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Estonia

Estonia. Mari Järvelaid Jüri Ruut. Distance from the Netherlands to Estonia: ca 1500 km Time difference: 1 hour: be careful making your appointments. What is on the graph?. Basic facts and figures. Area: 45 000 sq. km 1.3 million inhabitants (ca 25% Russians)

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Estonia

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  1. Estonia Mari Järvelaid Jüri Ruut

  2. Distance from the Netherlands to Estonia: ca 1500 km • Time difference: 1 hour: be careful making your appointments

  3. What is on the graph?

  4. Basic facts and figures • Area: 45 000 sq. km • 1.3 million inhabitants (ca 25% Russians) • Language: Estonian, similar to Finnish • 1500 islands, 1400 lakes • Capital: Tallinn (400 thousand inhabitants, 1/3 of total population) • Bigger cities: Tartu, Narva, Pärnu • Additional information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia

  5. Money • Currency is Eesti kroon (EEK) • 1 EUR = 15.6466 EEK, fixed rate • 1-kroon note is missing from the photo : very rare • Supposedly Euro will be the currency from 2011

  6. Public transport • Good bus connections between cities. • Not so good railway connections • Very good ferry connections to Finland (1.5 hours from Tallinn to Helsinki, 80 km) • In Tallinn: bus, tram, trolley. The same ticket can be used everywhere. Tickets can be obtained from kiosks (EEK 15.-) or a driver (EEK 25.-) • Taxi: use only official taxis, negotiate approximate price befor taking a drive. Around EEK 100.- should be enough almost for everything in the city.

  7. Nature • The land is relatively low, the highest point 318 meters (also the highest in the Baltic states) • A lot of forest (1/3 of the total area) and wilderness • Common animals: elk, wild roe, fox, wolf, beaver, bear Photos: http://blog.moment.ee/category/

  8. “The 5th season” in Estonian bogs

  9. Sports • Today’s world’s top sports(wo)men in skiing, sumo, discus throwing, tennis • A national football team is now in the world’s top 100

  10. Skype • Tht’s Estonian, HQ is in Tallinn

  11. Gerd Kanter, discus throw

  12. Baruto, 2nd man in the world sumo

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