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Tartan in Tallinn

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Estonia - The land of digital trust

A small, random group from the Scottish tech community visited Tallinn in late October 2017. The highlights and memories are on this page. I have also included links to some blog posts where I have shared the lesson the trip inspired. If you haven't yet been to Tallinn, get out there and see for yourself.

Tallinn, Estonia, rooftops in the snow

Fun things I learned in Tallinn...

  • You can do anything digitally in Estonia....
  • ...except get married, get divorced or buy a house
  • You can file an Estonian tax return digitally in under a minute!
  • Everyone in Estonia takes their shoes off at work...
  • ...including the British Ambassador
  • Playing the board game Secret Hitler is a great way to build your startup team
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The Tour Party

Special thanks to Peter Ferry, Dianne Ferry and Chris Martin for making this all happen together with Neil Mathieson in Estonia. The group included:
  • Peter Ferry, Wallet Services
  • Dianne Ferry, Qikserve
  • Chris Martin, Waracle
  • Ian Spencer, First Minister's Policy and Delivery Unit
  • Jude McCorry, The Data Lab
  • Stuart Fraser, Wallet Services
  • Jeph Hamilton, Exception
  • David Low, Scotesq and Scotcoin
  • Graeme Taylor, Agile Energy
  • Richard Higginson, Scottish Development International
  • Plus the long suffering Mrs Sue Fraser

e-estonia government showroom with presentation by Anna Piperal

E-Estonia Government Showroom

No trip would be complete without a visit. Here Managing Director Anna Pirepal explains the principles behind X-Road and all the data sharing in the country:
  • Citizen owns the data
  • Once and only once
  • Total openness and transparency
  • Highest standard of security applies to everything

To E or not to E

We were lucky enough to hear from Linnar Viik. He is a bit of a superstar and his retelling of the Estonian story is brilliant. Watch the video and learn for yourself.
Old Town, Tallinn Estonia with the scottish saltire flag flying

Springhub co-working space Tallinn Estonia

Startup Buzz

Estonia is also home to exciting early stage tech companies.  I was lucky enough to meet a whole variety of them including one in the Springhub pictured. Others included:​
  • Cybernetica
  • Nortal
  • RaulWalter
  • Mooncascade
  • Data.Me
  • Shoperb
  • Meduza.Ai
  • Wizard Finance

Tallinn for tourists

An ancient Hanseatic port, Tallinn is worth visiting for its own sake. Some of the highlights for us included:
  • The Old Town, city walls and the first snow of the winter
  • Viru Hotel and KGB museum
  • The Museum of Occupations
  • St Nicholas Church/ Danse Macabre
  • The British Ambassador's residence
  • The Scottish Room, Restaurant Lieb
Tallinn Estonia, Old town, St Nicholas Church

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