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Welcome to Estonia
- 2. Where can you find us? In North Europe!
- 3. Some facts Full Name: the Republic of Estonia Total Area: 17,461.86 sq miles 45,226 sq km Population: 1 million 34 thousand Languages: Estonian (official), also spoken: Russian, English, Finnish, Swedish, German ... Currency was : Estonian Kroon (EEK) 1928–1940 and 1992–2011 Since January 2011: Euro .
- 4. Our symbols
- 5. Is Estonia the smallest country in the world? • No it is not :) Population: 1.3 million inhabitants Area: 45 227 km² • But we like to say that everything here is small: • Largest town Tallinn (capital city) has 400 000 inhabitants. • The highest point of Estonia is Suur Munamägi (BIG EGG HILL) – only 318 meters high (The best reaction I have got to it: "It is like a swamp!“).
- 6. What language do we speak? Eesti keelt (=Estonian language) • Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various emigre communities in Sweden, USA, United Kingdom, Australia.
- 7. Is it difficult to learn it? Yes! • Estonian is one of the most beautiful languages in the world but it is also a really complicated language to learn. • Estonian language has the vowel “ Õ ”. We have also letters Ä, Ö, Ü. Let’s practice: ÕUN = APPLE ÖÖ = NIGHT ÜKS = ONE JÄÄTIS = ICE CREAM • Also, the Estonian language has 14 cases! • And finally – the language has no genders, no future tense in grammar
- 8. Let’s learn some more • You can try to spell this: HAUAÖÖÕUD (= grave night horror)
- 9. Tallinn – the capital population – 414,000 known for its Old Town and the sea
- 10. Tallinn
- 11. Pärnu – seaside resort
- 12. Tartu – a university town
- 13. University of Tartu founded in 1632, a classical university 20 thousand students
- 15. Estonia has over 1500 islands, 3700 km-s of coastline
- 16. The biggest island is Saaremaa (The Isle of Land) (2672 km²)
- 17. The longest river is Võhandu River (162 km)
- 18. Why come to Estonia? If you want to • try “blood sausages” • eat fresh home-made brown rye bread
- 19. ...go walking in a bog
- 20. ... see untouched nature/ our nature reserves
- 21. ... sit in a scorching hot sauna and get flogged with fresh birch branches
- 22. The biggest lake is Lake Peipsi (Lake Peipus) – it is the fifth largest lake in Europe with a total area of 3555 square km (it forms the border with Russia)
- 23. About our history • Before the 13th century there were Estonian leaders • Estonia has been under the rule of Danes, Germans, Swedes and Russians • Independence was declared on 24th February 1918 • Soviet occupation 1940-1991 (German 1941-44) • Independence was restored on 20 August 1991 • Joined NATO and the European Union in 2004–
- 24. What do we look like? Estonian national costumes
- 25. We are fond of choir singing, going to all kinds of cultural events
- 26. We have world famous song festivals - 30 000 sing together in a choir on the stage The first one took place in 1869 in Tartu
- 27. What about our climate? Estonian people’ s moods:
- 28. What do we like to say? • When somebody is glad he may say: “I laughed myself into a pea” or even “I laughed myself into two halves.” He “holds his stomach with both hands” when he hears a hilarious joke. • When a person is angry • his “lungs move on top of his liver”, • his “heart fills up”, • he “comes to the boil”, and in a rage • “turns into a pretzel”. • His “top then turns purple”, • and he “goes out of himself”.
- 29. An old-type farm
- 30. What is e-Estonia? • 84.5% of Estonian people use the Internet (India 7%, Ukraine 42%, Austria 74%,Sweden 92% of the population) • Almost all of Estonian people have a computer at home, many families have several. • Every Estonian school is connected to the internet and they participate in the e-school program • There are a lot of FREE Wifi hotspots • Income tax declaration can be filled in the Internet, it takes a short time • You can vote for elections through the internet, buy tickets and goods
- 31. More Facts • Estonia was the developer of Skype, Kazaa and Hotmail. • We have a lot of IT companies • Estonian scientists are collecting genes of the population to make genetical researches (on diseases and gene therapy) • Scientists are working to discover vaccine for HIV • We produce electricity (oil shale mines)
- 32. Is there anything else to know about us? • We have light summer nights in Estonia (celebrations of Midsummer Night on June 23 – we make fires, sing and dance) • Cheap beer, beautiful women
- 33. Do you know anyone of us? • Composer Arvo Pärt • Supermodel Carmen Kass • Conductors Neeme Järvi and Eri Klas
- 34. North Estonia - a long coastline, waterfalls, flat landscape
- 35. South Estonia is hilly
- 37. We have 1 400 lakes
- 38. The deepest lake in Estonia (Rõuge Big Lake) – 38 m deep
- 39. Estonia is rich in ... • lakes and islands • forests - they cover About 51% of the territory • good ideas • peaceful people
- 40. Forests
- 41. Restored old manor houses...
- 43. Is Estonia the best place to live in? • No poisonous snakes • No poisonous spiders • No crocodiles • No earthquakes • No floods • Yes, it is a perfect place to live in !
- 44. Now there are some more people in the world who know how great my small country called Estonia is:)
- 45. Thank you for listening ! .” YOU ARE WELCOME