After centuries of foreign rule by the Teutonic Order, Denmark, Poland, Sweden, and the Russian Empire, a distinct Estonian national identity gained new momentum with the Age of Awakening …

5 days ago · More than two-thirds of the populace speak Estonian as a first language; about an additional one-fourth speak Russian as their first language (mostly in the northeast), though …

6 days ago · If you are a resident of Estonia, you can initially drive in Estonia with your valid U.S. driver’s license and valid IDP, but upon receipt of an Estonian residence permit or after living …

However, today's Estonia is a thriving, forward-looking member state of the European Union and NATO. Read on for a brief overview of the last several thousand years, and discover where to …

Estonians or Estonian people (Estonian: eestlased) are a Finnic ethnic group native to the Baltic Sea region in Northern Europe, primarily their nation state of Estonia. Estonians primarily …

Estonia (older English spelling Esthonia), officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti or Eesti Vabariik), is a country in Northern Europe. Estonia has land borders with Latvia to the …

Dec 3, 2025 · The Estonian nationalist revival of the 19th century helped bridge this gap to create a national culture that for a long time had the country’s agricultural heritage as common …

Dec 23, 2024 · I visited Estonia, Europe's best-kept secret. The hidden gem is way less crowded than Italy or Spain and has incredible history, food, and museums.

Estonian belongs to the Finno-Ugric linguistic group, related closely to Finnish and more distantly to Hungarian and various languages spoken in Siberia. Speakers of the language probably …

Jul 23, 2024 · This magical-sounding language is in fact Estonian, a Finno-Ugric related to Finnish and Hungarian. Today Estonians tend to speak at least two languages, most often Estonian, …