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Quick facts
- An area of 45 000 sq. km, Estonia is larger for example than Holland or Denmark
- Estonia's population ranks amongst the smallest in the world - 1 364 100 people live in Estonia, a density of only 30.2 people per sq. km.
- Official language is Estonian. Everyone in tourism speaks good English and often German, Finnish, Russian or Swedish!
- Tallinn is Estonia's capital. Almost a third of the nation (almost 400 000 people) live in Tallinn.
- Finland is a short hop across the sea – just 80km away. There are ferries to Tallinn from Helsinki (Finland) or Stockholm (Sweden).
- Roads are traffic jam free. There are a very good bus connection with Riga in Latvia, but also with Vilnius and St. Peterburg
- Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport, named after our late President, has good connection with Scandinavia and Europe.
- From Januray 1, 2011, the offical currency will be EURO. Plenty of ATM-s and credit cards widely accepted.
- Estonia is in the Schengen Area so we have open borders with the rest of Europe. Brits, Americans, Canadians and Australians can also enter Estonia visa-free.

- In the summer the skies are blue and temperatures usually are between 20-25º celcius, but can reach up to 30° C. The summer average is a very pleasant 16.4°C. Light rain can fall in spring and autumn so bring an umbrella and waterproof jacket.
- In summer there can be 19 hours of daylight, known locally as the “white nights”. It is not completely dark at night from the beginning of May until the end of July.
- In winter it gets very cold. In January-February the thermometer might read up to –15 - 25º C, but the average in winter is nice -4 - -5°: C. So wrap up warm.
- Although it doesn't always snow in winter, there tends to be about 10 cm of snow on the ground consistently from late December through to the beginning of March.
- Estonia’s coastline has hundreds of deserted beaches. Even in the height of summer you can find private space for yourself.
- Estonia has 1500+ islands. Most are tiny but the inhabited ones offer beautiful, peaceful and friendly atmospheres and a traditional culture that opens a window on how Estonians used to live.
- You can't find anywhere in Europe so mush wild life in so small territory: 600 brown bears, 200 wolves, 800 lynxes, 36 different orchids, enormous bogs...