People all around the world are working to push the boundaries on what it means to be a modern city. The website culturetrip.com lists ten cities that have used their forward-thinking and innovative efforts in technology, architecture, city planning, and social issues to become models of modernity.

Tallinn, Estonia, holds the third place on the list with Helsinki, Finland, right after.

Estonia only gained independence from Russia in 1991, but even though it missed out on the start of the technological revolution, Estonia quickly made up for lost time, writes the culturetrip.com Indeed, the country jumped into innovating technology headfirst.

Although the capital city Tallinn doesn’t resemble California’s Silicon Valley in looks, it has a startup scene to rival it.