Estonia

Once feared as homes to spirits, Estonia's bogs cover a fifth of the country and are vital to its culture and ecology. Today, travellers can explore them on guided bog-shoe treks.

Used for centuries by rural Estonians to heal their aches and pains, smoke saunas are a soulful experience that clears the mind and cleanses the spirit.

We answer every emigrating family's top question: where are the best places to raise children – or, for that matter, to be a child?

Travellers are heading to Estonia in hopes of spotting wildlife that has vanished from much of Western Europe.

In a place where men have historically been absent, the role of women on this Estonian isle has expanded beyond traditional gender roles and into every aspect of life on dry land.

Every year Estonia’s Soomaa National Park disappears underwater, ushering in an unlikely season that creates an extraordinary sense of belonging among locals.

Spiked with spires, Tallinn’s skyline provides fascinating tales and haunting legends detailing the Estonian capital’s history.