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 …
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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 …
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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) …
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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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The local government in the Estonian town of Rakvere has organised the Estonian sauna festival – there will be more than 20 Estonian saunas to try out over the weekend of 8-9 June 2019. Rakvere in Lääne-Viru County, northeast Estonia, is the fifth largest town in the country. The central …
We jumped into ice cold water during a sauna session to vote in Estonia’s parliamentary election. Just because we can. Estonians can do almost anything online from anywhere – including choose their parliament in just a few clicks. Voting is currently taking place online for Estonia’s next parliament, Riigikogu, so instead of …
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The tenth annual European Sauna Marathon in the Estonian winter capital, Otepää, featured new technology, more nationalities and crazier outfits, writes Adam Rang. Nearly 800 competitors from 16 countries in 188 teams visited 19 saunas around one Estonian town on 2 February for the European Sauna Marathon 2019. It was the biggest and craziest competition in its 10-year history, as well …
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Adam Rang gives an overview of Estonia’s European sauna marathon, a bizarre competition, held in the Estonia’s “winter capital” Otepää (as always) on 2 February. The European sauna marathon – one of the few sports in which Estonians regularly emerge as world champions – will take place for the 10th …
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There are several saunas travelling between Finland and Estonia each day inside passenger ferries, but no sauna has ever made the crossing on its own before – until now. Janne Käpylehto, a Finnish author, inventor and energy specialist, plans to become the first person to sail a sauna across the …
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