Estonia is a lowland country situated in North Eastern Europe. It borders on the Baltic Sea, and the gulf of Finland in the north, Latvia to the south and Russia in the east. Estonia has a flat, unharmed landscape with more than one thousand lakes and has over seven thousand rivers and streams. Nearly half of its landscape is covered by woodland and forest.
For someone who enjoys skating or ice fishing, Estonia in the winter can be a great place to visit. Its winters can get very cold, but thanks to the North Atlantic Gulf Stream the summers remain quite mild. The best time to visit Estonia is during the months of May through to September, July usually being the warmest month of the year.
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Estonians are known to be hard-working, neat and patriotic. Most of them are nature lovers, too, which comes as no surprise since Estonia has a wealth of natural gems that make up the best Estonia attractions.
Lahemaa National Park – Considered one of the most popular natural attractions in Estonia, the Lahemaa National Park is the country’s largest national park, covering an area of more than 70,000 hectares. Aside from hiking, the park also offers opportunities for cycling, skiing and camping, so tourists can actively explore its amazing diversity of plant and wildlife while admiring the scenic views.
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Estonia’s reputation is growing within the property investment market. Rising far above her new European neighbours in terms of infrastructure and growth, Estonia is fast becoming the Baltic’s very own ‘Tiger’ economy with a healthy growth rate of 5.5% in 2004. In fact, all the economic indicators are looking very positive with employment growing steadily last year in construction, transport and communications, areas that suggest a growing emphasis on attracting inward investment and a strong property development market.
All these factors have contributed to Estonia being ranked 28th in the IMD’s “World Competitiveness Yearbook” of 2004 and 6th place in the Heritage Foundation’s “Index of Economic Freedom” of 2004. The rankings are a further affirmation of Estonia’s positive economic development, which stands in contrast to many European states, which are now experiencing economic slowdowns.
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Estonia is home to an active gay community with this change in the political structure, and as such, it will not be difficult to find Estonia gay bars.
The gay traveler will also be very happy to find out that post-soviet countries experience much lower tax brackets and thus traveling within Estonia is extremely affordable. You will find your times in Estonia to be much less expensive than almost anywhere else in Europe. Whether you are shopping along the quaint streets of Estonia, dining on authentic Estonian fare, or partying hard in Estonia gay bars, you will definitely save a lot of money.
When you are in Estonia, be sure to experience authentic Estonian cuisine such as their blood sausage. The cuisine in Estonia is very similar to German and Scandinavian cuisine, and you will definitely want to try out the national dish of verivorst and mulgikapsad which is blood sausage served with something that resembles sauerkraut stew. The food here is very rich, and you will enjoy unique delights such as sour fat milk in salad dressings, and the famous potato salad in Estonia. After you have enjoyed some authentic Estonia cuisine, you can dance off your dinner in any of the many Estonia bars.
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