Many people are concerned about how to prevent mass panic around the coronavirus, but Adam Rang, a regular contributor to Estonian World and a trained crisis communications professional, argues that people generally don’t panic in times of crisis – as long as you give them good information. We have nothing …
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Estonia’s most bizarre annual sporting event, the European Sauna Marathon, resulted in a true underdog victory for the residents of Kirepi village who spent six days building a temporary sauna so they could take part; our sauna reporter, Adam Rang, who was there with his own sauna, says there’s hope …
Kirepi village celebrates its surprise win at the XI European Sauna Marathon Read More »
Estonia has a state app for helping people choose and cut down their own Christmas tree; Adam Rang ventured into the forest to see how well it really works. Estonia’s State Forest Management Centre, known as the RMK, has released an improved mobile app service to help people in Estonia …
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One of Estonia’s most bizarre – yet increasingly popular – sporting events will take place again in the country’s “winter capital”, Otepää; the eleventh European Sauna Marathon will take place on 15 February 2020, the organisers from Otepää Municipality and the Otepää Cultural Centre announced. The European Sauna Marathon started …
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The Estonian authorities are keen to protect the Estonian language, although one glaring use of English in Tallinn seems to have been given a free pass; Adam Rang questions whether there is a deeper problem behind this. I love flying into Tallinn Airport, but there’s one thing about it now …
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Adam Rang, an Estonian born in the UK, now living in Tallinn, gives several tips on how to embrace and enjoy the Estonian winter – instead of “fearing the apocalypse”. It’s that time of year again in Estonia. The leaves are falling, the mercury is dropping and the sky is …
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Estonian winter Read More »
Estonia’s startup community is already famous around the world, not least for producing four “unicorn” startups valued at more than USD1 billion; now, though, Estonia’s startup community has finally made it to the big screen. “Chasing Unicorns” (“Ükssarvik” in Estonian) is a hilarious new movie told from the perspective of …
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An Estonian-founded British company has partnered with HUUM, Estonia’s leading sauna stove maker, to deliver sauna design and technology in the UK. This article is sponsored by EstonianSaunas.co.uk Hygge, lagom, friluftsliv, päntsdrunk. Over the past few years, a series of Nordic words such as these have crossed the North Sea and entered the …
Sweat it like Beckham: EstonianSaunas.co.uk helps more Brits build Estonian saunas Read More »
The Estonian military has a tradition of building saunas on deployment – and that even applies in the 40°C heat out in Mali, West Africa. If you think it’s hot in Estonia on a nice summer day, then spare a thought for the Estonian soldiers serving in the 40°C (104°F) …
Estonian soldiers build a sauna in Africa to support their peacekeeping mission Read More »
A group of friends in Estonia have turned a 1984 Audi 100 Avant into a cosy wood-fired sauna. If you saw this third-generation Audi 100 Avant parked on a street corner, you might think there is nothing particularly remarkable about it – at first glance. Look a little closer, though, …
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