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Triplandio Estonia guide covers 15 travel guides with 2 cities across 42 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 60 self-guided walking tours in Estonia with 375 POI, spanning 202.9 km in total. Get inspired by 18 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data Estonia
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Estonia
Cost
HIGH
Safety
82
Health
77
Lifestyle
69
Infra
76
Rank
#23
Score
64
Tourists
1.7M/y
GDP/cap
$34.4k
Life Exp
79.3 yrs
Population
1.4M
Currency
EUR €
Language
Estonian
Payments
Cashless
Emergency
112
Traditional Local Food Estonia
Local Flavours of Estonia — Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Main course
Meat
Mulgikapsad
Mool-gi-kap-sad
· Stewed sauerkraut and pork
A hearty dish of sauerkraut, pork, and barley.
🌱
Side dish
Vegan
Tartu Hapukapsas
tar-too hap-oo-kap-sas
· Tartu sauerkraut
Fermented cabbage dish traditional to Tartu.
Soup
Meat
Hernesupp
Her-neh-sup
· Estonian pea soup
A hearty soup made from split peas, typically with pork.
🥦
Dessert
Vegetarian
Tartu Pohlakook
tar-too poh-lah-koke
· Tartu lingonberry cake
A sweet cake made with tart lingonberries.
🥦
Dessert
Vegetarian
Saiakakk
sigh-a-kak
· Traditional Estonian sweet bun
A soft, sweet bread bun often flavored with cinnamon.
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Starter
Fish & Seafood
Peipsi Kilu
pay-ip-see kee-loo
· Peipsi sprats
Smoked sprat dish from Lake Peipsi area.
Main course
Meat
Verivorst
Veh-ri-vorst
· Blood sausage
A traditional Estonian blood sausage, often served during festive occasions.
Snack
Fish & Seafood
Kiluvõileib
Kee-loo-voh-ee-leib
· Sprat sandwich
Open-faced rye bread sandwich topped with marinated sprats.
🐟
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Räimekotletid
Rye-meh-kot-let-id
· Baltic herring patties
Fried patties made from minced Baltic herring.
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Snack
Fish & Seafood
Vürtsikilu Võileib
vyurts-i-kee-loo voy-lee-beib
· Spiced sprat sandwich
A spiced sprat fish sandwich with dark rye bread.
Starter
Fish & Seafood
Rosolje
Ro-sol-ye
· Estonian beetroot salad
A colorful beetroot and potato salad with herring and other ingredients.
🥩
Main course
Meat
Lutsu Nokklihakaste
Lutsu nõkklihakaste
loot-soo nerk-klee-ha-ka-steh
· Lutsu beef stew
Rich beef stew from Lutsu Valley.
Dessert
Vegetarian
Piparkoogid
Pee-par-ko-gid
· Spiced cookies
Traditional Estonian Christmas cookies.
Bread
Vegetarian
Karask
Kah-rask
· Barley bread
A traditional Estonian bread made using barley flour.