“For the duration of an all-Estonian song festival Tallinn seems to change into a huge beehive. The good-humoured, lively singers bustle about in the streets. Schoolhouses, community halls and homes are packed full of visitors, native and from farther afield. The capital city extends its hopitality to each and every one of them.”
– P. Põder, Laulumaa, Песенный край. Land of song. Land des Gesangs, Perioodika, Tallinn, 1985
