Estonia

Amazing facts
Amazing facts
• Estonia won the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest
The win took everyone by surprise – even the Estonians.
• Estonia has the highest number of international supermodels per capita in the world
Narrowing down Estonia’s top most-known models to just a few girls is not an easy task.
Let’s just say that among others, both Carmen Kass and Karmen Pedaru come from these
parts of the world.
• Stepping into the future – e-Estonia
While other countries are still thinking about it, Estonia embraced online voting already
in 2005. In here, 95% of tax returns are completed online and businesses can be registered
in minutes. You can sign legally binding documents using your ID card or mobile ID, and
now, even those living outside of Estonia can benefit from the e-residency scheme.
Amazing facts
• Estonia was the first country in the world to allow its citizens to vote online in 2005. The
country is often touted as the most digitally advanced society in the world. The benefit to
tourists? Travel throughout Estonia is incredibly slick.
• Before adopting the Euro in 2011, the Estonian currency was the kroon. But, even more
interesting, is that the kroon was Estonia’s official currency over two periods in history:
1928–1940 and 1992–2011. Of course, the blip in between was due to the introduction of
the Soviet ruble.