Estonia Solo Female Travel Safety Tips and Advice

On this page you will find first-hand, unbiased, and real safety tips, advice and reviews from women traveling solo, submitted directly from their personal experiences in the country.

Their opinions are unfiltered and submitted independently as part of the Solo Female Travel Safety Index, a ranking of 210 countries and regions based on how safe they are for women traveling solo.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers.

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Estonia Country data

We have compiled a few data points below that can help you better understand Estonia and have more context when thinking about travel safety.

Official country name: Republic of Estonia.

Etymology: The country name may derive from the Aesti, an ancient people who lived along the eastern Baltic Sea in the first centuries A.D.

Capital: Tallinn.

Independence / foundation: After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, an action never recognized by the US and many other countries, it regained its freedom in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Population: 1 million.

Currency: Estonian Kroon (EEK)
1 USD = 14 EEK
1 EUR = 16 EEK

Time zone: UTC+2

Languages spoken: Estonian (official) 68%, Russian 30%, Ukrainian <1%, other 1%, unspecified <1%.

Religions: Orthodox 16%, Lutheran 10%, other Christian (including Methodist, Seventh Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal) 2%, other <1%, none 54%, unspecified 17%.

Climate: Maritime climate. Wet, moderate winters and cool summers.

Real GDP (ppp – purchasing power parity): $50.86 billion.

Real GDP per capita (ppp): $37,700.

Main airports: Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport, Tartu Airport, Kuressaare Airport.

World heritage sites in Estonia

There are over 1,100 world heritage sites spread across more than 165 countries. New ones are added every year, and some may be removed from the list for various reasons.

Number of UNESCO listed sites: 2.

Top world heritage sites:

- Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn.
- Struve Geodetic Arc .

Interesting facts about Estonia

- Tallinn, Estonia's capital city, is the best-preserved medieval city in Northern Europe and it's designated as world heritage site by UNESCO. It is also the first capital city in the European Union to provide free public transport to its citizens.

- In 2005, Estonia became the first country to offer online voting nationally in local elections. The country is also a major start up center and offers stat-ups the ability to set up and operate in the country using Euro as the currency thanks to a Goverrnment initiative to supercharge the eco-system.

- Estonians are multilingual. Besides Estonian, the majority of the population speaks a second or several additional languages such as English, Russian, Finnish and German.

- Tallinn's Christmas market is among the most famous in the world. You can visit this charming market in Town Hall every year from late November to early January.

Further reading: N/A.

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About the Solo Female Travel Safety Index

Safety matters to solo female travelers, you told us so in our annual Solo Female Travel Survey, where year after year, women prove that this is their most important concern when traveling solo.

We wanted to do something about it, so we built these country-specific pages where you can find reviews and scores for 7 key variables affecting the safety of women traveling solo.

How to use the Safety Index

On this page, you will find the country score and the personal opinions on safety of other women traveling solo.

You can sort the comments by:

• The level of experience traveling solo of the reviewer (beginner = <5 trips solo, Intermediate = 5 to 10 trips solo, Experienced = >10 trips solo).
• The age of the traveler.
• Whether they are a visitor or local.
• The date they were posted.

The safety scores range from 1 to 4 with 1 being the safest and 4 being the most dangerous for solo female travelers. 

Thus, the lower the score, the safer the country.

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