News and features about Estonia and Estonians
An Estonian production company, Ö&Q Studio, has created a video called “Your body is not a temple”, a short clip to inspire people to get out there and move. “People were adapted to be physically active. The average hunter-gatherer walked nine to 15 kilometres every day, but today a typical Westerner walks less than a half a […]
Almost 7,000 people attended the concert at Tallinn’s Freedom Square on Sunday, 6 September, in support of a tolerant and an open-minded Estonia. You can watch the entire concert here again. The marathon concert, which span over seven hours, saw over 20 artists entertaining crowds and 19 ethnic cuisines, some of the best in the
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Over 9,000 people took part in a waste clean-up action in Afghanistan recently. The cleanup action was organised in ten provinces, including Kabul, which witnessed three terrifying suicide attacks just a day before. “We had three deadly suicide attacks on 7 August in Kabul, the capital. More than 40 people were killed and around 400
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Amid a state of panic about Syrian and African refugees, a new movement, called “Friendly Estonia”, aims to encourage Estonia to remain open-minded country that embraces diversity. The effort to make a difference in the mindset of Estonians will start with a massive gathering at Freedom Square in Tallinn, the country’s capital on Sunday, 6
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There are a lot of bars in Tallinn’s Old Town lining the cobbled medieval streets and squares, but one of the most surprising has to be the Depeche Mode-themed DM Bar tucked behind Town Hall Square. Co-founded by Dan Buinenko in 1999, the bar was first opened without a name in Nunne street. The manager
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The extreme form of Estonian swinging has developed into a sport, called kiiking. Invented by Ado Kosk in the 1990s, kiiking derives from the Estonian language word kiik, which means “swing”. Swinging has been a part of the Estonian village culture for hundreds of years. It has entertained the young and the old and people have swung
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A Norwegian filmmaker Erik Thomas Kirkman captured summer in Estonia with a drone. The Oslo-based Kirkman told Estonian World that he travels to Estonia several times a year. “My wife is Estonian, so we visit her family who lives close to Haapsalu. Most of the video is filmed in this area, but the lighthouse is close
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For the past five months, I’ve been a visiting professor of psychology at Tartu University in Estonia. Living and working in a foreign country can be many things, but “boring” is usually not one of them. Something new and interesting happens almost every day, so I’ve decided to share some of my observations and thoughts
Communication styles in Estonia and the United States Read More »
On 23 July 1940, the United States’ acting Secretary of State, Sumner Welles, issued a declaration that condemned the Soviet Union’s aggression against Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It became to be known as the Welles Declaration and for the next 51 years, it formed the basis for the American refusal to recognise the Soviet occupation
75 years since the US refusal to accept the annexation of Estonia Read More »
An eyewitness account of life in Estonia at the beginning of 50 years of Soviet occupation in June 1940 – Estonia’s darkest hour. When World War Two broke out in September 1939, no-one could have imagined the horrific consequences it would have for Estonia and its people. At the start of the war, Estonia had declared
Life in Estonia at the outset of the Second World War and the occupation Read More »
