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- Tallinn
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- Kroon (EEK)
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- 1,423,316
- Population
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tallinn again
we just came back to helsinki for two days before to leave to helsinki. just the time to party and ...
Püssirohukelder
Don't ask me how to pronounce the name of this pub, any Estonian would tell you I'm butchering it. Most of the Internationals (International Students) call it either the Cellar, or the Gunpowder Cellar. The pub is just off the main town ...
Encino Man!
The old town of Tallin, the capital of Estonia is a beautiful place to spend a couple of hours drinking in the town square cafes and seeing some more old buildings. We did our own little walking tour and got some great piccies to put on this blog - so ...
Tartu Tea Party
Certainly the main point of studying abroad is to get to know the people and culture of the place in which you are studying, but when you're at an international university with over 350 exchange students you also get to know these people and their ...
Medieval par excellence
... of Russia. Russia's relationship with its neighbours was never so clearly illustrated as when we crossed the border between Russia and Estonia by bus at Ivangorod in Russia and Narva in Estonia. These two towns sit on either side of a river flowing ...
Back in Tallinn
We spent the first half of the Sunday in Pärnu and then took the Edelaraudtee's train to Tallinn. The train tickets were 85 EEK each, and transportation of my bike didn't cost anything extra. In Tallinn we took Tallink Star ferry and went back to ...
Second and third island
The previous time we were waiting for the boat to take us from Vormsi to Hiiumaa, our second island. Well, about that one we'll be very short: from what we could see trough the raindrops it made a very wet impression on us. Add to that we already took ...
Like a Rollin' Estonian
... an interesting role here. During the Great Northern War (1701-1721), Russian Czar Peter the Great defeated Sweden—which had captured Estonia in the mid 16th century—and established Russia as a Baltic power. At that time, Russian had no port on ...
one day in tallinn... yet!
just came back one day in tallinn to have last drinks with marii. then we wanted to hitch hike to riga but we was sick to wait more than 2h30 so we came back to the bus station and get a bus to riga. Pin's lose his tent his this "hitch-hiking ...
Classes, more classes, and a roommate
Well, the last few days have been exciting, but everyone's finally settling into a routine with their classes and various social groups. I finalized my course list and schedule, which includes a 4-day weekend (no Thursday or Friday classes) and courses ...