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Kumu included among the 10 best European contemporary art museums

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Culture Trip, the UK-based digital platform for global culture and lifestyle, has included the modern art museum Kumu in the Estonian capital among the best contemporary art galleries in Europe. “One of the many emerging contemporary galleries in Eastern Europe, the Kumu in Tallinn, Estonia, sets itself apart from many with its excellent curation and gorgeous new […]

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Estonia one of the most talent-ready countries in the world

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According to the global graduate business school, INSEAD, Estonia is among the most talent-ready countries in the world. The second edition of the Global Talent Competitiveness Index, created by INSEAD, in partnership with Singapore’s Human Capital Leadership Institute and Adecco, placed Estonia 19th in the index, just ahead of Japan and right after Belgium. The

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How the e-culture of Estonia created the book of “The Ordinary Estonian”

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A new book, co-created by the nation of Estonia and called “The Ordinary Estonian”, is fusing stories written by Estonians on various themes. Complementing them with photographs of everyday Estonian life, the two Estonian authors, Karin Nemec and Helen Ree, have been able to utilise the internet and the e-culture of Estonia to create a

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Tallinn Airport among the best airports in Europe

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According to the airport guide, Sleeping in Airports, Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport is among the best airports in Europe, based on the overall airport experience determined by travellers who had taken the site’s 2014 airport survey. Sleeping in Airports says that thoughtful touches like rest and relaxation zones, art galleries and museums, libraries that offer

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An etude to Tallinn

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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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Marten Kuningas – a singer-songwriter who persists singing in Estonian

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At this year’s Positivus Festival, one of the largest music festivals in the Baltic region, only two bands sang in Estonian. One of them was that of Marten Kuningas, a young Estonian singer who has remained committed to singing in Estonian, rather than English. Known for lush sounds and romantic song writing skills, Kuningas just

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Three videos of Rummu quarry – Estonia’s “blue lagoon”

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A former limestone mining quarry and the adjacent former Soviet-era prison in Rummu have been turned into Estonia’s “blue lagoon”. Murru limestone mining quarry was established in 1938, in Rummu, near Tallinn in northern Estonia. Limestone mining continued during the Soviet occupation and was done by convicts of the adjacent Murru prison until the restoration of

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Canadian couple discovers Estonia’s “best kept secret”

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“Estonia’s Best Kept Secret” is a road-trip story about a song, a country and a beautiful grand piano – and the winner of the third prize at EstDocs 2013, the annual Estonian documentary film festival and competition in Toronto. A few years ago, the Canadian couple, Mike Dell and Kimberly Bagayawa, became acquainted with Estonia – by virtue of Katre Viilvere,

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