Maria-Elisabeth Mihhin

 Location  Neighbour countries  About Estonia  Symbols of Estonia  Religions  The capital – Tallinn  Tartu – “City of good thoughts”

Neighbour countries of Estonia are:  Finland  Sweden  Russia  Latvia

 The territory of Estonia covers 45,227 km 2  President of Estonia is Toomas Hendrik Ilves  Population 1,286,540  National currency is euro

 Anthem “ Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm” (My Fatherland, my Happiness and Joy) Estonian flag Coat of arms

 Lutherans - 152,000  Orthodox christians -143,000  Roman catholics -5,000  Jehovah´s Witnesses - 4,268  Adherents of Taaraism -1,000  Jewish - 1,900 Around 68,000 people consider themselves atheists (75,7%).

 Tallinn is the largest city of Estonia  It occupies an area of km 2  population of 425,249

Tallinn is the oldest capital city in Northern Europe. It has buildings from the Middle Ages, which attract lots of tourists nowadays.

Toompea castle St. Olaf’s Church Tall Hermann

 Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia  It is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned university  Population 104,109

Tartu University Town Hall Kissing Students

1. Invented Skype (August 2003)  Skype was written by Estonian developers Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, and Jaan Tallinn, Danish Janus Friis, and Swedish Niklas Zennström. 2. Won 1st place in the Eurovision Song Contest in  Tanel Padar and Dave Benton, along with 2XL, sang "Everybody" and received 198 points.

This is one of the largest amateur choral events in the world. The tradition of the song festival was born along with Estonian national awakening. The first national song festival was held in Tartu in the summer of It is held every five years in July on the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds