Estonia

Mari Järvelaid

Jüri Ruut

• Distance from the Netherlands to Estonia: ca 1500 km

• Time difference: 1 hour: be careful making your appointments

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Estonia

The Netherlands

Basic facts and figures

• Area: 45 000 sq. km• 1.3 million inhabitants (ca 25%

Russians)• Language: Estonian, similar to

Finnish• 1500 islands, 1400 lakes• Capital: Tallinn (400 thousand

inhabitants, 1/3 of total population)

• Bigger cities: Tartu, Narva, Pärnu

• Additional information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia

Money

• Currency is Eesti kroon (EEK)

• 1 EUR = 15.6466 EEK, fixed rate

• 1-kroon note is missing from the photo : very rare

• Supposedly Euro will be the currency from 2011

Public transport

• Good bus connections between cities.• Not so good railway connections• Very good ferry connections to Finland (1.5

hours from Tallinn to Helsinki, 80 km)• In Tallinn: bus, tram, trolley. The same ticket can

be used everywhere. Tickets can be obtained from kiosks (EEK 15.-) or a driver (EEK 25.-)

• Taxi: use only official taxis, negotiate approximate price befor taking a drive. Around EEK 100.- should be enough almost for everything in the city.

Nature

• The land is relatively low, the highest point 318 meters (also the highest in the Baltic states)

• A lot of forest (1/3 of the total area) and wilderness

• Common animals: elk, wild roe, fox, wolf, beaver, bear

Photos: http://blog.moment.ee/category/

“The 5th season” in Estonian bogs

Sports

• Today’s world’s top sports(wo)men in skiing, sumo, discus throwing, tennis

• A national football team is now in the world’s top 100

Skype

• Tht’s Estonian, HQ is in Tallinn

Gerd Kanter, discus throw

Baruto, 2nd man in the world sumo