Sillamäe’s past, present and future
Andrew Suttaford visits Sillamäe – once a secret town that was administered not as a part of Soviet Estonia, but as an exclave of Soviet […]
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News and features about Estonia and Estonians
Estonian World’s Best of 2012 – Life
Dear Estonian World readers, First of all – Happy and Successful New Year to you all! We are starting our first full year and will
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Estonia’s lake-maker lives his dream (video)
The man behind Leigo Lake Music Festival, Estonian Tõnu Tamm has dedicated the past two decades of his life to his obsession of creating artificial
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Postcards from Estonia: Christmas Day by Viimsi seaside
There are many ways to celebrate Christmas…One of our readers, Carmen Ceka, spent the Christmas Day with friends by Viimsi seaside, near Tallinn. We loved
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Jõulutunnel: Thirteen years of making Christmas wishes come true
In 1999 Estonian Public Broadcasting aired a charity programme Jõulutunnel, aiming to raise money for large families in need. The programme’s initial success led the
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Global Estonians: Piret Saagpakk (San Francisco, USA)
Hi Piret, what made you to leave Estonia? The main reason for my departure was to explore the world and find out what life has
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Estonia’s third largest city – four reasons to visit Narva
Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, by the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus. The frontier
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Japanese food from an Estonian perspective
The Japanese cuisine couldn’t be any more different from the Estonian one. Tomatoes and potatoes, which are a part of everyday meals in Estonia, are
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Thoughts about Estonia from an Englishman’s perspective Vol 2
I am a very keen walker and have walked many hundreds of miles on National trails in Britain. It is possible to gain some spectacular
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My grandmother’s shoes, my grandfather’s hat – my rediscovery of Tartu
My grandparents grew up in Tartu, leaving after WWII to escape the Soviet occupation. This is a little story of how I rediscovered the intellectual
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