Useful information

Official name: Republic of Estonia (in Estonian: Eesti Vabariik).
Area: 45,227 km2 (ca 10% of Estonia’s territory is made up of 1520 islands, 5% are inland waterbodies, 48% is forest, 7% is marshland and moor, and 37% is agricultural land) 1 .36 million inhabitants (68% Estonians, 26% Russians, 2% Ukrainians, 1% Byelorussians and 1% Finns), of whom 68% live in cities.
Capital Tallinn - 397 thousand inhabitants.
Official language: Estonian, system of government: parliamentary democracy. The proclamation of the country’s independence is a national holiday celebrated on the 24th of February (Independence Day).
The Republic of Estonia is a member of the European Union and NATO.

Estonia is on Eastern European time (GMT +02:00)
Telephone: the country code for Estonia is +372
Emergency numbers in Estonia: police 110, ambulance and fire department 112
Distance from Tallinn: Helsinki 85 km, Riga 307 km, St. Petersburg 395 km, Stockholm 405 km

Facts about Estonia

Total area 45 227 km2
Climate Average temperature in July +19 °C (2006)
Average temperature in February – 7.3 °C (2006)
Population 1 342 000 (01.01.2007)
Currency EURO
Since May 1, 2004 Estonia is a European Union Member State

Public Holidays

1 January New Year’s Day
24 February Independence Day, (1918).
1 May Spring Day
11 May Whitsunday
23 June Victory Day
24 June St. John’s Day (Midsummer)
20 August Day of Restoration of Independence, Estonia regains independence after Soviet period (1991).
24 December Christmas Eve
25 December Christmas Day
26 December Boxing Day