Facts about Estonia

  • Estonian Song Festival has been held every five years for the past 130 years
  • Estonian banking sector is very IT-related, quick and flexible
  • More than 60% of Estonian work force is working in the service sector
  • Estonian companies do not have to pay income tax for re-invested profits
  • There are about one hundred different nationalities and ethnic groups represented in Estonia
  • Peat is one of the most important natural resources in Estonia, and, moreover, is renewable
  • Ernest Hemingway has written that in every port in the world, at least two Estonians can be found
  • Estonia has been a part of kingdoms: the Danish realm from the 13th to the 14th centuries, the Swedish from the 16th to the 18th centuries and the Russian from 18th to the early 20th
  • Estonian language belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family, which also includes Finnish and Hungarian
  • About 10% of Estonia is a nature reserve
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