Even though Kulmoja is mostly busy dipping ice cream and filling the buckets, she still likes to see visitors queued up, especially when the same people come year after year. "I think people have some kind of willingness to show what they can offer or how they live," she said. "In Estonian, you would say maybe 'edevus'. It's like the feeling you get being the centre of others' attention."
Why Estonians invite strangers into their back gardens each summer
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