An Estonian House is a center of Estonian culture, usually overseas. Numerous Estonian Houses were set up after the Soviet occupation of Estonia led to tens of thousands of Estonian people fleeing the war and the occupation and settling overseas.

London

On 30 May 2009, the London Estonian House opened Estonian School in London, a volunteer-supported Estonian language school teaching based on Estonian curricula employing fully qualified teachers with teaching experience from Estonian comprehensive and high schools.

New York

New York Estonian House

New York Estonian House

The New York Estonian House is a 3-story Beaux-Arts building located at 243 East 34th Street in the Kips Bay neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The building was designated as a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1978.The house was originally...

 was bought in 1946 by Estonian-American

Estonian-American

The Estonian Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who are of Estonian ancestry, mainly descendants of people who left Estonia before and especially during World War II...

s. It's located at 243 East 34th Street

34th Street (Manhattan)

34th Street is a major cross-town street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, connecting the Lincoln Tunnel and Queens-Midtown Tunnel. Like many of New York City's major crosstown streets, it has its own bus routes and four subway stops serving the trains at Eighth Avenue, the trains at...

 in the Kips Bay

Kips Bay

Kips Bay is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Because there are no official boundaries for New York City neighborhoods, the limits of Kip's Bay are somewhat vague, but it is often considered to be the area between East 23rd Street and East 34th Street extending from...

 neighborhood on Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

. It houses a number of Estonian organizations such as the New York Estonian School, the editorial office of Estonian language newspaper Vaba Eesti Sõna

Vaba Eesti Sõna

Vaba Eesti Sõna is a prominent Estonian expatriate weekly newspaper published in New York, USA established in 1949....

, choruses for men and women and a folk dancing group.

External links

• New York Estonian House
• Toronto Estonian House
• Chicago Estonian House
• Adelaide Estonian House
• Baltimore Estonian House
• Lakewood Estonian House
• London Estonian House
• Leicester Estonian House
• Los Angeles Estonian House
• Stockholm Estonian House
• Tallinn Estonian House
• Estonian Houses in Australia
• A list of Estonian Houses maintained by Tallinn Estonian House