The truth about living in Estonia | A foreigner's honest opinion

The truth about living in Estonia | An American's point of view.
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American reacts to life in Estonia.
A foreigner's view on living in Estonia (Estonian culture, history, language, first impressions, lifestyle, food, etc.) Living in Estonia vs living in the USA.
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[@GeorgiZanev]

Great work he actually learned a lot about the Estonians and Estonia

[@Sal.K--BC]

I dont think that the soviet union had anything to do with making Estonians 'closed off', cuz Finnish people are generally the same way.

[@IQscan51]

I think it's a European thing for the most part.

[@blackhole3407]

i think that russian deportations, executions and spies were quite significant

[@JamesVaughan]

Estonians are Nordics, like Swedes and Finns, and Nordic people tend to be reserved.

[@bravuuritar4468]

I mean estonians had really dark history tho

[@Clean82]

James Vaughan they are not nordic

[@nathankirk2554]

I feel like he was sent there to report back on the state of things in Estonia

[@armandclyde8282]

me waching this and actually beeng Estonian: hmmmm... interesting.

[@davidfinnie5789]

I think this guy was positive and kind... I’m an Australian with children in Tallinn so my view is different again but the one thing I agree on is Estonia is a SAFE country to live in and generally peaceful. I just wish they’d “paint “ the road crossings as this can be dangerous when cars don’t stop 🛑 and you have children using these road crossings.

[@Fakerunepk]

@@davidfinnie5789 What do you mean? Every pedestrian crossing point has lines drawn on the asphalt...

[@davidfinnie5789]

@@Fakerunepk Yes if they have been re painted in the last 10 years.

[@tankart3645]

@@davidfinnie5789 Aa yeah, the country has a 4 year plan how to say, they fix upp something new every year, or start big infrastructure projects every 4 years, nowadays, stuff like painting the white stripes on asfalts, are now yearly things, often more in the populated areas, and less on the village roads and so on.

[@EmpiresEGG]

I love how he likes the word mesipuu

[@forgottenmusic1]

Meat jelly, and blood sausages are actually quite common in many European countries. What Estonians count as delicacy, but is in general not eaten elsewhere (except the neighboring areas of Russia and Latvia), are lampreys (silmud).

[@Manawald]

Lampreys were popular elsewhere in Europe in the Middle Ages.

[@mikicerise6250]

Yeah. In Spain morcilla. The jumping over the fire we do here too. Noche de San Juan. ;) These are probably very ancient customs.

[@matchaa121]

That guy even looks estonian lmao

[@selenajarv8763]

He looks like dollar store Jüri Ratas

[@kaiu282]

@@selenajarv8763 LMAOOOO

[@Fakerunepk]

@@selenajarv8763 me: Mom can we have a Jüri Ratas? Mom: No we Have Jüri Ratas at home. Jüri Ratas at home: This guy.

[@moisuomi]

@@selenajarv8763 Now you have that woman as your pm what is her name 🤔. Last name kalas or something?

[@ahtot298]

Shirt and tie would betray him a foreigner tho. If it's common daily wear for him. It's not smth routinely worn. "Õ" ain't unique to Estonian, Russian has it too, just looks different in Cyrillic.

[@toomasnelson4561]

I have to say that his pronunciation of words was very good. So hard if you were not born to speak the language.

[@BlackCatWithCap]

This was actually very sweet :) Thank you!

[@gerardtabary1814]

J'ai 72 ans et, avant de quitter cette planète, je voudrais dire un au-revoir à cinq villes qui ont marqué ma vie : Seefeld-in Tirol, Berlin, Wien, Cotonou et, surtout la merveilleuse Tallinn (et Tartu).

[@natalivaliste9819]

you NAILED the pronunciation of 'jaanipäev'. it sounded better than when we say it lol, it was so clean

[@martintiirik9660]

I'm estonian and idk why but i got chills while listaning to this.

[@hanshummal]

It's strange, great pronunciation of Estonian words my guy!

[@mari4695]

Really nice video! Thank you and greetings from Estonia!

[@evelinvahter4255]

So sweet! Thank you for that / aitäh selle eest! 😘🌷 We have some other great words, like Bus stop = bussijaam 😉😂 or the beautiful ones like I drive slowly over the bridge = sõidan tasa üle silla ☺️ Thank you for visiting us! 🙏

[@abymontares9097]

I like that video. He really learned about us a lot. 😄

[@Jess-xl1wd]

Thank you for a great video!

[@kosmonautik639]

Interestingly even Iran has the tradition of jumping over a fire during the longest day of the year, Yalda...

[@tarksurmani6335]

Iran probably has it because of the silkroad and the fire temples, I imagine. By fire temples i mean those with "eternal fire". But summer solstice isn't anything special, most regions and cultures have honored it.

[@pannkale9259]

Estonia is so cool If you're from Estonia hmu😌

[@bernardoabdanur0]

I am a Brazillian who wants to learn Estonian and hopefully move there

[@Tauri9111]

hmu?

[@NicholasAlexanderHolt]

I might move there it sounds nice.

[@vitamc1213]

"Water with gas" - is that really how Americans say that? I'm from Australia, and I first thought about water with petrol in it!

[@MrMaziar58]

It's not a usual purchase peoples make and hardly popular! I guess

[@user-fr5nd4ut8c]

Sparkling water

[@yahhi12]

Mineral water. You can buy sparkling or still. He probably talks about ordering in a bar or restaurant. As I'm Estonian, this is true - sparkling is the default choice unless specified.

[@dottore3870]

Fizzy water, carbonated water, club soda, Seltzer's water, Sparkling water, etc.

[@AndresRootsi]

Its all true about us, greetings from Tartu :)

[@Gaming4Justice]

I've never heared about shaking hands through the doorway being a bad thing to do. Usually you'd just step out or call the person in out of respect.

[@Manawald]

It can be considered impolite. Like, you're either in or out but not something in between.

[@tankart3645]

The old people like to that, my mother also. It comes from the Tara belief, but nowadays has turned into a symbol of respect.

[@Gaming4Justice]

Idk I still greet people through the doorway cause I don't care lol

[@edajarvroos8085]

And i learned alot about england when i was 4 years old

[@sombrero4316]

bro your Õ is perfect.

[@kanejacob]

Estonia is beautiful beyond belief, but the old Soviet apartments are an eyesore

[@tortilla5919]

Me watcing this as an estonian: Thank you

[@thomasstahl6114]

The gentleman is blessed to live in such a beautiful and peaceful country where nature is still intact, except the remains of the Russians who in general still today have very little sense for their environment, Estonians do and have and that’s very much appreciated by me

[@daveal3d]

He is, we all are living in Estonia. Though the Russians have became a famous scapegoat, fact is they are misunderstood and they haven't helped much to reverse that. Visiting Russia my self many times, living next to them and part of them integrated within the country, I can say with with absolute certainty they are the flip coin side of Americans. Exact same nature: strong, dominant, loud but friendly and fair. It's not the Russians that are the problem, it's their government, which they despise them self's.

[@antisoviet6786]

@@daveal3d "Бог создал русский народ для того, чтобы показать другим народам, как нельзя жить" - П.Я.Чаадаев, русский философ, публицист (1794-1856) "Если бы провалилась Россия, то не было бы никакого ни убытка, ни волнения в человечестве." - И Тургенев. «Кто б знал как мы устали от мерзких душ, гнилых людей, как жить невыносимо стало средь этих тварей и блядей.» С. Есенин

[@SlayerRiley]

@@antisoviet6786 Interesting texts from people who, I assume, wanted to shine a light on the state of things in Russia - totalitarian, elite vs commoners, drinking and other vices, territorial dominance etc. etc. etc. But at the end of the day you gotta remember that humans as a whole aren't too different from each other. There's wonderful people and complete scumbags EVERYWHERE, no matter where you go. The ordinary Russians have had a very rough time in history, moreso under their own Russian leaders than anyone else, and the extremities we often talk about are probably reactions to that, I reckon. But they're still just normal people trying to survive. To judge a whole people in its entirety, that's straight up insanity.

[@antisoviet6786]

@@SlayerRiley Tell it to П.Я.Чаадаев

[@antisoviet6786]

«Страна, не желающая сама жить по-человечески и мешающая жить окружающим.» - Андрей Зубов, историк

[@ericb.4358]

I live in the Las Vegas valley, Nevada, USA and our valley has nearly 3 million people, TWICE the population of Estonia.

[@mrnoface1348]

I might be moving in 3 years. My wife is Estonian and my kids will be better off over there instead of a violent city here in the US. Just finding a job is what I'm concerned about.

[@skgst]

Jobs are no problem, in some sectors pay is on the high end. Living costs are relatively low if dont go to big cities.

[@mrnoface1348]

@@skgst thank you! We are looking for properties in the suburban Tallin areas. Our properties here in Chicago will pay off the mortgage out there.

[@porcogalliard188]

Blood sausage is one of our national foods we put some rasberry jam on it

[@Chubbstain]

The St Johns Day celebration is the exact same for Ireland but it isn’t really practised anymore, there’s an older version practised during Beltane when everyone was pagan.

[@hardy_]

Pagan we are, greetings from Estonia.

[@aquenwisey]

Where are the other comments? I need a good dose of comments from knowers of this topic

[@scarabass3924]

its only been uploaded yesterday real villa

[@Tauri9111]

Im estonian. ask away.

[@gu3sswh075]

@@Tauri9111 do many of the locals speak good English? (In Tallinn)

[@Tauri9111]

@@gu3sswh075 most. some exceptions are of russian people, who don't like english so they wont learn it, but i can safely say that like 80% of people in age 18-40 can speak english.

[@cookie2507]

I really wanna move to a small country with less people

[@Invisiblehand123]

Nice trainer you got there. Frickin left you for the wolves..

[@outdoorsman1018]

I live in estonia!!!

[@toomasargel8503]

01:07 Yes all my life time at age 5 until 33 was carbonated water usual 90% case in shops. Little by little get stiil water goming to our life because tourists wanted it more then here local like me 52 yeras ld not usu to be because in Soviet time was not still water in bottled and was only tap water free ( all most free 1qubic meters 960 liters/ 254 US.gallons tap water now 7 euros/ 8 USD ) .

[@kinnakeiu]

So weird to listen but its all true

[@sassulusmagnus]

Estonia when you're trying to be so good Estonia just like they said they would Estonia when you're trying to go home And Estonia when you're there all alone

[@brincher]

Hello, everyone. I am considering a position in Estonia but being Brazilian and vegan the ONLY thing that I am really worried about is the food. In my country there are hundreds of varieties of vegetables and fruits, and they are quite cheap compared to Europe in general. Regarding this matter, would it be hard for me to live in Tallinn, for instance?

[@MUSHIAMI]

I was born there

[@zcrib3]

Blood sausage is fucking great.I mean try it. It is really good.

[@QuickThrills1337]

1.35m ppl

[@mysteriousman4966]

Hello Estonia! Are Estonians Slavic or Nordic? Or mixed culture?

[@kriskt4754]

Finno-Ugric

[@kaevur84]

Aim live in estonia

[@maykel6449]

Jamh nii ta juba on😀

[@mondayinflux1062]

Beautiful

[@valvesaamer3703]

Im estonian

[@skeidivend353]

Meat jello and blood sausage

[@BrigittaAlexsandrina]

Laulupidu is actually every 5 years!

[@petersondavid8652]

Hello how are you

[@MrTaba777]

🎈🎆🎇🧨✨🎉🎊

[@Splexsychiick]

They have drinkable yogurt in the states....

[@Notmyname1593]

And we have thicker yogurt in Estonia.

[@mailisviirmaa8076]

And we have the thicker versions too...

[@waterbottle4542]

Why would you want to move to Estonia, though?

[@ajzimmerman5895]

Visit Estonia. Then you'll know why. I lived there for two years.

[@oliver00120ify]

kinda funny huh?

[@kristinakingisepp2066]

Why

[@kert8517]

Thats not true

[@George-vk8mi]

A Letonian talking about Estonia 😆

[@MrNicopa]

Is he one of those religious Americans who don’t know much about Europe and so get culture shock?

[@TheHappyCoder]

Messy poo? Haha. That's a new one.

[@bravuuritar4468]

mesipuu

[@taeyonglee2091]

Messipuu

[@OfficialEagleHater]

How many very's he said 👇

[@christopher9727]

John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

[@klaud7311]

Honey is mee or kallis

[@matskustikee]

and kallis mean either expencive or dear

[@Tigetiiger]

Honey is MESI not mee

[@discoboy8169]

It is not about Estonia, just his little experience of living in Estonia, but so basic, so American.

[@That.1.Broski]

Estonian police is everywhere, EVERYWHERE so thats why there's little crime

[@haze6647]

And then they sing to the criminal. I still can't believe that they just sing a song to the russian, we literally need to slaughter all the communist to put them down.

[@That.1.Broski]

@@haze6647 😐, and who is we?

[@downunder2989]

Estonia is one of the most beautiful oblast russia had. Same as georgia and ukraine.

[@sri33333]

Estonia has never been an oblast.