News and features about global Estonians and estophiles
She was five when she joined the Baltic Way, too young to understand its politics but old enough to feel thousands of voices becoming one; […]
Ingrid Lukas: “Words tell a story – but the sound tells the truth” Read More
Musician, former mayor and self-styled “chief” Ando Kiviberg has spent three decades turning a fledgling folk gathering into one of Estonia’s defining cultural events. Ando
How Ando Kiviberg turned the Viljandi Folk Music Festival into an Estonian institution Read More
Every month for a year, Keili Major returns to the same spot on the Tanaro river and paints it – using only her fingers. On
One river, 12 paintings: Keili Major’s year on the Tanaro Read More
In a forested corner of northern Estonia, Indrek Kasela is building a festival without VIPs, algorithms or corporate gloss, where cinema, art and music are
Inside KiKuMu, the Estonian festival taking on algorithms, VIP culture and bad taste Read More
Estonian ethnobotanist Renata Sõukand, an associate professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, studies what societies remember through plants – and what they lose when
Renata Sõukand, the Estonian ethnobotanist in Venice, on plants, memory and home Read More
In Tallinn’s fashionable Kalamaja district, where old wooden houses now sit alongside trendy cafés and rising property prices, Alma Sooäär still runs her tiny household
Alma Sooäär and the Kalamaja shop that refuses to disappear Read More
Arvo Pärt, Estonia’s most celebrated composer and one of the most widely performed living musicians in the world, turns 90 on 11 September; his work,
Arvo Pärt at 90: a composer of unity in an age of division Read More
Ilon Wikland, an Estonian-Swedish artist and illustrator, renowned for her illustrations for the world-famous Swedish children author, Astrid Lindgren, is celebrating her 95th birthday on 5
Ilon Wikland is in the hearts of Estonians Read More
Kadri Hirvesaar, an Estonian set designer based in Milan, Italy’s fashion capital, collaborates with renowned brands and figures like Stanley Tucci, Auricchio, Pasta Garofalo, and
Kadri Hirvesaar: Estonian designer thrives in Milan’s fashion scene Read More
Robert Marrandi is successfully selling Estonian rye bread at his bakery in Florence, Italy, to locals who have grown to love it; Alina Birjuk caught
Robert Marrandi brings traditional Estonian rye bread to Italy Read More
