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Tallinn-Helsinki waterway. 2 March 2018

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16,281 geocoded Flickr photos sampled between January 2012 and March 2013. 11,789 in Helsinki, 2,995 in Tallinn.

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11,327 geocoded Helsinki tweets sampled between Saturday 16th March and Wednesday 10th April 2013.

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15,144 geocoded Helsinki tweets sampled between Saturday 16th March and Wednesday 10th April 2013.

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Estonia vs Finland

Country Estonia FinlandLeader President: Toomas Hendrik Ilves   President: Sauli Niinisto  Population1,274,709 5,262,930 Life Expectancy73.580 years 79.410 years Capital CityTallinn Helsinki Largest cityTallinn (population: 394,024)Helsinki (population: 558,457)Human Development Index0.871 0.954 GDP per capita$20,600 US $36,700 US Literacy Rate99.8% 100% Corruption Perception Index6.6 9 Percentage of Women in Parliament20.8% 41.5% Wealthiest Citizens Unemployment Rate12.100% 7.800% Death PenaltyAbolished Abolished Political Systemparliamentary republic republic Independence date20 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) 6 December 1917 (from Russia) ReligionsEvangelical Lutheran 13.6%, Orthodox 12.8%, other Christian (including Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal) 1.4%, unaffiliated 34.1%, other and unspecified 32%, none 6.1% (2000 census) Lutheran Church of Finland 82.5%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 15.1% (2006) LanguagesEstonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%, unknown 0.7% (2000 census) Finnish 91.5% (official), Swedish 5.5% (official), other 3% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2006) Exportsmachinery and equipment 29%, wood and paper 13%, metals 10%, food products 8%, textiles 5%, chemical products (2007) electrical and optical equipment, machinery, transport equipment, paper and pulp, chemicals, basic metals; timber External Debt$25,220,000,000 $ $577,000,000,000 US Exchange Ratekrooni (EEK) per US dollar - 10.7 (2008), 11.535 (2007), 12.473 (2006), 12.584 (2005), 12.596 (2004) note:the krooni is pegged to the euro euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6799 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP2.000% 2.000% Beijing Olympics Medal Count2 4 LocationEastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia Area45,228 km sq 338,145 km sq Coastline3,794 km 1,250 km Climatemaritime, wet, moderate winters, cool summers cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes

Source: aneka.com

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Old joke

While many Estonians still enjoy the old joke that it's pointless to go to Helsinki since all the Finns are already in Tallinn, top businessmen and politicians looking into the crystal ball of Tallinn's future agree that in a couple of decades the Finno-Ugric capitals would benefit from a closer economic and administrative relationship. Dubbed "Talsinki" years ago, the imagined union of the 400,000-resident Tallinn and 550,000-strong Helsinki, divided by a 80-kilometer strip of the Gulf of Finland, could eventually become a reality as the two cities' public transport and even public administrations are gradually united into one.

Baltic Times, Oct 20, 2004 

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Talsinki

From  Wikipedia:

Talsinki (sometimes also Hellinna or Hellinn) is a colloquial name for the frequent, cheap and easy travel between Helsinki, Finlandand Tallinn, Estonia. It is an obvious portmanteau of the cities' names.

"Talsinki" is often used to imply that the commercial centre of Tallinn has become "the Helsinkians' living room". Every summer, thousands of Helsinkian tourists travel to Tallinn and back the same day, spending their entire time in Tallinn shopping in the variousdepartment stores and markets in the city centre and the Old Town, attracted by the low prices. Very few tourists venture outside the centre, and fewer still travel to other Estonian cities.

The converse happens much more rarely. Many Estonian tourists like to visit Finland every year, but the shopping phenomenon on their side is not necessarily "cheap" shopping but rather "different" shopping - it is about finding different goods. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Estonian living standard (although still not on the level of Finland) has improved drastically. In fact, many goods are more expensive in Estonia than in Finland (e.g., some food supplies, clothes, etc.)

There are also have been proposals to connect Helsinki and Tallinn as one metropolitan area, like Copenhagen and Malmö (Oresund Region), by a railroad beneath the Gulf of Finland. However, these proposals haven't got any significant support yet.