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Take the risk, and don’t focus on the money—tips for moving to Estonia

Aleksa Gold (born in 2000) is well known to Eesti Elu readers as a swimmer at University of Toronto, someone who is active in the Canadian-Estonian community, and was recently featured in EstoCast's thirtieth episode.

Photo used with permission from Aleksa Gold

After graduating from the University of Toronto (B.Sc. in Global Health and Environment) in spring 2023, Gold moved to Estonia. Gold sat down with Eesti Elu's Hillar Lauri in Maiasmokk Cafe in the Old Town of Tallinn and talked about her move to Tallinn. Here are some key takeaways about her experience of life in Estonia.

Previous visits to Tallinn

During her teenage years, Gold visited Tallinn numerous times as her uncle and cousins live there. When she was 16, she worked for a summer at her uncle's cafe in the Old Town of Tallinn. But none of these trips prepared her for—or put the idea into her mind of—moving to Estonia.

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