The Estonians refer to the regaining of independence in the early 1990’s as an old nation being reborn. This shows in the city of Tallinn; the old town which has been bombed and ruined many times throughout history, is after all one of Europe’s best preserved medieval cities.

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The charming old town has kilometres of winding cobblestone streets and grey limestone buildings like taken out of a storybook.

Outside the living museum of the old town is the modern Tallinn. The speed of building is unbelievable and new buildings appear every month.

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The Estonian nature is a rare diversity in landscape types, vegetation, seasons, weather and moods; from limestone cliffs in the northern part to hills and lakes in the southern part.

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Facts about Estonia

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The area of Estonia is 45,227 sq. km. which makes it slightly larger than the Netherlands.

The country has old maritime traditions arising from the surrounding 3,794 kilometres coastline and the more than 1,000 islands of Estonia. 48% of the country is covered with forest and 37% is agricultural land.

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Estonia has a population of 1.4 million inhabitants and around 430,000 of them live in Tallinn. The ethnic composition of the inhabitants are 68% Estonians, 26% Russians, 2% Ukrainians, 1% Belarussians and 1% Finns.

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Most ethnic Estonians are Lutheran and most ethnic Russians are Russian Orthodox.

Estonia has four large cities apart from the capital Tallinn: Tartu (105,000), Narva (80,000), Kohtla- Järve (70,000) and Parnu (50,000). The latter is referred to as the Estonian summer capital because this is where Estonians are in the summertime.

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The currency in Estonia is Estonian kroon and 1 EEK is equal to 0,06 Euro.