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You know you're from Estonia if:

1. You use the word ‘normal’ if something is ok. 2. When visiting friends abroad you bring along a box of Kalev chocolate. 3. You attended a song festival at least once either as a performer or as a spectator. 4. You know that going to the sauna is 80% about networking and 20% about washing 5. You are nationalistic about Skype (it is actually an Estonian company) 6. ‘Kohuke’ belongs to your menu 7. You declare your taxes on the internet like all modern people 8. You actually believed for a while that Latvians had 6 toes per foot when you heard that as a child 9. You are convinced that Estonia is very strategically located 10. You spent at least one midsummer in Saaremaa, Hiiumaa or one of the smaller islands 11. You can quote films like “Viimne reliikvia” and “Siin me oleme” 12. You spit three times around your left shoulder for good luck 13. Words like “veoauto”, “täieõiguslik” or “jää-äär” sound perfectly pronouncable to you 14. You like bold statements, su