I visited all 3 Baltic States as a Westerner... Estonia shocked me the most.

:estonia: Estonia

I was in a hostel in Riga and an old man was telling me about his travels. He's been travelling for 35 years and told me some of the kindest and nicest people he's ever met were from Estonia and that Estonia is his favourite country in the baltics!

So I hopped on a bus to test out his theory myself.

Straight away I was shocked at how modern the country is. Tall shiny buildings, lots of wifi, everything so convenient, it's something I didn't expect from such a small country.

But what shocked me the most was how friendly and open the people were who I met. I had so many amazing interactions with strangers which I wouldn't really have in other countries, also people were stunning, every two steps a super model walks by.

Another thing I loved was value for money, I think Estonia is priced better than Latvia! I got food for good price!

Coming from Ireland I'm super jealous at you Estonians for living in such a beautiful country!

My trip is here by the way :) https://youtu.be/tW9An2XK_IE

Posted Mar 27, 2026, 8:12 PM UTC

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