Estonia once again scores highly in world rankings, this time for climate change protection. The Estonian government have implimented a number of policies, most notably reductions of emissions, to make it one of the most environmentally friendly countries in the world.
Estonia's first illustration festival will take place at Tartu's Aparaaditehas tomorrow. The one day event will bring together a selection of works by illustrators, artists and graphic designers from all over Estonia. The festival will offer visitors the chance to buy and support the work of illustrators, with prints, stickers, illustrated textiles and much more on sale.
More information about the festival can be found here.
Today is Grandparents Day in Estonia. There are 337,181 grandparents living in Estonia, and together they make up 25% of the Estonian population.
The highest share of grandmothers live in Hiiu County (42.7%). It also has the highest percentage of grandfathers (28.1%).
Gone but not forgotten, Tallinn's 'Uus turg' (new market). It was located in the centre of the city and was a hub of activity from 1896 -1948.
Landgeist has released a new map showing the percentage of Europeans who read at least one book per year. People over the age of sixteen are included on the map that reveals people living in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Denmark love their books. Estonia scored highly and are among Europe's top readers at 70.7% of the population reading at least one book per year. Avid readers tend to read dozens of books each year.
