Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Facts about Estonia


Facts about Estonia:


Fun to watch: Kati and me (EstDocs 2012 Short Film Competition - Third Place Award)


Facts:

•Estonia is the smallest of all the Baltic States, being only slightly bigger than Switzerland or Denmark, population 1,3 million
•Tallinn is our medieval capital and by far the biggest city, with a population of around 400,000
•Estonia is almost 50% forest.
•has over 1,500 islands
•has the highest number of meteorite craters per land area in the world
•are 550 schools (most of them have les sthan 300 students)

•have free WiFi almost everywhere;
•lot’s of e-services like E-income tax declaration!
•We are Skype homeland;

•In 2011 Tallinn will be the European Capital of Culture
•In 2011 we also have EURO

Medeval and new city of Tallinn
Sports, folk dance and song festivals 
4 seasons weather +35 to -35 C degrees


Flag: blue sky or sea, black earth or bread and white freedom

Situation map (Europe)



National anthem:


President: Toomas-Hendrik Ilves (opening Keynote form ICGOV2011 - in english language)



Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia

VisitEstonia http://www.visitestonia.com/en/
Estionan official gateway: http://estonia.eu/

 

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