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jackqulenmusicblog: 🇪🇪 Estonia Karl-Erik Taukar – Seitse PĂĽhapäeva Release date: June 2017 Only in Estonia you can feature their Eurovision representatives from 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 (plus Switzerland 2005 because they sent an Estonian girl band that year) and numerous Eesti Laul contestants in the same music video. I mean, look at them, they are […]

Estonian Midsummer’s Eve Gothic

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It’s raining. It’s always raining. Someone remembers a year when it wasn’t raining. They argue with ten other people over which year it was. 

There’s someone grilling sausages. There’s another person grilling sausages. Everyone is grilling sausages. Someone is offering you potato salad. 

There are mosquitoes trying to drink your blood. You spray mosquito repellent on yourself. Now there are more mosquitoes trying to drink your blood. 

You are drinking beer. Your friends are drinking beer. Your neighbour’s ten-year-old child is drinking kvass. Uncle Jaan is offering everyone vodka. 

The pile of stuff to burn is a meter high. Now it’s two. Now it’s five meters high. Someone tries to jump over it. 

You go into the woods looking for the fern flower. It does not exist. You aren’t sure why you are looking for it.

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official-estonia: Finnish singer Saara Aalto performing Ott Lepland’s 2012 Eurovision song “Kuula” at Finland 100 concert in Tallinn. 

Okupatsioonide muuseum

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Okupatsioonide muuseum (The Museum of Occupations) is located in Tallinn, near the Freedom Square. The museum was opened in 1998.

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The museum provides an overview of Estonian society during the first and the second Soviet occupation and the German occupation. The collection includes photos, videos and items from these eras.

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The main goal of the museum is to introduce the contemporary history of Estonia to people.

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This museum might not be the best place to visit with small children.

Visiting info: [Eesti] [English]

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minus229k1: Kihnu, a small island off Estonia’s coast, is the only still known society fully run by women only. The economy relies on fishermen who leave their homes for months to travel to the Balic Sea, so their wives are raising the children and run the island. They cherish old traditions and pass them on. […]

Eesti Kunstimuuseum

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Eesti Kunstimuuseum (Estonian Art Museum) was founded in 1919 and it’s goal is to collect and display Estonian art from the Medieval times until today. Eesti Kunsitmuuseum basically consists of five different museums: KUMU, Kadriorg art museum, Mikkel’s museum, Niguliste museum and Adamson-Eric’s museum which are all located in Tallinn.

KUMU is the museum of modern art and it has Estonian art from the 18th century until today. The museum was opened in 2006.

Kadriorg Art Museum has Western European and Russian art from the 16th century to the 19th century. The palace was built by the Russian tsar Peter the 1st as a gift to his wife Catherine in the 18th century. 

Mikkel’s Museum features European and oriental art from Johannes Mikkel’s private collection. 

Niguliste Museum has ecclesiastical art dating back to the Middle Ages. The church it is believed to have been founded in the middle of the 13th century.

Adamson-Eric’s Museum is dedicated to an Estonian artist called Adamson-Eric (1902–1968) and displays his art.

Visiting info: [Eesti] [English]

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