Did you know?
The people of Saaremaa have their own language
Sometimes it takes a bit of figuring out what a person from Saaremaa is saying – even though the words may sound the same as on the mainland, their meaning can be completely different. For example, ‘katsu ilma kartsata elu peale minna’ does not mean what you might think. Translated into Estonian, it would be ‘proovi ilma redelita pööningule minna’ (try to go up to the attic without a ladder).