Having done the list of food things I miss in Estonia, I thought I should also do the list of things I like the most in Estonia (I have written more generally about Estonian cuisine in the past). These are things I didn’t know before coming to Estonia, or that are just better in Estonia. […]

Making such a list is actually not that easy, because I do find most of the things I like here (and of course I also have many things I didn’t have in France).
Yet there are a few things I miss, in no particular order:

Artichokes: Hearts can be found in cans, but I’ve never seen fresh […]

In Estonia you can drive like an idiot in the city and put lives of children and woman in danger and you will never get fined. But park one time wrong and you will get immediately a parking ticket…
In Estonia the parking enforcement is sub-contracted to the all-powerful security company Falck. Falck security agents are […]

Like most European countries, Estonia is facing a too low birth rate. Considering the small amount of Estonians there are to start with, they are at risk of dying out. This should make Estonia a model on family politics and it appears to be so at first look.
In fact the family policy is pretty much […]

Playtech may be less known than Skype, but it’s also a great example of a successful Estonian company. They develop casino software and made an IPO last week, valuing them close to 1 billion dollars.
They have 200 developers in Estonia. Like Skype, they are hiring heavily, the competition on the Estonian job market is hard.
It’s […]

I enjoy living in Estonia and in fact there is very little that I actually really miss from France. The country has a lot to be loved for, but as always, some things can be improved. So here are a few advices for Estonia.
Next week are local elections here. It’s impossible to miss, since there […]

As you can imagine the acquisition of Skype by eBay has been heavily covered in the Estonian press.
In Äripäev, the Estonian business newspaper, Allan Martinson from Microlink (largest IT firm in the Baltics) wrote:

The acquisition of Skype Technologies SA by eBay for about $4.1bn may be more significant to the Estonian economy than Swedbank’s […]

This weekend is one of the two most important celebrations in Estonia, mid-summer, the other one being Christmas. Estonia doesn’t have a lot of national vacation days (compared to France at least) but for this they have two days, Thursday and Friday are off.
The longest day of the year is celebrated. Since the winter is […]

Those who have visited the blog Ohlala of my wife Ingrid about restaurants and cafes in Estonia will know that we love good food. After my overview of Estonian culture, I will try to give my feeling on Estonian cuisine.
Being French, this is a sensitive subject. Most French people value a lot eating well, but […]

I recently received an email from a French who was interested in moving to Estonia and wanted to know more about it, among other things on the cultural aspect. I thought it would be interesting to share part of my answer here too.
For such a small population (1.4 millions inhabitants), I’m impressed by the richness […]