That video author used the MOST non-indicative church inEstonia. It was built by the Russian Empire to symbolize its might. It is not an Estonian church, since Estonians are historically Lutheran. It is also among the YOUNGEST churches, being only just over a century old.
@KohaAlbert
3 ай бұрын
It is just as indigenous to the region and it's people as the Fazl Mosque of London to the entirety of the GB.
@artsvonyxkyll9000
3 ай бұрын
Yep. Best is Oleviste. It was long time tallest building in europe😂
@elisterr
2 ай бұрын
Its location was also chosen to defy the Estonians. It was literally built to show dominance and Estonian Wabariik (the first republic) even has a law ready to be voted on so that they'd dismantle this "church"
@KohaAlbert
Ай бұрын
@@elisterr What Wabariik had was (heated) debate over the matter - actual chances of dismantling were higher during sixties (for a comparison, in Moscow they turned one into public pool). The most relevant reason behind of why it was left to be, were our own residents (related to why Pechory's monastery bells remained to ring throughout interwar period, whilst Russia was silent). The reasons for dismantling were political formost (as you stated) - it was used as Russia's pisspole by the Kremlin, simply to mark territory. Additionally, it's prominent location and reaction of visitors ("that's the Estonia!”) rubs the Estonians wrong way (whence my earlier comment) - to out of many of whom it's similarly exotic as to these visitors, and in another country might just as easily mix up those and Mosques in either way due to superficial similarities...
@maeva7949
5 ай бұрын
About russians in Estonia - before Soviet occupation the percentage of ethnic russians was only 5%. However after mass deportation of Estonians to Siberia - 80% of whom were women and children / in total Estonia lost around 200 000 people - and mass immigration of russians who moved into homes of those who had been deported the percentage is now around 24%.
@eksiarvamus
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, that's why us Estonians hate the shit out of imperialistic Russians.
@SebastiansSebastian-fc4pj
3 ай бұрын
dont forget "why" it was women and children who often dissapeared or were sent away during cold nights the commies wanted some warm bodies
@henrikherkel3036
Ай бұрын
Its crazy how the video just casually glossed over that warcrime.
@SebastiansSebastian-fc4pj
Ай бұрын
@@henrikherkel3036 "nono its not warcrime.. its communism and its for heir own good" -every single time an estonian tells it to an american communist
@kullulillu
26 күн бұрын
Get rid of all onions in Estonia! 🧅
@playotone
5 ай бұрын
Australian Estonian here! The reason the Baltic States have done better was that before WWII they were flourishing democratic nations. The Soviet Union invaded in 1944 and it was never recognised by many Western nations. Although smaller, Estonia had a higher pre-war GDP per capita than Finland. The video also shows a lot in Russian/Cyrillic text so these maps may be Russian, however the Latin alphabet is used in Estonia. Thanks for taking the time to learn about Eesti!
@Candystormm
4 ай бұрын
Estonian commenting on the internet here. I visited a bog a few days ago, I had perfect 4G in the middle of a swamp/bog.
@AndresUffert2
2 ай бұрын
As i have played Ingress in Estonia for about 8 or 9 years, i can say i have not found a place that i dont have service, but the most spoty area was Varnia, there has allways been some gps location issues. and some islands. but most part it has been perfect. if you check ingress intel map you can see like most of estonia is covered by points of interest
@henrikmanitski1061
5 ай бұрын
The Russians that came in the 17th c. settled only in the villages on the coast of Lake Peipsi, not all over the country, like the author lets US believe. Also, Estonia did not pop into existence after the collapse of USSR. It was independent also in 1918-40.
@rebeccas79
5 ай бұрын
My son and his partner have visited Estonia twice - it's one of their favorite destinations in Europe. They go at Christmas time to Tallinn, which they say is the most beautiful village in winter. Hope we haven't jinxed GeoGuesser - 🤣
@hundiraisk
3 ай бұрын
Estonian here - Internet is fast, reliable, but a lot more expensive, than you would expect it to be. In larger cities, you'll find fibre optic cables, reaching up to 1Gbps connections for home household. For cellphone, you have about 75% coverage of the county, with 3'rd gen mobile internet, while having 5th gen built in cities. Skype - huge success and then sold and forgot about. Very few estonians actually still use it. Churches - the one in the video was about the poorest choise, one could make. Actually you could find more gems, once you look further than capital city. If you really are interested of more interesting things, it would be best to look up Viking era, our Freedom war and singing revolution, that had cherry on top with baltic chain.
@eksiarvamus
4 ай бұрын
Yeah in the beginning it's a Russian church, built by Russians, for Russians, in the Russian Orthodox faith, literally as a symbol of Russian imperialism, vehemently hated by all Estonians. Horrible choice for a church to represent Estonia... Furthermore, Estonia was never a "part of the Soviet Union" - it was illegally occupied by it.
@fixsationon7244
3 ай бұрын
Its such bullshit as an estonian
@wii1mii
5 ай бұрын
Estonia used to be in the top regarding internet speeds. Back in 2017 there were company that promised to bring 10Gbps to end users. However that never happened as most of our network and phone providers got merged and sold to other countries like Sweden and Finland. Ever since that our country has stagnated a lot when it comes to internet speeds. As of now (2024) most apartments in the capital have few providers to chose from with all of them providing up to 1Gbps up/down speeds. But that has been the case for past 10 or so years now.
@user-cc4pj4qc7h
3 ай бұрын
Only real difference is that we pay a lot less for those speeds. If you tell anyone in the EU or US what pricing is like here for internet services, they will either faint or tell you to fuck off.
@wii1mii
3 ай бұрын
@@user-cc4pj4qc7h Who "we", since if you compare to Poland, Latvia, Lithuania even Finland. You will find out that the prices are 2x-4x times chaper. In Poland you can get 1Gbps/1Gbps for 19€ and I also saw that they started offering 8Gbps speeds to end users lately. For refrence cheapest 1Gbps in Estonia is around 72€ as of the time writing.
@wii1mii
3 ай бұрын
@@user-cc4pj4qc7h Define "We" as Internet price is 2x-4x times the price of our neighbouring countries. Here are list of 1Gbps price per countries: Estonia: 72€ Poland: ~19€ Lithuania: 25€ Finland: 45€ Sweden: 52€ Russia: ~10€ Mind you, Swedish and Finnish salaries are 2x if not 3x of Estonian ones.
@CarlCOts
5 ай бұрын
That Russian church was built in 1900 but not very liked among locals!internet is not the fastest but access to it is written in to the law as a basic human right!
@lumelill
5 ай бұрын
Estonia was unlawfully occupied by the USSR and took the first opportunity to regain their independence
@fixsationon7244
3 ай бұрын
Yeah
@BeEzZZzZ1991
4 ай бұрын
Not only skype but wise, starship technologies, playtech, bolt and many others. Internet is good. You have internet connection like other already said even in the middle of the bog. Proud to live in estonia :)
@fixsationon7244
3 ай бұрын
I find it funny that we actually don't use Skype much. Its quite outdated
@BeEzZZzZ1991
Ай бұрын
@@fixsationon7244 to be honest not sure that anybody still uses it 😁 yep, time of skype has passed. But it was just a begining, and cool to know that head office is still in Tallinn near my alma mater Taltech how they call it now. In my time it was Tallinna tehnika ülikool või TTÜ 😁
@SpiritDragoness
5 ай бұрын
Internet in the Baltic countries is GOOD! One of the fastest!
@MrOnly666
4 ай бұрын
You say that, but i have really bad internet here
@drxxx2699
3 ай бұрын
At least mobile net is not, outside towns
@Whispering_memes
2 ай бұрын
3:59 the reason for the estonian "digital state" is infact because its cheaper and more convenient than rebuilding from the old soviet systems that were there when the ussr collapsed, our wifi service is fine but our coverage is nearly everywhere, doesnt matter if you are in a forest or on a lake, you can get wifi
@mario34652
3 ай бұрын
The thing with Estonians and Russians is that you would think there are a lot of similarities because the countries are next to eachother. But in fact the Finno-Ugric and Slavic languages are completely different, the alphabet is different and the culture is very different - Russian culture is Orthodox based and Estonian is Lutherian/Pagan(nature heavy). So thats why there is little to no integration.
@SideKickStudios
5 ай бұрын
A native Estonian here. Most of the facts were correct, although, the reason why we have more women than men isn't a mystery. The USSR deported a lot of us and before that, a lot of our grandfathers were dragged into war fighting on either Nazi Germany or Soviet side and never came home alive. Coupled with higher female ratios in births and boom, we have lots of gorgeous women and far fewer men :D As far as the internet goes, yeah, it's everywhere. Wifi is present anywhere there's any settlements and outside of WiFi coverage, our data plans for mobile phones are so good, you can easily get 'at home' level speeds even in the middle of a forest. Our tiny country is basically blanketed in internet coverage. Most towns and cities have fiber-optic internet available and on offer and yeah, you can do pretty much 99.9% of any activities without ever leaving your house, be it voting, dealing with healthcare, shopping, government or social security related tasks, whatever you need, you can do in 5 minutes and a few clicks. It's convenient, fast, no red tape and saves money. Also, fun fact about Estonians - our ancestral settlers inhabited these lands as far back as almost 10'000 years ago, just a few thousand years after the continental ice receded. We're an ancient tribe that has persisted through countless wars, genocide, plagues, occupations and disasters. There's also this saying that "you can find an Estonian in every port of every country in the world", because we are in part the descendants of northern vikings and seafarers at heart.
@skyefab
4 ай бұрын
Yes, Estonians have inhabited the area since at least the Comb Ceramic Era. Estonia used to extend at least halfway through Poland to the Vistula River according to "Wulfstan's Journey to Estonia," written by scribes for posterity on orders from the King, when he returned to England, hundreds of years ago. The problem was Estonian Kings of the numerous kingdoms used to fight against each other too much. My dad, a badass Estonian, said that historically the Nordics/Scandinavians or 'northerners' adopted/borrowed/stole the term "Vikings" and relegated Estonian seafarers to the status of "pirates," although it's basically the same thing (semantics). Recent archaeological excavations in Tallinn have uncovered Viking artifacts as well.
@SideKickStudios
4 ай бұрын
@skye1013 Very true. In fact, i might be mistaken, but i remember a news piece from a year or two ago that said that currently they've excavated more viking ships wrecks than anywhere else in baltics/nordics.
@henryvalickis2094
4 ай бұрын
Not only more but the oldest to date@@SideKickStudios
@weslennon3425
5 ай бұрын
Hello Lyle, it's been quite a awhile since I was a member of your Patreon (found all the othe Bob Seger songs for you), I still have cancer which was the reason I had to leave the last time. I have revovered somewhat, but still on Chemo. I decided to get back on KZitem for a while. You're talking about Estonia, it is one of the overseas areas I worked in during my 25+ travleing about the world, but I have done work in Estonia, and know several outsanding folks over there, former Army man in the Estonian Army, he's begiing to fear having to go back into the military against the likes of Russia. The Russian population therter isn't as hard core supporters of Russia, even they enjoy not having to choose and hope they never will.
@taneloun3382
5 ай бұрын
Hea töö ja aitäh! Kõik ei ole kuld mis hiilgab (Eesti vanarahvasõna). Olen sündinu 1975 ja näinud erinevat võimu! Mida sa teada tahad?
@normora5857
5 ай бұрын
I am from Germany and I don't know anything about Estonia. Very interesting video. I'd like to go on the journey with you and find out more about this country.
@kullulillu
26 күн бұрын
May I ask how old are you? 😅
@normora5857
26 күн бұрын
@@kullulillu I am 56
@marko9900
4 ай бұрын
HIstorically estonians were whato ne might call, pagans. The prevalingi religion was "maausk" whitch essential is belief in nature and nature spirits, etc. But teutonic order and i thinks some crusades brought and forced christianity upon the people. I have heard that maausk is making a resurgance. Also interesting thing i have heard. After the fall of USSR, estonia was offered the outdated telecommunication system that Finland used. But instead of accepting it, they decided to build their own from scratch. And i think this "well do it ourselves" attitude is what made estonia the way it is today.
@artursbondars7789
5 ай бұрын
It's not so mysterious. To all issues there are reasons, but I will not comment on them all, only one. Internet in Baltics is good. You can browse internet even in woods and in Estonia, I think, access to internet is human right, wich is stated in their constitution.
@candilunsford2878
5 ай бұрын
I haven't seen you do this one and it's a MUST. Bass Gang's "If I Had a Heart" from Vikings is outstanding! Peter Barber arranged it and it's truly a masterpiece.
@staceysmith8173
5 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure we did it on a live stream. 😊
@JK15
29 күн бұрын
As an Estonian i can say that you can get internet basically everywhere even in the middle of the forest/swamp. I always find videos about Americans or other nations reacting to Estonia and it's always fun to see what they say.
@_ChristyMuz
5 ай бұрын
Wow, some of those buildings, I’d swear were PERU.😂
@ianmcgrath4170
5 ай бұрын
Lol.
@Denalicat
5 ай бұрын
😅😂🤣
@carolburnett190
5 ай бұрын
😂😂
@HelenGolovina-y9h
29 күн бұрын
The reason we have survived so well is probably the attitude we have for our country: We feel a very strong sense of duty and ownership (in a good way, not a consumer kind of way) for our country. It is all everyone"s business what is going on. We do not have the mentality of many Eastern European countries that can be characterized by " what does it all have to do with me, it is the state, nothing to do with me, I am living muy own life". we are also living our own lives, but with a very strong connection to everything that is going on inthe country. Everything is everyone"s business. Another reason is that we are by nature very sceptical people. We are sceptical about "the truth", the governemnt (any government, be it the Soviets or our own). Therefore we are very difficult to brainwash and turn into zombies. We always almost hated every ruler, every governemt, anything mainstream. No prime minister, no political party, has ever had much support, regardless of the times or the politics. We never like anything, we are never satisfied with anything. And in many ways it is a good thing. We keep a clear mind
@AIr5tatI0n
5 күн бұрын
i love to see people find out ther history and the "smallness" of my country.... as an Estonia.. i wish u take a trip and discover it for urself'.. "take 2 weeks"
@Tulemasin
3 ай бұрын
About internet connectivity - yesterday me and my wife were on a sunday roadtrip about 50 km outside of Tallinn and found an old farm at a lake where some old lady was renting out rowboats. We decided to go for a little sail but we didn't have any cash on us, so using my smartphone I just logged into my bank account with my 4g connection and did the tranfer straight to her account. It was so normal that she already had a sign with her bank information painted on it by the entrance.
@marybryan4168
5 ай бұрын
Wow that was interesting. Thanks for doing these educational reactions
@HelenGolovina-y9h
29 күн бұрын
We ARE proud of our wolves. We love them and respect them. You can see that already in our folklore where a wolf is a clever and majestic creature. And even our werewolves are difefrent from those of most other folklore. In Estonia, anyone can become a werewolf. And it was done mostly to acquire love and freedom that one could not aqcuire in human surroundings, the former being too cruel. So to be more loving and get more love, one became a werewolf. This motive even exists in modern Estonia literature based on folklore. (August Gailit "The Werewolf", for example. A really beautiful story of two lovers only finding love as wolves. Unfortuantely, they both die.) Wolf is our official national animal and we have wolf holograms on our passports. Fun fact: the last time any human was attacked by a wolf in Estonia was more than 150 years ago
@Tabby_Angela
5 ай бұрын
And now Estonia will never show up on Geoguesser again 😂😂
@TTFerdinand
2 ай бұрын
Also, we were Vikings once upon a time. Varangus, Varangoi, the Varangian Guard of the Byzantine emperors in Constantinople... It's no coincidence that we have several villages called Varangu. We are the descendats of the Varangians.
@miimivikat4864
5 ай бұрын
Wait, we produce fruitwuine? im Estonian and I didn´t know that
@TheTerkzzz
5 ай бұрын
Jah. 😊
@maxsmom254
Ай бұрын
Yes, and you haven't missed much. Way too sweet, like dessert wine.
@Kiratex
4 ай бұрын
Estonia has one of the fastest internet speeds in the world and i mean fast....i get 1200 Mbps speed with my Phone 5G is everywhere and at capital city free wify is blooming.....now home speeds are even faster as a common home internet nowdays is 1000Mbps but you can get up to 10k and even dasent cost much
@reindeer7752
3 ай бұрын
I know I'm late seeing this, but I visited Talinn in the late 90s, so I was curious when I saw the title. This was very interesting.
@hansparel413
18 күн бұрын
Estonian here. The video didn't mention Bolt, Wise, Veriff, Gelato, Pipedrive nor Playtech to name a few. But as in "Matrix", this video gives a "blue pill" experience. You'd need to stay and integrate for at least a few years to learn for the red pill experience of how the ruling and governance works much the same as in "The Wire", but with a twist of lineages having been siding with our eastern neighbour.
@Markusvibes
3 ай бұрын
My internet connection speed in Tallinn is 40 Mbps (both for download and upload) + Great video!
@Addict3dGamer
2 ай бұрын
I guess you probably dont know that, BOLT is also developed by Estonians 😍
@carolburnett190
5 ай бұрын
I guess I never realized that not everyone knew that Estonia was part of the USSR. I majored in Political Science and minored in History, so I guess it may have been a little more right in front of me. I was driving home from school one day and came up behind a car with a bumper sticker that said “Free Latvia, Lithuanian, and Estonia,” which I got a kick out of. I didn’t realize that Latvia and Lithuania became part of Estonia after the USSR disintegrated, though.
@maeva7949
5 ай бұрын
Latvia and Lithuania are not part of Estonia, they are separate independent countries. The three of them are usually called the Baltic countries.
@carolburnett190
5 ай бұрын
@@maeva7949 Thanks! I guess I heard the narrator incorrectly.
@minaolenella869
5 ай бұрын
and technically none of the Baltic states were part of USSR. They were OCCUPIED by it. That is why they REGAINED their independence, not declared it, in 1992. @@carolburnett190
@sugraf
15 күн бұрын
One would think that for a digital country the telecommunication services are affordable, but in fact we have the most expensive WiFi and mobile services out of the Baltics and Finland while our government keeps cancelling benefits and tax credits and ramping up taxes - we have 22% VAT now and it is going to jump to 24% next year. They also keep adding new taxes. Sure, you can do your taxes online in under a minute, but don't expect to see a tax return 🙂
@alolohmussaar6730
Ай бұрын
Today estonian goverment is rising taxes and makeing new taxes. For estonians living in estonia is getting very expensive. F Y reformid, sotsid ja e200, te olete värdjd.
@peggysoutherland1183
5 ай бұрын
LOL, great stream
@AbsolutusMaxiumus
3 ай бұрын
In Estonia we don't talk about internet speed. There's nothing to talk about. And I find it odd, that you refer to it as WIFI speed. 4G is pretty much the same speed and it reaches almost everywhere. Lol what even is internet speed, do you guys see your internet slowly coming down the road? Our internet is in our devices before we had time to think about it.
@LTGmaster
3 ай бұрын
Estonian wine, that's not true. It's not popular at all. Maybe they meant cider.
@fixsationon7244
3 ай бұрын
Koduvein. Arvan et sellel on mingit alust. Seda ei jooda nii nagu õlut ja viina. Aga Koduveini tehakse küll.
@SimsGirlSims-lh2ic
2 ай бұрын
Im from Estonian
@Keegi7777
3 ай бұрын
Vastab tõele💯💯🇪🇪
@user-go3ij8pt9z
2 ай бұрын
I have 1 GB internet in Estonia 500 mb download and 500 upload.
@bunnyqueen5058
4 ай бұрын
Ur internet is accualy pretty good. Hope I helped
@Ville-nr3mc
13 күн бұрын
3:50 BOTH
@HelenGolovina-y9h
29 күн бұрын
The internet is fine. We were not a part of the Soviet Union. We were OCCUPIED by it. A very different thing
@krisettekotkas2831
3 ай бұрын
I’am from Estonia
@SomeoneBoreing
4 күн бұрын
The Estonian word "venelane" (Russian) didnt come from Germanic. It came from Proto-Finnic "Vene" meaning "boat". (Estonian evolved out of Proto-Finnic) venelane literally means "Boat-ian"
@HelenGolovina-y9h
29 күн бұрын
Estonians do not only drink beer and vodka, but we like to drink them together. And that is not a good idea
@juht78
5 ай бұрын
Estonians favorite food is another Estonian ;)
@PatrolNation
5 ай бұрын
Lol
@reinhardl2220
3 ай бұрын
I live in estonia and i don´t now estonian wine
@KantslerOlaf
3 ай бұрын
Let me blow your mind - Kazaa was also estonian. As in programmed by estonians, funded by a scandinavian dude or smth.
@thedagangsta
3 ай бұрын
and Bolt😊
@bordomsmp
22 күн бұрын
when i was 13 - 14 i got my first half alcahol dose from a tincan and it tasted like apples
@erki8188
5 ай бұрын
300 Mb up and down and unlimited for 40 euro.
@PatrolNation
5 ай бұрын
Dang, that's is good.
@HelenGolovina-y9h
29 күн бұрын
At 5:03 where you say "wow,it is an old building", it is actually a very new building. A Russian church, built in 1900 or 1903, I keep confusing it, as a part of Russification efforts. And Estonians hate it for being in the Old Town of Tallinn, in the middle of a Gothic Mediaeval Old Town, and it almost got taken down twice. We had pity on it, since it is a church afetr all, and let it stay there. But we hate it. And it is not a beautiful old building and it is so out of context, being where it is
@PeepPoopuu
Ай бұрын
Bit Scottish? Yeah I love me wolfs
@capitalism5527
2 ай бұрын
11:56 you can go to the middle of a bum fuck random forest and have some pretty good 4g cell service
@Denalicat
5 ай бұрын
Estonia... the new Peru! in Geoguesser anyway.
@naapsuvaimne740
Ай бұрын
getting soon new internet , 150 mb up /150 mb download and both unlimited
@Mr.JANMAR
3 ай бұрын
Low taxes😂😂 my a$$
@fixsationon7244
3 ай бұрын
Real. They are low compared to the rich outsiders
@Mr.JANMAR
3 ай бұрын
@@fixsationon7244 i am from Estonia btw 😂✌️✌️
@fixsationon7244
3 ай бұрын
@@Mr.JANMAR mina ka. Pole probleemi
@H31k1
24 күн бұрын
i'm estonian and my internet sucks ass
@JarmoKangro
2 ай бұрын
This video has so many factual mistakes. For sure it was made by non-Estonian and using AI.
@avatarion
3 ай бұрын
7:57 No they don't. There are less young Estonian women than men.
@VladisRed
5 ай бұрын
Yep. That's all true about my Estonia
@HelenGolovina-y9h
29 күн бұрын
Yea, teh talk of estonian wine is bullshit
@c_a_p_s
3 ай бұрын
Found a mistake in the video. We don't call russians "venelane", it's actually "sibul". Carry on.
@j.j.r7230
4 ай бұрын
Eestlane siin! I am quite proud of my country, but to be honest the couropstion in our government is quite saddening. Mostly in the form of over bloute in the number of bureaucrats, some 2/3 need to be fired in my opinion, an some of the money has been wasted on feel good ideas, such as solar and wind, the ladder I kind of understand but the former is a stupid idea knowing the local weather, better we go for nuclear, safer, more power and overall more long term economic. P.S. You got a lovely voice on ya mate!
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