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Tallinn Estonia A Great Place To Visit For Business Or Vacation
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high-tech Nordic countries and
Russia, which her huge natural
Tallinn, the capital of resources as well as an enormous
Estonia, is well known for her market, has made the city an
fully preserved medieval Old Town attractive place for investors
and a pulsating nightlife. from all over the world. Foreign
Recently many stylish places for investments into Estonia amounted
eating and drinking have sprung to 189.7 billion kroons as of
up in Tallinn, many of them June 2004, making Estonia the
offering decent quality food, and most successful country in
it is not hard to find a place Eastern Europe in this respect.
for dancing. Those who travel out
of the city will get acquainted Distances from some European
with our beautiful countryside cities (by plane):
(for instance, Estonia is known
as the land of 1000 islands), the • Helsinki 82km
long seashore, the picturesque • Riga 280km
Baltic German manor houses etc. • St Petersburg 315km
• Stockholm 380km
And there are not many cities • Copenhagen and Moscow 860km
whose face is designed by the • Berlin 1030km.
21st century rather than the 18th
or 19th. Tallinn Top Culture Events
Situation The top summer event in Tallinn
is the Old Town Days in the first
Tallinn is situated in Northern week of June; in December the
Europe in the northeastern part Black Nights Film Festival brings
of the Baltic Sea region. Its the best of the year's European
unique position between the films to Tallinn, and there are a
lot of other annual cultural 5.9% The GNP per capita Estonia
events like Jazzkaar, Orient, in 2004 was 40% of the EU average
NYYD, and more, (39% in Lithuania, 34% in Latvia)
Economic Life
Inhabitants
About half of the GDP of Estonia
is produced in Tallinn (and its Tallinn has about 400,000
Suburbs) and more than half of inhabitants, half of whom are
the foreign-owned companies Estonians 40% Russians and 10%
reside here. The economy is other nationalities. You probably
boosted by close relations with didn't know that there are over
Finland and Sweden and a liberal 120 nationalities living in
economy that is favorable to Estonia. The major ethnic groups
foreign investments. Rapid are Russians, Byelorussians,
development of the communications Ukrainians, Finns, Tatars,
infrastructure has created a Latvians, Poles, Jews,
situation where mobile Lithuanians, Germans and
technologies and the Internet are Armenians. Basically every third
used more widely than in some inhabitant of Estonia speaks some
larger and wealthier EU countries other language.
(e.g. Internet banking is used by
more than 10% of the population, Short History
active users of the Internet are
more than 50% of the whole • 10th century: ancient
population, every second Estonian Estonians have already
has a mobile phone etc, established the central trading
e-government and e-tax system are point on the coast of the Gulf of
working etc). The projected Finland.
economic growth for this year is
• 1219: Northern Estonia is War)
conquered by the Danes. led by
King Waldemar 2nd, who later • 1857: An important evolution
establishes a stone castle at in the town's development was
Toompea -multinational town grows caused by the loss of stronghold
around it. status and the building of a
railway connection to St
• 1248: Tallinn acquires town Petersburg. Rapid industrial
rights. development begins, resulting in
the swift growth of the town
• 1219-1346: the Danish period.
A network of streets is formed • February 24. 1918: the
inside the town wall, with a Estonian Salvation Committee
guild house, churches and declares the independent
convents, warehouses and defense democratic Republic of Estonia.
buildings, The new government immediately
has to organize a defense against
• 1347-1561: the Livonian Order the attacking Russian bolshevist
acts as the sovereign; the troops and the Estonian War of
building of the Old Town with its Independence begins. It ends in
principal stone buildings is 1920
completed
• 1920: Tallinn becomes the
• 1561-1710: the Swedish period capital of the independent
Tallinn's trading success has Republic of Estonia
faded because of long lasting
wars • June, 1940: Soviet troops
occupy Estonia, abolishing its
• 1710: Tallinn capitulates to independence and establishing
the Russian Army (Great Northern Soviet order.
• 1944-1991: Estonia belongs to • August 29. 1994: the last
the Soviet Union. troops of Russian army are
withdrawn from Estonia. The
.1st August 20, 1991: the Supreme Second World War has come to an
Soviet of Estonia declares end for Estonia.
re-establishment of the
independence of Estonia based on • May 1. 2004: Estonia joins
legal continuity the European Union.
About the Author:
Tallinn is a hospitable city. We welcome you to stay in one of our city centre apartments (http://www.this-way.org/tallinnapartment ) where modern interiors and security blend with old town charm. Enjoy the best of Tallinn!
Source: www.isnare.com
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