Sunday was International Women's Day, Naistepäev in Estonian, and meant a busy few days for Estonia's florists and wholesalers.
Sunday morning saw a flurry of activity and waiting lines in Tallinn, at Viru Street's well-known flower sellers' strip, under the shadows of the historic Viru Gate, with mostly male members of the public snapping up bouquets for the significant women in their lives.
As for non-Estonians, one, Bin, said that he had only marked the day since he came to Estonia. "I think it's not as big in other countries as it is here. It's very important here; this kind of scene doesn't happen anywhere else in the world, I think," he said.
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