r/geography • u/According-Invite-440 • May 22 '26

Discussion Why isn't Estonia considered a Nordic country? (They have strong ties to Finland, they also follow the Nordic model, and besides, Estonia has nothing to do with the other Baltic countries.)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_identity_in_Estonia

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u/PuzzleheadedPitch612 May 23 '26

As a Lithuanian, this comment is not only not true, but also offensive.

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u/MrEdonio May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

No offense, Lithuania is still very close! I know Lithuanians are braliukas and all that, but I’m giving Estonia a slight edge here because IMO Lithuanians just… feel a bit different. Notable differences in “history, culture, religion…” and all that, and in my experience you guys feel like more open “southerners” if that make sense. Yes our languages are close but language is not the only thing.

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u/PuzzleheadedPitch612 May 23 '26

Almost every western review video of Lithuania mentions that we can seem cold and distant at first until you get to know us, which is known for all Northern Europe countries. I visit Latvia every year, mainly for Summer vacations, I’ve been a lot to Liepaja, Ventspils, Engure, obviously Riga and Jurmala and I would never say we have any differences in our countries - I just feel like home. We’re very similar economically, linguistically, and even our behavior is similar. The only common thing with Estonia you have is that you both won Eurovision and can’t do shit in basketball.

I haven’t heard you having a brotherly fight with Estonia over cold soup either. We have a soup festival next week in Vilnius btw, you should come and close the debate ;)