Toomas Nipernaadi

The story of the book was made into a film titled Nipernaadi in 1983.

Nipernaadi is a writer who spends his summers travelling incognito around Estonia.

Despite the roguish nature of his behavior, he still somehow brings hope to the stagnant backwater villages he breezes through, inspiring the inhabitants to turn their own dreams into reality.

The novel has given modern Estonian the word nipernaadi, a somewhat whimsical term for an adventurous traveller who wants to experience something off the beaten track or beyond the usual tourist sights.

The news and public affairs station Radio Kuku, for instance, has a regular travel feature called "Nipernaadid" (The Nipernaadis).