Estonia

Conditional

Issuer: Municipality or site manager for commercial productions; no permit for personal street photography

Cost: No permit for personal photography; commercial crews and managed heritage sites need authorization

Personal photography in public needs no permit. Commercial productions in Tallinn's Old Town and at managed heritage sites should coordinate with the city or site manager. The Film Estonia cash-rebate scheme (Estonian Film Institute) handles incoming productions.

Governed by EU EASA rules; register as a UAS operator under the Open or Specific category, an EU registration from any member state is valid

For category detail and no-fly zones, see Drone Authority.

Yes to photograph; GDPR and Estonian personality rights apply once you publish an identifiable person

Personal-use shooting falls under the GDPR household exemption. Publishing or commercial use of a recognizable person without consent is where risk starts, with the usual carve-outs for public events and journalism.

Non-commercial only

The Estonian Copyright Act permits reproducing works of architecture and art permanently located in public places, except where the work is the main subject of the image and the use is for direct commercial purposes. Editorial and personal use is fine; selling prints of a copyrighted building or sculpture as the main subject is not covered.