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The Christmas tree in the centre of the small Estonian town of Rakvere has become one of the most famous Christmas trees in the world in 2014. Unlike the usual custom of harvesting forests for the traditional town square decoration, the local council authorities took an innovative approach this year. Designed by Teet Suur, the […]
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Canada’s “Forest University” – “Metsaülikool” in Estonian – is a cultural phenomenon. Find out how this year’s theme of spiritual health deeply touched the participants’ souls. I knew the “Metsaülikool” (MÜ) magic had begun when Sirje Kiin came bustling determinedly toward me, wrapped in a big towel, on her way to the lake. “Come! I’m
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His Excellency Mr Lauri Bambus presented his Letters of Credence to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on his appointment as the Estonian Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on 19 November 2014. The Ambassador and his wife were accompanied by the members of the diplomatic staff, including
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For the second year in a row, the Estonian Christmas fair joins up with the Scandinavian Christmas Market in London. The market is supported by a range of Estonian food and drink companies, including the biggest and oldest confectionery company, Kalev; the food and wine producer, Põltsamaa Felix; spirits maker Liviko; and many more. Natural
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New York-based Diina Tamm writes about her experience of trying to break it in the Big Apple as a modern dancer, and the differences between the two dance scenes – her birth country and the US. I I’ve been working as a professional dancer for about ten years. Originally from Tallinn, I decided to move
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Estonian rapper and record producer Genka lists 15 Estonian items that are totally better than any foreign equivalent. I’m an old-school crank. This doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate the new and cool, absolutely not. I grew up during the period when everything that was made locally was crap, and the only worthy stuff was foreign-made.
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The charity concerts held in Estonia last week raised money to buy first-aid kits for Ukraine, as well as a piano for the children of Sloviansk. When the phone call came in September, Olena Syzonova, the assistant director of a fine arts school in the southern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, thought it was a joke. Then she broke into
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The video was inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s kind words of wisdom and love on his 70th birthday. Mixed with amazing scenes from Estonian nature, as created by Estonian inspiration facilitator Harald Lepisk and videographer Armin Mitt, the result is mesmerising. As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning
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In the autumn of 1970, a rumour about a major hippie gathering coming to the Town Hall Square was spread around Tallinn. All the long-haired guys – and there weren’t many of them – got excited by a vision of a cheerful crowd whose social criticism would be masked by the language of rock music and
Make love, not war – hippie movement in the Estonian SSR Read More »
Katharina Sowa from Germany fell in love with Tallinn and Estonia few years ago. Nowhere in the world around can ever such a place be found, she says now. I have always tried to escape my homeland and I have got fulfilment in travelling. Being of Polish descent and having a mum who lived and
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