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Last minute tips                                                                                                                                     Travel






                      Estonians are pretty casual about tipping, but here are some basic unwritten rules and manners
                      about tipping: As mentioned, tipping is voluntary. If you do not like the service, you do not have
                      to tip. However, 10% of the bill is polite and in many places expected for a satisfactory or good
                      service


                      European parliament banned operators from adding charges for using minutes, texts or data while                                          guide
                      roaming in the EU, meaning there will be no extra charge for using their smartphones in the affec-
                      ted countries ! This comes into effect starting May 18th for Orange clients, May 29th for Bouygues
                      clients, and on June 15th for SFR clients. Free clients already benefit from this since March 2017.
                      Check with your telephone operator for more details



                                Top Apps to use in Tallinn and Riga

                  «Like a local»
                  Offline tourist guide,                                    «Travel Guide and offline city map»
                  available for both cities...                              Also available for both cities
                  basically a Yelp for tourists !




        And fun facts about the Baltics !



                                                                                                                                                  The schedule




        Estonia was the first                                                                    Almost                                           What, where & when

        country in the world                       The most popular sport in                50%of Estonia

        to use online political                 Latvia is ice hockey. Basketball             is covered by

        voting.                                             is big, too.                         forest.









                                                                            Estonia


                                                                       is the least religious country

                                                                       in the world with only


           The Latvian flag is one of the                         14%of the population claiming

           oldest in the world, dating all                                    any religious
           the way back to the 13th century                                           beliefs.


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