About Estonia
Quick facts about Estonia:
- Area: 45 226 km²
- Population: 1, 4 million
- Currency: Estonian Kroon (EEK), 1 EUR = 15,64 EEK
- Official language: Estonian, (English and Russian widely spoken)
- Main cities: Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu, Narva
- Main religions: Evangelical Lutheran, Russian Orthodox and Estonian Orthodox
- Member State of the European Union since 2004
See also: Estonia Travel Tips
Learn more about Estonia as a state at: www.riik.ee/en/
Estonia is a small and yet little discovered country along the
Baltic Sea, just below Finland. Our other neigbours are Sweden on the
other side of the Baltic Sea, Latvia in the south and Russia to the
east, with St. Petersburg across the border. You can depart from
Tallinn's international airport and in less than two hours be in
Helsinki, Stockholm, Riga, Moscow or St. Petersburg.
Although small by area, it is one of the best kept natural secrets of the area. It is quite unusual to find such a variety in landscapes,
flora, seasons, weather and culture within only a couple of dozens of
kilometres. Having only 1.4 million people living in the country, its
nature is still untouched in many places and forests still cover half
of the country making it an attractive nature and active tourism destination.
Estonia has been invaded and ruled by Germans, Danes, Swedes,
Poles and Russians, but each one of them have left behind also
something good. Feel it when you visit different towns of Estonia - the
medieval capital Tallinn, the famous University town of Tartu, our
Summer Capital Pärnu or the mystical islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa.
Your first holiday stop will most probably be Tallinn,
the capital and business and cultural centre of Estonia, deserving a
guidebook of its own. The historic Old Town with its romantic cobbled
streets is a jaw dropping experience and the main tourist attraction of
this seaside city. Since 1997 it is officially recognized as part of
UNESCO World heritage, bringing first time visitors back for the second
and third time.
We would be honoured to welcome you in Estonia and medieval Tallinn!
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