Transcript Estonia

Maria-Elisabeth Mihhin
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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
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The territory of Estonia covers 45,227 km2
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)
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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%).
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Tallinn is the largest city of Estonia
It occupies an area of 159.2 km2
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
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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
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Invented Skype (August 2003)
Skype was written by Estonian developers Ahti
Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, and Jaan Tallinn, Danish
Janus Friis, and Swedish Niklas Zennström.
Won 1st place in the Eurovision Song Contest in
2001.
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 1869.
It is held every five years in July on the Tallinn Song
Festival Grounds