Traveling to Estonia
Interests
Activities
Welcome to Tallinn
No longer the plaything of greater powers – Danish, Swedish, Polish, German and Soviet – Tallinn is now a proud European capital with an allure all of its own. It's lively yet peaceful, absurdly photogenic and bursting with wonderful sights – ancient churches, medieval streetscapes and noble merchants' houses.
Welcome to Lahemaa National Park
Estonia’s largest rahvuspark (national park), the 'Land of Bays' is 725 sq km of rural landscape and the perfect retreat from the nearby capital. A microcosm of Estonia’s natural charms, the park takes in a stretch of deeply indented coast with several peninsulas and bays, plus 475 sq km of pine-fresh hinterland encompassing forest etc.
Welcome to Tartu
Tartu mixes it with Tallinn as Estonia's cultural and intellectual capital. Some also claim it as the spiritual capital, talking about a special Tartu vaim (spirit) generated by its historic buildings, and the beauty of its parks and riverfront. The cradle of Estonia’s 19th-century national revival, Tartu suffered less Soviet town plannin
Tips
It might come as quite the surprise that Estonia differs a considerable amount from neighbours Latvia and Lithuania. People tend to lump the 3 countries together as the Baltic States, assuming their shared geography carries over to thing like culture and language.
A common remark I’ve noticed in the comments recently is that people have either only heard of Tallinn, or only visited there in Estonia. This honestly didn’t surprise me much and I really only knew about places other than Tallinn
Estonia may seem like a small country compared to other European nations, but it is still several hundreds of kilometres across so there are still some distances to travel to get about. While there is a limited domestic train network, the country’s buses are more likely useful for wider travel.
