News and features about Estonia and Estonians
For the second year in a row, a tree in Estonia is competing for the title of the “European tree of the year”. An oak, […]
An Estonian oak, called “Tamme-Lauri”, shortlisted for the European Tree of the Year Read More
The Estonian global clean-up initiative, Let’s Do It! World, aims to bring together 150 countries all over the world for a massive waste clean-up on
Estonian clean-up initiative aims to engage 150 countries in 2018 Read More
According to the 2016 Environmental Performance Index, which ranks 180 countries on how they protect human health and ecosystems, Estonia is the eighth most environmentally
Estonia is among the 10 greenest countries in the world Read More
Last year, the civic-led waste clean-ups, part of the Let’s Do It! World campaign, engaged 3.4 million people in 34 countries who altogether collected about
Let’s Do It! World clean-up engaged over 3.4M volunteers to clean up waste last year Read More
Isabel Fernández Felipe, an Erasmus student from Spain, who took psychology lessons in Tallinn University last year, fell in love with Tallinn and Estonia. In
10 reasons why a Spanish Erasmus student loves Estonia Read More
Entering our fourth year, we take a look back at the top 10 most popular stories, published by Estonian World in 2015. When we posted
Estonian World’s ten most popular stories in 2015 Read More
The Paris-based photographer, Jérémie Jung, has been exploring the traditions of the Estonian regions of Setomaa and Kihnu island to try and better understand the people and
PICTURES: The French photographer exploring Estonia’s fringe communities Read More
Christmas time is still the most important holiday celebrated in Estonia and while the most town councils make an effort to decorate the central squares
PICTURES: Estonia’s town squares in festive season Read More
Tick-tock, tick-tock – here comes the sound of jingle, jingle, jingle. Christmas Eve is near, and you may be fretting about what to buy that Estonian
Top five Christmas gifts for an Estonian Read More
The small Estonian town of Rakvere stood out last year by erecting one of the most distinctive Christmas trees in the world at the town’s
PICTURES: Rakvere surprises with a Christmas tree, again… Read More
