Estonia is one of the paradoxes of modern Europe: a medieval city (Tallinn's old town is among the best-preserved in Northern Europe) combined with the most digitally advanced governance on earth — Estonia allows e-residency to anyone in the world and pioneered online voting, digital prescriptions, and blockchain-secured legal records. The country regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and has since built a dynamic tech economy anchored by Skype (invented here) and a generation of startups.
Estonia is one of the paradoxes of modern Europe: a medieval city (Tallinn's old town is among the best-preserved in Northern Europe) combined with the most digitally advanced governance on earth — Estonia allows e-residency to anyone in the world and pioneered online voting, digital prescriptions, and blockchain-secured legal records. The country regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and has since built a dynamic tech economy anchored by Skype (invented here) and a generation of startups.
Tallinn's old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site: limestone towers, Gothic churches, the Toompea castle hill, and a market square that looks medieval because it largely is. Beyond Tallinn: the university city of Tartu, the 1,500 islands of the West Estonian Archipelago, and a landscape of forests, bogs, and lakes that rewards slow, quiet travel.
