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Arvamusfestival (Opinion Festival)

Paide, Estonia

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Estonia's opinion festival, organised since 2013 by the association MTÜ Arvamusfestival in Paide, a small town in the centre of the country, over two days in early August on the castle hill (Vallimägi). It gathers over nine thousand people in open debates between politics, business, science and civil society. The programme comes from an idea call with a free area of limited places, but running one's own debate area costs between 350 and 1,200 euros per event. The Baltic reference case.

Organised by
MTÜ Arvamusfestival
Since
2013
Frequency
Annual · usual months: August
Continuity
Still held
Usual venue
Paide, Estonia
Languages
Estonian, English
Website
arvamusfestival.ee ↗
Last reviewed
21 October 2026

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6 to 7 August 2027Democratic innovation

Arvamusfestival 2027

Paide · Estonia

Fifteenth edition of the Estonian opinion festival, on 6 and 7 August 2027 in Paide.

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