It isn’t easy to find blood sausage, black bread and herring in Japan, but every year more than 100 people come together to cook a traditional Estonian meal in Tokyo.
Category: Estonian World
Estonian World: Students create giant wooden megaphones to help people listen to Estonian nature
If a tree falls in the forest and no-one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? So the old saying goes.
Estonian World: Hope and freedom – remembering Estonia’s occupations
It might seem strange, but the main message to take away from the Tallinn Museum of Occupations is one of hope, at least that’s what managing director Merilin Piipuu wants visitors to think about when they come to see the museum’s exhibitions.
Estonian World: The secrets of the success behind Tallinn’s Depeche Mode bar
There are a lot of bars in Tallinn’s Old Town lining the cobbled medieval streets and squares, but one of the most surprising has to be the Depeche Mode-themed DM Bar tucked behind Town Hall Square.
ERR News: Ramadan in Estonia – how do Muslims fast when the sun barely sets?
Currently millions of Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the month of Ramadan, fasting from sunrise to sunset. But how do Estonian Muslims cope when they only have four hours or darkness each day?
Estonian World: Estonian marzipan painters keep centuries old tradition alive
For the last 10 years, one of the first things customers have seen when they entered the Maiasmokk Cafe on Pikk Street, in the Estonian capital of Tallinn, will have been painter Külli Mihkla.
Helen Wright 