After reading this set of pictures, I realized how incredible "Estonia" is

Estonia has a land area of ??45,339 square kilometers, which is equivalent to 2.7 times the size of Beijing. The total population is 1.329 million, which is similar to Shunyi District in Beijing.

Tallinn, the capital, is Estonia’s economic, cultural, political, technological, transportation center and largest city. It is also the location of the country’s important commercial port.

Despite its small population, Estonia is not only a developed capitalist country, but also known as the "Baltic Tiger", with a per capita GDP of US$23,027.

Estonia’s forest coverage rate is as high as 48%, so it is also the country with the best and most comfortable air quality in the world. The capital Tallinn is also known as the "Lung Cleansing Holy Land".

Estonia attaches great importance to education. From primary school to university graduation, it is free. It is one of the countries with the highest per capita college attendance rate in the world. 76 out of 100 people have attended university.

Estonia is a country with more women than men. Among them, men account for 45.5% and women account for 54.5%. Moreover, men are aging seriously, and the ratio of men to women continues to expand.

Estonian girls are not only abundant in quantity, but also of high quality, with blonde hair, blue eyes, and tall figures. Many men go to Estonia to work in the hope of landing a beautiful woman.

Estonia has 2,222 islands in the Baltic Sea. This may seem like a large number, but it is far less than the country that claims to have the largest number - Finland, with 179,000.

Although the official language is Estonian, due to the influence of Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union, Estonian residents generally speak Russian and English. Being able to speak a foreign language is not a big deal for them.

Estonia is a bit like our country. People generally have no religious beliefs or have weak religious awareness. About two-thirds of the people are atheists, making it the country with the smallest number of religious believers in Europe.

Estonia is a center for stamp collectors. It is the country with the largest per capita stamp collection in the world. Whether collectors or ordinary residents, they all like to collect stamps from all over the world.

Tallinn’s Independence Square, this huge glass cross monument commemorates those who sacrificed for Estonia’s independence. The letter E above stands for Estonia.

Estonia’s social welfare is good. Elderly care, social security, medical care, and education are all free. For every child born, the state provides an annual subsidy of 800 euros until the child is 18 years old.

Except for airplanes, public transportation in the capital Tallinn is free for locals. Foreigners still have to pay for a ticket, which costs about 1 euro for a one-way ticket.

Estonia has a wide variety of national costumes, which are characterized by bright colors and complex and beautiful patterns. Married women generally like to wear an apron, while unmarried women are prohibited from wearing one.

Estonia has a developed IT industry and has the fastest Internet in Europe, with an Internet penetration rate of 98%. It is also the first country in the world to adopt online voting.

The terrain in Estonia is flat, mainly plains, with few hills. The highest peak is only 318 meters above sea level. The name of the peak is Big Munamage.

There is a wife-carrying competition in the world. It originally originated in Finland, but Estonians dominate this competition. An Estonian couple once won the championship for 11 consecutive times.

On May 20, 2011, Estonians set a new Guinness World Record when 20 strong men successfully towed the 20,000-ton "Baltic Queen" cruise ship.

According to the largest-ever study of the height of the global population, the average height of Estonians ranks third in the world, second only to the Netherlands and Belgium.

Estonians have 435 days of paid maternity leave, the longest among OECD members. In addition, the amount of the subsidy is 100% of the mother's average salary in the year before taking maternity leave.

Due to the relatively low prices in Estonia, especially the much cheaper wine, Finns like to go to Tallinn for weekends and will drag a few boxes of wine back with them on their return trip.

Estonia is very close to the Arctic Circle. The shortest day around Christmas is only 6 hours, while its longest day can be as long as 18 hours and 40 minutes, which is about midsummer in June. .

Estonia’s free WIFI covers almost every city in the country, making it the most convenient and popular country in Europe. If you travel, you don’t have to worry about posting on Moments at any time.

Estonian women are generally good at singing and dancing. One out of every three girls has learned to dance, making it the country with the most dance lessons per capita in the world.

Estonia is the country with the most female bachelors. It has successfully surpassed the male-to-female ratio of Latvia, which is also the country of female bachelors in the Baltic Sea. It is a proper country of daughters!

Tallinn is the only city in Northern Europe that retains a complete medieval city. A city wall with defensive functions is essential. The ancient city and the new district stand side by side, which is a unique feature of this place.

In a small village on the coast of the Adriatic Sea in Estonia, there is a tree that is hundreds of years old. What is unique about it is that spring water gushes out of the hole in the tree every day, regardless of spring, summer, autumn, or winter.

Estonia is divided into 15 provinces. Only three cities, Tallinn, Tartu and Narva, have a population of more than 50,000. To be honest, the population is not as large as that of a small town in our country.

Belgium may be the champion in garbage recycling, but Estonians have set a record for "the least garbage", and there are many things they are not willing to throw away.

Across the EU, women's wages are on average 16.2% lower than men's, and the country with the largest wage gap is Estonia, which reaches 27.3%.

House prices are not expensive, with new apartments in the city center costing approximately 2,300 to 5,000 euros per square meter. On the outskirts of the city, residential properties cost between 1,500 and 2,200 euros per square meter.

Government departments have basically fully implemented "paperless" electronic administrative operations; 98% of business is completed online, and only two things require the parties to be present to sign: marriage and divorce.

There are firewood sellers in convenience stores and supermarkets in the city center of Tallinn, the capital. It feels very novel! Mainly used for picnics, barbecues and burning in fireplaces.

The President of Estonia and his wife went to the German Embassy. The so-called motorcade only had two Audis. Except for a few tourists who stopped to watch, no one from the locals cared.

Estonia is a place that has been repeatedly occupied. It was once independent but was taken away by the Soviet Union. It was not until the collapse of the Soviet Union that Estonia regained its independence.

During every festival, especially Christmas and New Year, delicious traditional meals are indispensable, such as aspic, roast suckling pig, roast goose, roast potatoes, pickles, lingonberry jam, blood sausage, etc.

The "Runaway Bride" event is held locally every year. Dozens or hundreds of brides put on wedding dresses. The referee gives the order and the brides race with their wedding dresses.

There are not many Chinese in Estonia. They are mainly international students, probably 2,000 at most! Mainly study majors such as IT and clinical medicine.