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 in the …

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 few …

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 in Estonia for …

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 go to learn …

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 speak the …

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 south and …

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 denominator.

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 arrived in …

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, English, and …