Geography Now! Estonia
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and current residing place of SLAV SUPERSTAR BORIS. taking gladly part of that cheap vodka and sauna/banya culture
Lasnamäel?
wut lol :D just watched your golf
Not only cheap vodka and banya, in Keila is where i'm currently living, it's a big chance 2nd storm is coming :(
Im estonian and im totally proud of it
Priidikplayz same
When you realize that this video has more views than Estonian population (Edit : Ma saan aru et tegin oma vennastele Eestlastele natukene haiget sellega aga ma olen ka Eestlane)
🥲😂😂😂
....
Estonia population is 1.3 milion
I don't know if I should be offended or not..
@@paulos0 Yeah, and this video has 1.6M views
I am Estonian and i will tell you a fun fact: You can see Estonias flag in nature.
When you are standing in a field and look towards a dark pine forest in the winter and the ground is white and sky is blue you can see it.
Same
@@Rppro123 I am another Estonian (I love listening to people pronounce Estonian words 'cause they say it always so INCORRECTLY 🤣)
@@voidy7770 maokounad🤣
@@voidy7770 Same
Estonian, and that's true.
After I graduated the German “High School” I moved to Tallinn for a time and worked there. It was such an interesting city, very modern, but you could still feel it’s different then Western Europe. I thought the people were open, easy and intriguing. And yes, they were all pretty attractive.
But most of my friends didn’t even know Estonia existed. It’s a hidden treasure and I can recommend anyone to spend some time here 🇪🇪🇪🇺🇩🇪
I'm from Estonia and I agree with you and I'm glad you liked the stay😁
As an estonian, i dissagree
Im going to estonia in 2 weeks, and will likely stay there a year. I hope this is true
I remember hearing one american once say " Estonia? Oh its that country in Russia" and I remember being soo offended:D:D Estonia is actually very much its own country with finno ugri people, but I am sad that often when peope think of Estonia they think of Russia...beause they have been trying to conquer us last 300 years
Sehr nett
I've been to Estonia and I think it's one of the most underrated countries in Europe
In my personal rating it ranks the highest, not sure if there's an oficial rating though.
Agreed. I love it
It really is
Not one of the most... THE most underrated.
Your damn right we are underrated
Im finnish and i LOVE Estonia. Greetings to all estonian people love u
Sisters? I guess I too think of Estonia as female due to the "Scandinavia and the World" webcomic, but what is your reason, the higher number of women in their population?
Did you just assume my gender?!
Dude iam a man
ha ha good joke, I have maps showing Moscovites and Laplanders living same time in Finland, when there was Estonia. Our culture is older than Yours.
Sisters?ok... that is chill I gesd
Im a Latvian. When I see Estonia or Lithuania, I press like
@bottle of pepsi wow a lake
greetings from Estonia! :)
Now Estonians drive to Latvia themselves to buy cheap alcohol :D:D
@@HK-gm8pe wich will probably boost latvian economy and causing stuff to get more expensive and soon latvians will be getting their alcohol from lithuaina
Čau
Im Estonian, When I see Latvia or Lithuania, I press like
My online friend : "Where are you from?"
Me : "Estonia"
My online friend : "So uh.. that's somewhere in Russia or like Asia right?"
Me : angry Estonian noises
Well yes bit actually no
Must be American
same
@@jimboonie9885 I know that this is true but it will forever piss me off I hate being American
Same
We Estonians, can't wait to return to our 5 meter distance after corona
this is why i wanna move to estonia.
🤣🤣🤣
Estonia needs to make difrenses if smebody comes in est then no corona pass when somebody comes out then corona pass needed (say if something is wrong I'm 10 year old Estonian kid) :)
@@jellyvago1995 your not really wrong at all.
@Robert Kaevur i'll note that if i ever go/live there, thanks!
"If Europe was a choir, Estonia would be like that one girl who didn't get any solos, but then gets to sing that one high note that causes the whole crowd to give her a standing ovation."
That was beautifully put hahaha
I'm very jealous that in Estonia's government there are no ex-communists, unlike in Latvia where a whole party consists of ex-communists. That's why Estonians live much better than Latvians because their government actually does something. Even corruption is much lower in Estonia than in Latvia plus slightly lower than in France. I'm proud of you, Estonia.
Tere tulemast Lätist!
there was a high rank estonian that turned out to be a russian spy.
@@Som_Guy the differnce being that in estonia he was caught, in latvia he wouldve just pribed the police and get free
Mark Maskov same in Bulgaria
Tere tere
Btw you said Welcome from latvia but nice (ps: edit it to Tere Lätist)
I had the privilege to sing at Laulupidu in 2019. Best experience of my life 🇪🇪🐝
It's a magical experience indeed! 😍
I’ve always thought that Estonia’s flag was the prettiest
:D
Its actually kinda ugly😂😂
Rada Rada wow meanie
Estonian flag is the best one I’ve ever seen 🇪🇪😍
+1
Im a simple Finn, when i see Estonia i press Like
Finnish/Estonian Council hey brother!☺☺
Moro
I am Est, when i see Finland i press like
Half of my neighbors in Finland are Estonians. They are basically like Finns, only louder and more vodka-loving but also friendlier and less introverted. Anyway, this brotherly (or sisterly?) Finland-Estonia relationship seems more like a fictional story than reality.
Finland is Estonia’s big brother.
My girlfriend is from Estonia (we are living together since 2012 in my country, Argentina), a few years back we went to her country for 3 months (from december to february) and i was amazed :D The culture, the food, the snow (until that moment i had seen snow only 4 or 6 times in my life), the hard but nice lenguage, saunas, and the castles, hoooo my, kuressaare´s castle is my favourite (for now :P ). They are so smart, independent and reserved, but when they open themselves to you, you will have a friend for life. Sorry for my bad english :D
you should legit move to estonia
[OD]Maggy YEA
Tu inglés es bueno, me parece muy natural :) Perdóname para mi mal Español jaja.
@@charlottebowder5423 Are you Estonian?
@@TylerSolvestri No I'm from the United States lol. I love geography and learning about other cultures, especially languages/linguistics, so I watch this channel.
Estonia, now you have my full attention, you seem to be an amazing country. Greetings from Slovakia
Hey! Loved my summer camp in Slovakkia 18 years ago! Greetings from an estonian!
Its good now we can welcome u
Me as a Slovak who just came back from Estonia, my experience there was amazing! I tried to see as much as I could in spite of 3 days, but what a beautiful country it is, I felt like I was at home, we are really quite similiar despite being so far off each other
Slovakia 👍
Tere! 👋
Their flag is so awesome!
thank you. in estonia its sinine must valge but i say it sini must valge
@Cities & Skyscrapers
I agree, it's the best flag in Europe as far as I'm concerned (Estonia certainly is also a strong contender for best country for my woods and internet loving tastes)
The flag =lipp is sinine must ja valge ülevalt alla
Thanks. Also every time I see the simplicity of our flag, I think to myself. Do British preschoolers also drew the Union Jack or is there another way?
😊 (i m from estonia btw)
I just came here cuz Estonian flag is my favourite one... Look at those colours... Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷 to all Estonians
Tere sullegi
Greetings to you to!
Tere sulle ka!
Tere!
Oh nice
Coincidence, Argentina flag is my favourite flag 👏🏻💗
Meanwhile in prison.
"I murdered someone, what are you in here for?"
-"Oh, I stole a boulder from Estonia."
*slowly backs away*
I am dead!
@@Sillyboi05 i am alive
I'm dead for real
@@kadibelkuusk9633 R.I.P
Mida
This is the best overview of Estonia I've seen on UA-cam and I say it as classical Estonian who needs world's recognition of us being different, smart and NORDIC.
sorry but you guys are far from nordic...
@@Ksheriffi it's literally higher in latitude than denmark
@@imweird3363 Yeah but Denmark has a different culture that is tied to the rest of scandinavia, Russia is also more northern in latitude than Denmark, and so is some of scotland.
@@omnipotentbanana1576As a fin I think people in Estonia and Danmark have similar attitude and Sweden and Finland are puritanic nanny states. Estonia and Danmark are much more central european. In Finland and Sweden everything fun is a sin and should be punished. It is not coincidence that Finland and Sweden has alcohol monopol systems, drug laws from Richard Nixon and religion goes in to politics.
Estonia is probably the coolest name for a country I’ve ever heard
Thx we actually call our country Eesti :)
@@Lo_. And we call it Viro
@@_nurmi06 ye I kinda knew that. I wish my father to teach me Suomi one day 😊
We are EESTI or ESTLAND
Ma usun kui ma kirjutan Eesti keeles Lego peale eestlaste ei sa sellest aru
Suur Munamägi :DD
It's funny how Estonian sounds so similar to finnish. Does it actually mean the same thing that "Suuri Munamäki" means in Finnish "large egg hill"?
Suuri muna... Sorry i have a dirty mind
mägi means mountain in Estonian, but it's big and many eggings
cooked_potato In Estonian it can mean(if in plural) testicles
In Finnish it can mean Big Cockhill lol.
kotka Yes, it actually is - Large Egg hill
We also have Small egg hill
Around 10 years ago I met an Estonian girl, she was really nice and we became very good friends. Since then I've been in love with the language. It's something I can't understand almost magical, like listening to my favorite kind of music. Although I just know a few words I frequently listen to Vikerraadio just to listen to people speaking in Estonian (haha?). This video motivated me to learn the language (or at least try) and visit the country! Thanks Barby! Head aega!
Hi, Alejandro, you certainly make that effort and you may open for yourself the dephts of a culture that goes back, and I'm not kidding, a full 10 000 years. In fact, one of the oldest surviving cultures in the worlds (google Kunda culture). To become a part and realise the roots going back THAT far into the ancient history of human kind is... for lack of better word, humbling.
Just my .02 cents :)
I'm definitely going to, thanks!
Alejandro Ket tere! Kuidas sul laheb?
That's soo sweet!
Thats my story too alejandro. Met a Russian girl in Mumbai,India and fell in love with her. Started learning russian and now i plan on travelling to central Russia next summer.
The baltics are rising 🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪
I'm so glad to see that
@Egert Roos Who said? It is not true. Right, we think you are a little different and that is... very nice actually :) But you are smart, you are confident, you are good at what you do. Everybody in Lithuania feels respect to Estonians. Sometimes we are just not able to say it loud :)
@Egert Roos danish people love estonia they want u to be scandanaviand
@Egert Roos i am freinds with a lot of danes and they really like Estonia 🇪🇪.
@Egert Roos I am a native of USA but go to university in Denmark!
@Egert Roos my Friends do, some other might not tho :( Im pretty sure that most, like you guys
the real reason why im trying to get good grades in school is because i want to be in exchange student and spend the whole junior year in tallinn estonia. its a 18 hour flight from flordia
You can study there in english.There are tens of programs in english and with tuition fees varying from 3000$-10000$ and living cost 500$-1000$ / month it would be financially better than Florida and unis are pretty good too , one in Tallin is ranked #~600 and another in Tartu #~312 in the world. You might find it interesting check it out I suggest you Seeka application or mastetsportal website.
Honestly we don't want you here
MisterBananaMoustache w don’t want u here
@@chiseledl2301 too bad I've been here a long time
@@unorthodoxspork5634 who are you to speak for all of us
Im from Estonia and im sooo happy that Estonia is getting so well :D
Terminats-Gaming Est Estonia may be cool but there where i live in Estonia its so boring because it has no cool places near it
Galaxzywolf Same
Terminats-Gaming Est are you Baltic?
Sameee
@@idonthaveanygoodnametouse1704 Uhhh,...what a question.
Estonia still is considered as Baltic, but who knows what the future brings. Soo yes, he/she is baltic.
We finns are proud how far has our little sister came, she is slowly growing up to be a stunning woman :]
Eiks nii
''isamaa''
Hey, we still are in 1st place for having 99,9% of our people being able to write and speak fluently or shortly said 99,9% of our people are literatured. If not so then perkale.
Hi big brother how are you?
@@cath_innit4153 All good, can't complain 😊👍🏻
Estonia is such a pretty country! Much love from your distant Hungarian relatives! I’d love to explore your beautiful swamps and marshes and really want to try kiiking some day! It looks super fun!
calling estonia eastern is like calling kilts skirts
NeffelsEST jah
So you ARE Eastern you just don't want to hear it? Gotcha!
Just kidding, loved this episode, I never really knew much about the country but now that I do it seems really fascinating!
Im estonian but sorry we are eastern european
Well it's eastern europe. It isn't slav. Romania is eastern european but ain't slav. Being eastern european doesn't mean you are russian don't worry comrade.
@@Борисстепанов-р1д yea thats that. Love slavic people but being one of the last ugric pepoles on earth is good to
NORDIC GEOGRAPEEPS! Question for you! What do you think? Estonia.....#Nordic or not? In the mean time grab your verivorst and swinging gloves because we're heading to the BALTIC!
#Estonia #Baltic #Europe
Not :|
Can't wait for you to sweat your arse off on the Israel episode
who does the whistling at the end ?
Geography Now nope. Not Scandinavian not nordic.
Estonia is not nordic.
5:25 Koristada does not mean decorate. it means to clean up
he mixed those up because "koristaa" is decorate in finnish
“general life values”
*leib pops up in the bg*
sounds about right
I'm Estonian and this is incredibly accurate on all accounts.
No kuidas siis meeldis see vid? 😅😅😁😁😃
Tere im finnish
Ma ei teadnud et Eesti nii kuulus on(välja arvatud vanalinna poolest)
Teree!
he did say that the Tallinn-Helsinki ferry is 45min but it is really 2h
I am from Azerbaijan but I love this country very much. So beautiful, awesome country. Stay Strong Eesti! ❤️
tnx for saying that
@@henryultra8353 İ want to say thanks to you too, because you have amazing country. I am interested in your amazing country and in Azerbaijan we have some Estonians who married with Azerbaijanians and work in Azerbaijan. And I know them and we are good friend. I started to learn Your language and your culture ❤️❤️
oh tnx
Wait trees can produce wifi in Estonia?
Ever seen game of thrones? It's just like that!
Yeah. We have these magical hotspots called "Hiis", where the great spirits of the Oak Trees grant our wishes for a small sacrifice (food items, coins). Right now everyone wishes for better WiFI, so the spirits grant the holy wifi in our forests.
yup, free WiFi everytime! aaa yeaaaahhh.
Hail Hiis!
Ai Live in estonia ai dont think so thad the wifi comes from trees
I'm here because the estonian language is beautiful, the landscapes of the country are marvelous, the estonian people I know are very friendly and kind and the singing culture of the country is so moving (and I'm a singer myself). Estonia seems like heaven on earth. Greetings and warmth from Greece! 🤗💕🌸
Lots of unmarried women, lush forests, swamp bogs chocked full of wildlife, and beautiful waterfalls, sounds like the place for me
Dont forget the cheap vodka!
thunder gun aaah, cheap vodka😊
Im from estonia in summer its normal 20-28
It's not freezing in the summer xD
The Random Gamer yeeeeah last summer was like 17-22 on average i’d say
Yay Estonia, I'm from Lithuania, oh just like to say that Estonia is technically Baltic, I mean they are labeled as Baltic on the international stage and we were all brothers throughout the soviet occupation, and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia did make a human Chang along the the three countries after the fall of the Soviet Union. But Estonia if you want to be Nordic then that's ok but just remember you will always have a home in Lithuanias heart and in Latvias.
Thanks Paul I really enjoyed this video keep up the great work, me and my friends love you're videos you're the best UA-cam channel on earth.
I technically say its not Baltic and instead is Finno-Ugry. We arend Nortic nor Baltic but Finno-Ugry.
Yeah, good friends with both Latvia and Lithuania, shared history with Latvia, but culturally not Baltic.
***** Think of the mythology, which has influenced music, arts, literature etc. Plus the language. Plus the both ancient and modern seafaring culture. Plus a distinct sauna culture. Plus islands culture. Plus the former Swedish minority and certain places still have Swedish names. And self identity as well. And there are more, these are just a few.
***** I know that saunas are prevalent in Latvia as well, but Estonia actually has a little distinct different sauna culture.
Kalevala is the Finnish national epic, Kalevipoeg is the Estonian one. Lacplesis is connected a little, but it's mainly fiction that was written after Kalevipoeg was published.
Song and dance festivals derive from the Baltic Germans and became such a big thing mostly due to the Soviet occupation. Plus singing culture is far more prevalent in Estonia and the singing part of the Singing Revolution started and was a lot bigger in Estonia (not that Latvian Song Festivals don't continue to amaze me).
If we compare us with very different cultures then of course we find similarities, but Estonia still has more similarities with the Nordic countries and especially Finland.
***** Yeah indeed, they are similar. Kalevipoeg is mostly fiction as well because the Kalevipoeg myths and folklore were an incomplete story, so a lot has been taken from Kalevala and a lot made up.
Wait wait wait.. so there's a lack of men, supermodels everywhere and wifi in the bushes?
Hello Estonia ;)
XD
im finnish but never been there, im with ya buddy ;)
@@theblackbull55 99% of suomi people have been there and you are that one prosent
Teretulemast!-welcome
Well we just have 4G not WiFi
Fun fact: "suur munamägi" is not "egg mountain", it is BIG egg mountain, as we have a smaller version called "väike munamägi" which translates to small egg mountain. But honestly this video is great. Keep up the good work!
I’m Estonian myself and this video was actually really interesting to watch
When forests have better Wifi than my house... :( #westsussexlife
fraser cadman täpselt eestis ongi nii
yeah, public wifis. You could also get solid LTE/4G in the middle of a random swamp. Decent coverage for cellular (like 98% of territory)
Yeh I hope it has strong & high internet
Fraser Cadman Welcome to my country
#SouthKoreaROK
Woah. I'm a Finn and I didn't know Estonia has that awesome nature. Now I want to go hiking there.
You need to try kiiking it's soooo cool
Finland is also soooo breathingly beautiful. Especially northern Finland. ❤️
I'm Happy that Finland is building a Tunnel to Tallinn
Finland X Estonia forever
Hello can we be friends smile
Estonia sounds awesome!
Jimbob no not at all, it is 'Argentina' that sounds awesome.
Diego Sebastiàn Pérez Estonia is whiter tho
Karl, are you there ?
Fat Cat what?
It is.
I live in Sweden but I was in Estonia almost 2 years ago with my brother and a group of other teenagers. We went to a pretty poor neighbourhood where there were no shops but a second hand shop. We went to visit an orphanage and gave some gifts to the children there but then we went into the second hand shop and took a look around. There was a pretty old woman behind the counter and she wouldn't stop staring at me and my brother. When we finally talked to her she told us that she had never met people with darker skin before. We thought this was and pretty cool and funny. She asked to touch our skin and hair and it was all really cool. She looked so happy. Estonia is one of the chillest places I have been so far in Europe.
Map Maker009 I don't remember suggesting otherwise
Lol, AC ac is so proud he managed to add two and two together. It might be a great achievement for him :P
And chilliest ❄☃️⛄🌨
I just wanna know if you were in Lasnamäe
ShadowBird Da Gamer What? Are you sure that comment was for me? Where the heck is Lasnamäe?
I want to learn estonian!🇪🇪
Greets from Germany!❤️😊
Eesti keel ei ole kerge aga väga huvitav keel.
Estonian is not easy to learn but very interesting.
Hello from Tallinn
Tere hi
welp good luck
I know estonia lol
Wow! It will sound strange, but I really wanna study German language.
Estonians, meeldiv tutvuda! (Translator) In 2 days I'm coming to see your culture! Get prepared! :D P.S. Great episode! Greetings from Bulgaria! :)
The sad truth is that even though everyone thinks Finlands always been there for Estonia, that's incorrect.
After their independence and lands and economic state in ruins, Finland never helped out(majorly). We just sat nearby and watched Estonia choke on a banana peel. I'm sorry
Ginger Ale After first world war
There was an another war. Estonians fought for its indenpendence. Thousads of finns fought on Estonian side as volunteers.
OUR FINNISH BROTHERS
Finnish president was also hesitant to recognize Estonia's independence in 1991, although that probably had something to do with trying to keep relations good with Soviets/Russia
Im from Estonia and you told me more than i knew lol
Same
same ja ma olen ka eestlane
@@robinkaspri3703 mina ka
Jaah
Well, this is bad, man..
I found the "Finland looking on while Estonia was occupied" part a little misleading as Finland was also occupied during all the occupations except the Nazi and the Soviet ones.
* Slowly backs out before anyone has the time to figure out it was us Swedes who where guilty of most of it *
Great video nonetheless! Keep up the good work!
Finland wasn't occupied by the Livonians either, the only countries Finland belonged to were Sweden and the Russian Empire (as an autonomous duchy with little Russian presence).
Rauta Arska I didn't quite catch what you meant with you comment.
Edvin Kärf Estonia was conquered by the Livonian Order in the 1200s, Finland wasn't.
Rauta Arska Oh, I thought you were saying I forgot something! Now I understand
Rauta Arska Or did you misunderstand my comment? Im confused xD. What I meant is that Sweden occupied Finland during all these occupations up until 1809, when the Russian Empire did so until 1917
Hope to get the chance to visit one day. Much respect to Estonia 🇪🇪 from Denmark 🇩🇰
Wow, I've never heard much about Estonia, but from what I see in this video, it seems like an amazing and beautiful country. Greetings from Croatia!
Mihael gelo thanks im from estonia
Mihael Gelo U 2! 😘
Greetings from Hungary long lost brothers. Next year i'll visit your beautiful country. :)
So....? Have you been to Estonia yet?
how's the experience?
Hehehe 2020 messed up your plans, didnt it
They share similar life values with Finland
* shows a picture of must leib *
Never felt this close to you before Finland;)))
.
Eestlased pange like
Dav lebo
Btw *must leib* translates to "black bread" just letting you know
Ma olen eestlane
tere päevast
Leib
Meeldib näha et siin on teisi Eestlasi
My friend offered to give me one of her shirts when she moved once, just realized when I saw the Estonian flag that that shirt was literally striped in the same colours lol 💙
In this video Estonia is so cute I want to hug it
Im right here do it 😂
sugary jams WHY IS ARMY EVERYWHERE I swear there are so many Estonian ARMYs these days ily
i m from estonia
Chichu the Chicken ILY are you an ARMY? and are you Estonian? 😊
sugary jams yea both ❤️ do you have a wattpad or smthn?
Me: Wears casual clothes on a peaceful Estonian night
Also me: *Wait that’s illegal*
why not estonian clothes
It's not actually illegal. It's more like a recommendation. And it applies more on drivers( bikers) anyway
Maybe Estonia is like a little sister to us finns, but a cool one! Great people!
brother for russia
@@touchgrasskid7892 Lol, the Estonians might disagree with you a bit there.
@@kraanz i think so aswell because estonia went to war with russian
the estonian countryball is always seen as a girl, yet we call Estonia "fatherland"
@@touchgrasskid7892 Never. Especially now. They have always sh*t on us and there is no way in hell we are going to be friendly with them. Russians are not great people.
(I dont hate Russians i hate russian government)
Suomi loves Eesti 🇫🇮❤️🇪🇪
Love Estonia! Oldtown Tallinn for example is such a beautiful place. Whether a Nordic country or not, being a Finn I still consider Estonia and Estonians to be the closest "relatives" of my country and people. Haven't been in Eesti for a while, but visiting several times in the nineties and early 2000's, it was cool to see the country rapidly and very clearly becoming a better place to live after gaining it's independence, just like had happened here some decades before.
I'm Estonian and I'm fine with "eastern" just as long as it is NOT CONFUSED WITH RUSSIA or called a "former soviet country". A lot of people seem to wish they were nordic - and there are certainly elements from the nordic countries - but honestly, it's got other influences as well so it is more an amalgamation of different influences from different places. If you've ever been to Tallinn or Tartu, that much is undeniable even when looking at the architecture. As for the language, it is DEFINITELY not nordic. It's uralic, and unrelated to other European languages except for Finnish and Hungarian.
So it's strange that people always seem to think it's a slavic language or scandinavian.
In my family - we were one of those which had to flee Estonia when the Soviets came in during WWII - we always just called it "northern" or "northeastern" and SOMETIMES "eastern" (even my relatives who directly fought against the Soviets and were in the forest brothers STILL called it "eastern europe" and "northern europe" interchangeably) - my grandmother calls it eastern while my mother calls it "Baltic" or "northeastern" and sometimes "northern" - so it seems it depends on generation, too. My Great Grandfather grew up under Russian rule and HATED them - he took real bullets to his body during the war to fight them and try to get them out - and if you dared to say it was a "Russian country" or that the republic didn't exist anymore during the soviet occupation, you had better start running - but even HE didn't have a huge issue with being called "eastern european" or "eastern bloc" as many seem to today. I was lucky enough to live with him for a time as a child until he died in 1997 - so from him and my Grandparents I got to hear many cool stories from the war era - when you could get him to actually talk about it, that is. He was fluent in Russian - as he had to be growing up - but you could not get him to speak Russian in 99% of occasions because he refused to. So strongly he felt about THAT.
"So it's strange that people always seem to think it's a slavic language or scandinavian."
That depends on the Area I assume.
Most people here in Germany probably wrongfully assume the Language to be related to these of Latvia and Lithuania since the three are considered a single barely seperated unit even by most German media. But I don't think most people even have any idea wether this baltic language family may be related to slavic or scandinavian languages.
I on the other hand just never knew to which family the languages of Latvia and Lithuania are related, since I knew about the relationship between Finland and Estonia from a friend of Finnish origins already.
I´m from Finland and I have no idea why someone thinks we are "western" country. Don´t they have map? Aga ma armastan Eestit! Külastan Eestit iga aastal midu korda ja ma tahaksi õppida hästi eesti keelt rääkima.
Kalevipoeg Wow, an actual thoughtful comment! Cheers!
Thank you for the detail in your comment and the personal experiences in your family, it's very interesting to read that
Kalevipoeg I have a friend from Estonia he speaks fluent Russian and he’s young do most Estonians still learn Russian or no?
hey, estonia if you give us some more alcohol, we as finns might recomend you to our nordic "friends"
Deal :D
Miika Kortelainen DEAL!
Well.. at least once we clear the national hangover of the century..
deal
no let us to noric first
Fun fact: There's more people that have watched this video than the entire population of Estonia
Me: I´m Estonian.
Friend: Oh so you´re Eastern European.
Me: "Angry Estonian noises"
Same
@Sander Merisalu Ära ropenda :T
@@bonapetitbeibe Vanduda võib ju noh
How about, North Eastern.
Neid nimesid on veider kuulata
Tere sõbralikust riigist Aserbaidžaan! Ma armastan Eestit! Ma pole kunagi Eestisse sõitnud. Aga ma tahan seda teha. Samuti armastan mõnda Eesti võistlustööd Eurovisioonil. Näiteks 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020.🇦🇿❤🇪🇪
Ma imestan sa kirjutasid igat sõna õigesti
Vau! Täiega hästi kirjutad ju :D
Sa oskad nii hästi Eesti keelt rääkida.
tereeee
Tere azer püüan ikka veel üle saada sellest ülbest vastikust ja debiilsest arusaamast meist kes elasid Baltikumis ,olime teie jaoks mingid piideritest fašistid keda võis mõnitada ja kelle üle tahtsite domineerida o jaa teid oli seal palju ,loodan väga , et olete maailma asjadest hakanud aru saama pole kunagi teist tsurkadest aru saanud... Parim jutt mis räägiti ,et kui pole eeslit põrutanud siis sa pole mingi mees ja naise juurde asja pole..võiks nende arusaamadest siin teile eepose kirjutada aga las olla ikkagi nii palju aastaid möödas ja ei Anna teile tsurkadele andeks kunagi!
2:49 the picture is taken near Keila, Its about 20 km down south from Tallinn, I've Actually been there. It's quite awesome.
As a Taiwanese, I’d show my sincere respect to the small but great country, Estonia.
I hope my fellow citizens can learn the resilience and perseverance from the people of Estonia. May humanity, freedom, and dignity can prevail over dictatorship.
I hope the international community can replace hypocrisy with sincerity, resisting China’s “war wolf”, barbarian diplomacy, recognizing Taiwan as an independent, free and democratic country, which is never ruled by CCP.
Did you know that technicially mainland "China" is just rebels that took over. So yeah. Taiwan is the real China. Also you are independent. Greetings from Estonia :)
@@hasdagger1916 Yeah, Thanks, my friend.
Indeed, Taiwan is "real China". However, Taiwan Government's representative of "China" in UN was replaced by Communist China Government in 1971 (Resolution 2758). So, it's so sad.
People in Taiwan want to pursue their own right of self-determination, to be recognized by "almost all" "normal countries" as an independent country (de jure and de facto).
May God bless the small countries that fight for their own freedom. God bless Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Taiwan, and especially Ukraine!!!
@@augustineb-jliao8991 YES
I ve been to Estonia only for 2 days but its the most chill and peaceful place i ve ever seen. But holy hell why does your language has to be so difficult??
even though im estonian im better at english cuz i use like 8 hours of my time or ore on the internet only watching english channels and i mess up my words too in estonian so i go to a place called logopeed it bassically helps u learn/write in estonia btw some say finlands language is harder
Valentin Ágh man idk
well Estonian language is actually one of the hardest languages in the WORLD! wait wtf….
@@theshrek7460 oh, didn't know that but if u understand estonian then, loodan, et sul on hea päev:)
Oh, muidugi selleks et võõrad riigid sellest kohe aru ei saaks
I’m Hungarian Hello Estonian brothers
greetings ugric brother
Hello from Estonia ::) hope u are doing well
Hello/tere
tere
Hi, I am from finland, hei vain kaikki Virolaiset ja Unkarit!✌😄
Kiiking- literally my goal all through elementary school. Glad to know it’s a real thing somewhere.
Now, how to get there and fulfill this childhood dream I didn’t know I still have.
Elizabeth Rhone I think every kid that sat on a swing had the desire for kiiking, it’s just that those darn swing chains weren’t solid. That proved to make things much more difficult. And more broken bones.
You should definitely dry kiiking. It's scary at first but once you get over it's really fun. And it takes a lot of strength and stamina to get over.
8:03 - Basically not a flat out nope, but also not a flat out yes, is that correct?
Me : Baltic sisters love each other so much
Latvia : OMG! Lithuania I love you
Lithuania : OMG we love you too
Estonia : so, Finland..
I-
Estonia loves Latvia and Lithuania too, but Finland is special. both of our peoples share superior Finno-Ugric genetics, language and culture. we are practically the same nation
I'm not Jesy ahahaaha, so good 😂👍
There is actually a lot of tension in the baltans
@@breastfeeder4856 But in general there are much more things to unite us, not divide. Everybody who stood in Baltic Way remembers that great feeling of unity with our Latvian and Estonian mates.
We kinda are obligated to like Finland. They basically gave us money to get our country going when Soviet union fell. That gave us a big economical boost, compared to other ex soviet countries. And they buy loads of alcohol from us so we can get some gas money and go buy ours from Latvia 😂
How we Estonians call our neighbors:
Russians are onions, Finlandians are deers and Latvians are six-toed.
Don't we call finns moose, not deer?
Andres Eelma Yeah i cant remember exactly :P
reindeer
You call us what? That was new :D hirvi. We call you just estonians. Atleast I do.. eestiläisiä
atleast I call latvians "Lätlased"
0:55 this is Tallinn...
It is indeed.
@@estonianunknown yeah it is im estonian and i can verify it
A Person jah
Yaaa on jah, yees
im so mad cuz they know nothing about estonia
Estonia is one of few non-Indo-European countries in Europe. Estonia is Uralic. Hungary, Finland, Estonia are the Uralic countries in Europe. 🇭🇺🇫🇮🇪🇪.
Your channel is so awesome!
3:01 i can literally see that stone from my house xd
Nice
Oikeesti?
Lahe
Sul hea õppida lendama🤣
Ethiopia. That'll be tough. One of the oldest countries in the world and most people think kids with flies on their faces when they hear the name.
I think of the "kingdom of prester john"
No no, that's mongolia!
well, i think of queen yodit and the aksumite empire when i hear of ethiopia. ethiopia is probably one of the coolest african countries for me
Baard S I thought they were the physical embodiment of the exception.
Lol
Thanks for doing a video of my country!
Love your videos
1:12 nailed the pronunciation of Hiiumaa there, nice :)
Saaremaa as well dont u think?
as a Finn I really did learn a lot of new things about Estonia
Finns and Estonians are not the only surviving Uralic peoples. There are Karelians, Veps, Ingrians, Sami, Hungarian, Zyrian, Mari, and Samoyedic and more.
If were excluding Finns & Estonians. Karelians are the majority (30,000+ ;c)
Sami???
Jan-Marek there are 10million Hungarians
Oscar, im talking about us finnic people
Jan-Marek the comment you replied was talking about Uralic people which includes the Hungarian
I am Estonian and this is 100% accurate-
Maybe-
Lol me too
Ma ütleks 85% täpne.
I have to give credit, this was a very well researched episode and very thorough! You covered many topics in surprisingly good depth in just 9 minutes, which is absolutely amazing! Estonia is a small country, but this was a very pleasant shoutout!
i learnt more from this vid that i ever learnt in school
that right
täpselet right
guys both of ur grammar sucks. go to school
Galina Bekker täpselt not täpselet
Yeah, Catherine. Like if someone is that stupid, that they don't know how to start a sentence. Tips: it's Guys. Not guys. It's your. Not ur. It's Go. Not go. And the dot on the end.
I only ever met one Estonian girl, she asked me if she could eat my cat. Looking back, I think she was joking.
Cats are good stuff. We snort them for a dinner.
Estonia people don’t eat cats so good joke
Nigga what
it wasn't me! :D but i may know her. that's the thing, MOST dangerous here. jokes. ideally told with deadpan expression - not that typical estonian expression differs much, we are naturally poker-faced. but yes, it's considered here best taste to tell jokes so that there's no indication whatsoever that it might be funny. and another person, if has strong self-control might also not laugh, but reply smth to that joke with same deadpan face so's now the first person is thinking - did they not understand my joke or are they now making fool of me? :D maybe who is used to british humor will get it.
Hei!
It is great overview to share with my forigner friends and knows! Thank you. I am estonian, travelling a lot and wrote a little bocket book: How to Impress Estonians :)
Nobody:
Weird people in UA-cam: “NOO EsToNiA Is iN AfRicA”
They probably mistaken Estonia with Ethopia!
It happens because of the name
Or maybe people think Botswana is Estonia because of the flag.
No cuz Africa is a country remember XD
Lol
I love listening the song
"àrgake baltimaad" - pilipinas🇵🇭
ärgake. (:
Estonia is considered a female country even though we call it isamaa(fatherland) so why???
Finland has the same thing.
I think it is because it is land our fathers build.
So... Norway uses Fedreland (fatherland) and Moderland (motherland)... is it trans then?
Anyways, just wondering, why do we each have our mother tounge when *IT* (the language) is described as gender neutral?
Professorbairos langauge and culture historically has been transmitted maternally, while physical action and construction of the nation was done paternally. Ying and Yang for identity.
Roger Laiõun same...(vaterland)
transcending gender, i'd say. no he or she pronouns here, 'ta' for both. :) earth is our mother and heaven is our father. but since then they're inseparable so - as you like it.
Hello to my Estonia brothers. Coming to you from Lithuania
🥰
I'm from Estonia and I love it! Btw, even I didn't know ALL these facts.
Fellow estonians anywhere? Tere? Keegi?
(I'd say we're both Baltic and northic. But no eastern, please)
Ma olen eestlane kui vajad seltsi😊
+MiaBritVids Haha, nii tore. Ei kohta youtubes eestlasi tavaliselt :D
on jah tore et pole ainus😄
+Doge థɞథ Oh, this is really cool! :D Is it easy or hard for you?
Mina olen eestlane :D
Can't wait for Latvia ❤️❤️
Estonia and Latvia are my 2 favs countries in Europe
Love from France 🇫🇷🇱🇻🇪🇪
thank you lots of love to france execpt the frog eating
Why?
Really these shitty countries
So you don’t like France?
@@JustOneGirl81 It just isn't a very typical answer. Just as if asked of favorite countries in general, one would list states like French Polynesia and Kyrgystan. My question is: Why particulary those countries, instead of, say, Finland or Russia?
I love Estonias flag
A Ragin Cajun it is sooo minimalistic! Snow on the bottom, forest in the middle and sky on the top
I have literally just realised that theres a meaning behind that flag
Pretty cool actually
Blue - sky/sea
Black - soil
White - air/snow
The fact that the Estonian landscape looks like a flag is actually a coincidence :)
Chichu the Chicken thank you :)
Estonia's*
Big up Estonia from the UK, would love to visit one day
U to and i want to visit uk sometime
Hot single moms in Estonia *grabs a passport*.
LMFAOO I'M DEAD!!
Mariusz J lol XD
I think Estonia is Nordic. My Nordic description: Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Sweden, Denmark, Åland Islands, Finland, Estonia and Greenland. To some extent even Scotland. I'm a Norwegian, and I want Estonia to join the Nordic Council. By letting Estonia join, the Nordic Countries can actually get a pretty city. Tallinn is the most beautiful city I've ever been to. Better than Vienna, Gdansk, Helsinki, Riga and Györ.
Cuz we clean up our city unlike Stockholm I hate living here it's like some giant dropped a diaper on stockholm
1. Vienna isn't a Nordic City. We Austrians have nothing to do with North Europe. 2. Vienna is one of the most beautifuls cities, with a very old history. Estonia is also a pretty city, your right. But there are other beautiful cities in Northern Europe as well. Everyone has their own opinion, I would say.
@@-Eisenfaust- hope you are joking about estonia being a city
@@unorthodoxspork5634 I mean Talinn, sry for that
Tamu Audwodia Really? I’ve been to Tallinn and it wasn’t the prettiest city. I wasn’t in all of it but the part that I saw... not the best. (No offence to Estonians. I’m Finnish so we’re bRoThErS)
I am from the US and all I have to say is that I am so proud to have visited Estonia! Aitäh Estonia
I just realised that the Finns and Estonians talking example at 5:24 is wrong, "koristada" is also clean up in Estonian, decorate is "kaunistama".