INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ESTONIA. By geographic location we belong in the Baltic region By language we belong in Scandinavia By allies we belong in Europe.

INTERESTING

FACTS ABOUT

ESTONIA

By geographic location we belong in the Baltic region

By language we belong in Scandinavia

By allies we belong in Europe

By the prevailing religion we belong in Germany

By history we belong in Sweden, Denmark, Livonia and Russia

By climate we belong in the North

ESTONIA IS THE BEST

KEPT SECRET OF

SCANDINAVIA Our country boasts the 3000-year-

old crater of an iron meteorite

The Kunda and Pärnu settlements are older than most cradles of the European civilisation

THE KAALI

METEORITE CRATER

We have one of the most authentic Medieval Old Towns

Our language contains about a thousand words that date back to the last ice age

Our capital has one of the most seamless wireless Internet networks in the world

About 90% of our population pay their taxes via Internet

TALLINN'S OLD

TOWN

ESTONIAN TRADITIONAL

CULTURE The joint choir of the General Song Festival

has the biggest number of singers in the world

Juniper berries are believed to help cure 99 diseases, overcome witchcraft and the devil, as there is a cross on top of each berry

The power of the blast of the Kaali meteorite was comparable to that of a nuclear bomb

The General Song Festival

Juniper berries

ESTONIAN MODERN

CULTURE Tallinn - European Capital of Culture 2011

Estonia ranks 3rd in the world press freedom index

The first daily newspaper was published in Tallinn as early as in 1675 (in England – 1702)

Tallinn – the oldest capital city in Northern Europe

Pianos of the Estonia Piano Factory in Tallinn are among the most valued ones in the world known for their pure sound

There were many literate people in Estonia already in the 1850s – approximately 80% of the population

THE ESTONIA PIANOS

ESTONIAN FOOD

CULTURE For Estonians the word “bread“ stands for a dark rye bread. The food commonly referred to as bread in the rest of the world has a separate word in Estonian – sai (white bread)

Estonians still enjoy drilling birches and maples to drink their sap – a custom considered as unheard-of luxury in the old Europe

Rye bread White bread

Birch juice Maple juice

ESTONIA IS A

SMALL COUNTRY

WITH A RICH INNER

LIFE!

THANK YOU FOR

LISTENING!