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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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