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Currents May 2016 7
Globetrotter
By: Max Edwards
Tallinn- A Sea View to Commerce
Estonia is not what one expects. Indeed, it offers charming town squares, castles, and medieval churches. But its recent past is not apparent: post- Soviet fugue has been supplanted by tech-savvy optimism. Estonia, with only 1.3 million citizens, has become The Baltic Tiger, often deemed a Nordic, rather than a Baltic, nation.
Tallinn, capital of Estonia, is the Baltic ' s Silicon Valley. Tallinn ' s citizens are among the world ' s elite in tech skills, and start-ups. Part of SKYPE( the application for video chat and voice) was developed here, and employs many.
How did Tallinn, with only 440,000 inhabitants( 2016), become a competitor? By building upon its trading history. Located on the Gulf of Finland, Tallinn long served as a port for trade between Sweden and Russia. In 1248, Tallinn became a member of the Hanseatic League, the powerful North Sea trading consortium.
More than any other Baltic city, Tallinn looked to the West, even when dominated by the USSR( 1944 to 1991). Proximity to Finland also preserved, for Tallinn, the concept of self-determination.
Today, Tallinn attracts Finnish day-trippers eager to purchase quality goods at lower prices. Helsinki, Finland, is just 50 miles north, 3 hours by ferry. Shopping will be a major force in Tallinn ' s future: Estonia ' s retail space, when completed, will be third only to that of Norway ' s and Luxembourg ' s. Nearly one-half million cruise ship passengers call at Tallinn annually.
Once known as Reval, Tallinn was a city by 1154. For centuries,
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