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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 zapatos de caminar
August 6th 2006

Estonia Europe » Estonia

Old Estonia

Estonia - Tallinn Tallinn has the most picturesque old town we’ve seen so far. Like a lot of old towns, the modern city of Tallinn has grown around it, making it pretty much the centre. But not many people live there, and there are hardly any modern shops. It just seems to function as the main tourist attraction. Almost everyone working there is in costume, selling traditional Estonian stuff. Normally we hate this sort of thing, but for some reason it worked really well and it was a lovely, quaint place. Saaremaa This is an Estonian island. We went here [View Full Entry]

By The Nomad
August 3rd 2006

Estonia got medieval on my ass Europe » Estonia

Hello Estonia

This time I had a bed to sleep on. The last time I caught the cruise ship from Turku to Stockholm I had the floor as a bed but this time was different, I had a cabbin. We set sail from Stockholm bound for Tallinn. Everyone crowded on to the sun deck and gazed out over the waters as they sipped thier beers. Feet up, I joined in the relaxing activities while being serenaded by the small band piping out a few ancient sea chanties. Later that night we were given a performance in the theater. It was a cross between [View Full Entry]

By Culbie
July 23rd 2006

Shallow travellers Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

Its hard to say that we were in St Petersburg because so much of it was seen through the windows of a bus and as far as I am concerned unless I can mooch into whichever street/restaurant/shop or museum I please and make some sort of connection with the people then it seems fairly pointless to be there at all. I would have got much the same impression from a travel programme on TV. Anyway the guide, a Russian called Vladimir, fixed us all up with headsets and then put his own on " Ladies and Gentlemen, can you hear me?" [View Full Entry]

By GBTjr
July 21st 2006

Day trip to Tallinn Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

The day before, we bought our hydrofoil tickets for roundtrip to Tallinn. It's outside the EU, so we had to go through passport control each way (adding new stamps to the passport -- rare since travel in EU doesn't require). Tallinn is an old medevial town. The old town is basically intact, although some parts were bombed in WWII. We always have thought of it as Soviet, but it was free before WWII (and under Swedish, German and Russian influence in the centuries before). The town and is really more Nordic than Russian, and apparently was happy to reopen interaction with [View Full Entry]

By shanojebs
July 20th 2006

Day 106-107: Estonia - Tallinn (leaving Finland - Helsinki) Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

Day 106: July 20 - FINLAND - Helsinki, ESTONIA - Tallinn Accommodation: Tallinn Backpackers I tried to sleep in as long as I could today after the extra awake time forced upon me, and I had no plans after seeing what I wanted to yesterday, so I stored my bags and went straight for the net cafe, which was in fact a decent cafe with about 8 internet terminals. Surprisingly it's hard to find a net cafe that serves a good cafe coffee. I scored a yummy Finnish-style mocha and a cake to go along with a couple of hours of [View Full Entry]

By Ellen Around the World
July 5th 2006

Estonia by Ferry Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

Relaxing on deck as the 'Romantika' leaves Stockholm

So were the hell is Estonia I hear you thinking? And why would anyone want to go there?! Estonia is on the Baltic Sea, just below Finland, with Sweden to the west and Russia to the east. In 1991 Estonia broke free from Communist rule and in 2004 its tiny population of 1.4 million joined the EU. I was keen to visit Estonia's capital Tallinn, hoping to find a quaint little city, off the Eurail tourist trail, that was undiscovered, quaint and just a little bit different. I got all that and a whole lot more! Tallinn is modern and progressive, [View Full Entry]

The 'Classic Car Club Parade (CCCP)' Rock-a-billys

Nightlife on the Romantika was sensational!

By Danieljh
June 30th 2006

6 Weeks Drunkin Weeks in Tallinn + Day Trip To Helsinki Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

North Irish

when i got to tallinn i found the hostel and did the other usual stuff had a look around then went back to watch the world cup the first few nights were priddy quiet and i was thinkin of flyin to england till i could wait for my flight instead i ended up stayin and "workin" at the hostel didnt get payed but was able to stay for free.. many nights spent at club hollywood and other bars getting slightly drunk and stagering home good times.. the moment of the trip was john and tim havin a drink called braindamage and [View Full Entry]

By Travelling Lady
June 18th 2006

Estonia Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

Hello everybody, It was the weekend before I left for Russia, so I took the ferry across the Gulf of Finland to Estonia. It is one of the countries under Soviet domination for so many years. They are proud of their independance. I arrived on a Friday afternoon. In the other countries I found that booking a hotel in advance didn't work. Most of them lie about the distance from the train station--a ten minute walk is more like 25 and I would pass lots of places on the way that would have been just fine. So I thought that a [View Full Entry]

By TimTam
June 14th 2006

Briefly in Pretty Tallinn Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

On the way to the beach

Tallinn!! [View Full Entry]

By WendyValtas
June 9th 2006

Scandinavian Escapade Day 1/2 Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

Outside the medieval restaurant.

Well first of all I'd like to say a big THANK YOU! to Dana who paid for this tour as my birthday present. I think its one of the best birthday presents I've ever had since I had so much fun!! Our Scandinavian Escapade party tour started with Dana, Amy and I meeting our tour group at Gatwick airport. We found the tour guide who was in a slight panic as the airline had issed all the tickets but had somehow forgotten mine! Luckily he came back a few minutes later and all was sorted so off we went to check [View Full Entry]

Dana at dinner in the medieval restaurant.

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