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A stereotype (keskmine eestlane)

A stereotype The average Estonian is a woman (54%) between age 20 and 72 years old. She lives in a private house. The house is situated in town or near it. It has 4 bedrooms, 1 or 2 bathrooms, an utility room and a kitchen. The average Estonian is married. The average Estonian works 40-45 hours a week, and has at least 1 holiday for 4 weeks every year. Most of the holidays are spent with relatives or abroad. The man In the family works in the office of a company and earns 3000kr a week. He goes to work by car and starts at 8.30 in the morning. He likes his job and hopes to get promotion. Women work in service industry and go there by car. They sometimes earn more than men and they quite like their job. The children of a typical Estonian family go to nearby state school by bus. The classes start at 8.00 and end 15.30 and rest in the summer for 8 weeks In their spare time Estonian watch Television. Other popular activities are listening to the music, v

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6 km). Across the Baltic Sea lies Sweden in the west and  Finland in the north.  Towns Tallinn is the capital and the largest city of Estonia. It lies on the northern coast of Estonia, along the Gulf of Finland. There are 33 cities and several town-parish towns in the country. In total, there are 47 linna, with "linn" in English meaning both "cities" and "towns". More than 70% of the population lives in towns.  History • Estonia was settled near the end of the last glacial era, beginning from around 8500 BC. Before the German invasions in the 13th century proto-Estonians of the Ancient Estonia worshipped the spirits of nature. Since the Northern Crusades Estonia became a battleground for centuries where Denmark, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Poland fought their many wars over controlling the important geographical position of the country as a gateway between East and West. Being conquered by

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The Republic of Estonia

The Republic of Estonia Estonia lies on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Its nearest neighbours are Finland, Sweden, Latvia and Russia. The total are of Estonia is 45,215 square kilometres. Estonia is one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe. It has population neraly 1.4 million. There are lot of bays and peninsulas along the coast of Estonia.It has about 1,200 islands, the largest of which are Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. Nort-estonia is relatively flat and low-lying. There is a nice coastline here. Sout- estonia is hilly, but there are no high mountains in Estonia. The highest point is Suur-Munamägi, is only 318 meters above sea level. The largest industrial urban areas are in East-Estonia and there are some beautiful nature reserves in West-Estonia. Estonia is mainly agricultural country. Estonia is

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Eesti referaat

Tallinna Inglise Kolledz Estonia Topic  Alice Tärk, 9b Tallinn 2007 FACTFILE Area: 45 228 sq km Poplulation: under 1.4 million Capital: Tallinn Language: Estonian Currency: Eesti kroon (EEK) Main religion: Lutheran National holiday: 24 February (anniversary of the republic) National flower: Cornflower National bird: Barn Swallow National stone: Limestone LOCATION The Republic of Estonia is the northernmost and smallest of the three Baltic States. It is located on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea in the north east of Europe. To the east the country borders Russia. Latvia is the countries neighbour to the south. From the west the coast of Estonia is washed by the Baltic Sea and from the north by the Gulf of Finland. The length of the coastline is approximately 3 800 km. The longest distance from east to west is 350 km, while north to south Estonia stretches 240 km.

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inglise keeles Eesti tutvustus: Project: Estonia

The local cultural heritage offers as much variety as the nature. Many rare work and mythological motives are retained in folk songs. The flax-growing that spread rapidly in the beginning of the 19th century was the basis of the prosperous Mulgi family farms in Southern Viljandimaa. 19. The second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century constituted the golden age for many local families. The mulgi inhabitants were actually the first farmers in Estonia who bought the farms for their families after being released from the servitude. The farming was developed rapidly thanks to flax-growing. The wealthiest farmers gained even so much money that for the first time in history Estonian farmers became owners of mansions. The wealthy mulk were the first of Estonian farmers to build manses, until then the farmers all over Estonia lived in farmhouses that included a barn so that people and animals lived under one roof

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Eesti kliima on mere ääres mõõdukas, kuid sisemaal on talved üsna karmid. Õnneks ei ohusta Eestis vulkaanid ega orkaanid, samuti pole ta altis üleujutustele ega maavärinatele. Poliitiliselt on Eesti demokraatlik vabariik. Eesti parlamenti kutsutakse riigikoguks ning presidendi valib rahvas. Eesti rahaühikuks on eesti kroon. Estonia is located on the east coast of Baltic Sea. The territory of Estonia covers 45,227 km² with a population of only 1,34 million, Estonia is one of the leastpopulous member of the European Union. Estonia is one of the more sparsely populated countries in Europe, only 35 people per square kilometers. Nearly the third of the population live in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. There are many bays and islands located along the coastline of Estonia. There are great number of islands away from the west and north shore

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Estonia topic

Estonia Topic Tallinn 2007 2 List of Contents page Facts and figures 3 Geography 3 Climate 3 Nature 4 History 5 Economy 6 Culture 6 Biggest towns 7 Language 8 3 Facts and figures The Republic of Estonia is a small country. Covering only 45, 228 sq km it is slightly bigger than Denmark, Belgium or Switzerland. Estonia's population is under 1.4 million. The official language is Estonian but since very many Russians live here Russian is also wide spread. The capital of Estonia is Tallinn. The currency used in Estonia is Eesti kroon. The Estonian national flag is blue-black-white. It was originally the flag of the Estonian Students' Society. The flag was first consecrated in Otepää Church in 1884

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Topic - Estonia

Tallinn English College Topic Estonia Tallinn 2008  1. Introduction Estonia is a small country about the size of Switzerland, or New Hampshire and Massachussetts combined. Estonia is named after the people called "Ests" who lived in the region in the 1 st century AD. The Republic of Estonia is one of the three countries commonly known as the "Baltic States". The other Baltic States are Latvia and Lithuania. 2. Geographical position Estonia is situated in northeastern Europe. Estonia is bounded on the north by the Gulf of Finland, on the east by Russia, on the south by Latvia and on the west by the Baltic Sea. In the north it borders on Finland. The coastline of the Baltic Sea in Estonia is characterized by numerous gulfs and bays, the biggest of them

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