses of forest and lakes.

Visit Estonia and stay warm in one of medieval Tallinns candlelit cellars with the delicious Estonian speciality hot chocolate and truffles or take an Estonian style weekend get away to the Islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa on any day of the week.

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By LivingTheDream
April 30th 2008

Unesco everywhere (Tallinn, Estonia) Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

Tallinn Old City

(Day 26 on the road) Three Baltic capitals, three UNESCO-protected Old Towns. So what does this actually mean, acquiring UNESCO-recognition? In short, any country can suggest a place it wants to have included in UNESCO's list of word heritage sites, and if accepted, the place is recognized as being of outstanding natural or cultural importance, being seen as "our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations" (UNESCO website). In other words, each site is thus seen as being in the interest of the international community to preserve for future g [View Full Entry]

By melnichols
April 27th 2008

... so we missed a few countries Europe » Estonia

pretty Tallinn at night

Tallinn [View Full Entry]

By jimp
April 13th 2008

Estonia Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

Entrance into Tallinn

From Sweden I hoped on a ferry to Tallinn the Capital of Estonia to begin my journey through Eastern Europe. First off I have to say that the ferry had to be one of the weirdest experiences so far. The trip is sold as a cruise for families, but the main reason people go on it is for the duty free because things are so expensive in Sweden and Norway. Once the boat set off the line started out the door to and you could see people coming out with as much tobacco and alcohol they could carry. Then there was [View Full Entry]

By Andrea and Romas
April 8th 2008

Combined Trip (part 2): Tallinn, Estonia Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

Tallinn, Estonia

From the bus we could see the change in landscape as we crossed from Latvia into Estonia. We literally drove around the former checkpoint border crossing and straight into Estonia. Almost immediately we began to notice that there is more money in this country. Even the farms and houses far from any major town were quaint and well-kept. Some of the small towns we drove though almost had a Scandinavian feel (the Fins in particular love to vacation in Estonia, only a ferry-ride away from their coast). There seems to be more economic stability here than in Latvia. We arrived at [View Full Entry]

By Ian Mills
April 7th 2008

Booming Baltics Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

View of Tallinn's Old Town

On telling friends and family that Vicky and I were off to a tour of the Baltics (well, Estonia and Latvia anyway) taking in not just the tourist/stag party Meccas of Tallinn and Riga but also heading out of the capitals to the largely ignored towns of Tartu and Parnu we were greeted with a raised eyebrow and the "uh huh, ok...." response of uncertainty. This reaction sums up the position the Baltics has taken up (and remains to hold) despite the current four year membership of the European Union and is a stark reminder of its time spent on the [View Full Entry]

By Mell
March 25th 2008

Spring break in Estonia Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

The old town in Talinn

Emailing between Estonia and Germany. April 2007. Mel: I am in the Old Town inside the town walls. It is georgous. Lots of shops and bars but you have to look carefully for them because the signs are subtle and don't ruin the scenery at all. I did not have to carry my own bag into the city because the airline lost it. There were stacks of bags around the baggage collection area which they lost yesterday and the staff were walking around with yellow slips the owners filled in with descriptions of the bags. They did not look like they [View Full Entry]

By HunterG
March 7th 2008

Eurotrip Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

Dublin

What started as a day-dream at work, became a crazy reality last week. I started my trip with a visit to Dublin with some of my friends from Prague. A girl we met during our teaching course lives there now, so we stayed with her for a couple nights. Then I took my one-way flight to Finland! It seemed like a good idea at the time, but as I was landing in Tampere, I realized that having nothing planned was going to be more stressful than I thought. I knew that I had 6 days to get from Tampere, Finland back [View Full Entry]

By Bonchik
March 2nd 2008

Eesti - Estonia Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

Tallinn

Ma armastan sind, Tallinn! [View Full Entry]

By Dannyintheworld
November 7th 2007

Energy 2007 Estonia Europe » Estonia » Tartu

Energy

At the End of October i end up in Estonia for Energy 2007, it is for the first time when i am taking part in a conference organized by 3 countries and i can say it was a great feeling trying to figure out where delegates are from only by listening to their Language. Well it was also hard because the Lithuanian Delegation was making a lot of Noise. AIESEC Vilnius cleaned the house taking all the possible awards in this conference and now they are set to kick the best out of this year, congratz guys and i can say [View Full Entry]

By John Miranda
October 21st 2007

The Icebreaker Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

March 2005 The jewel of the Baltic is probably Estonia’s capital city, Tallinn - it’s got a combination of the sights, history and that general party spirit. Whilst it’s possible to start feeling this Old Town fatigue in this part of the Baltic, Tallinn’s is possibly the pick of the bunch. It might not be as big as the Vilnius version, but it has that dramatic visual impact not found elsewhere. The most striking feature is the defensive wall, a large part of which is still complete dating from the 1500s and is capped by 18 of the original towers with [View Full Entry]

Parliament Building & Tall Hermann Tower

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