Estonia

Estonia is one of Europe’s best-kept secrets, and honestly, most Estonians prefer it that way. A tiny country on the Baltic Sea with vast forests, medieval old towns, quirky islands, and a tech-savvy culture that somehow coexists with ancient folk traditions and a borderline spiritual relationship with saunas. Tallinn’s Old Town gets all the Instagram love, but the real magic is in the bog walks of Soomaa, the wild beaches of Saaremaa, and the peculiar charm of places like Seto country, where they still sing polyphonic songs that predate written history. It’s the kind of place where you can eat at a Michelin-starred restaurant and then go pick mushrooms in the forest the same afternoon.