Estonia presentation!

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45 227 square kilometers of history, nature and picturesque places
Estonia

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Estonia
Estonian National Anthem – dont skip it, please

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Tallinn – the Capital of the Estonia. The place,
where the Baltic Sea is about 5km from your flat.
• Tallinn became a city in 1248.
• Tallinn Old Town (Estonian: Tallinna vanalinn) is the oldest part of Tallinn, Estonia. Old Town of
Tallinn has managed to wholly preserve its structure of medieval and Hanseatic origin. Old Town
represents an exceptionally intact 13th century city plan. Since 1997, the area has been registered
in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The old town is bordered by the Walls of Tallinn. Its area is
113 ha and there is a buffer zone of 2,253 ha.
• But enough talking – lets show some pictures and videos!

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We love to sing and dance!
So, let´s dance!
2 steps inside and 2 steps
outside!

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Let´s move on – our next stop – Haapsalu
• Haapsalu has been well known
for centuries for its warm
seawater, curative mud and
peaceful atmosphere. Salt mud
spas frequented by the Russian
Romanov family still operate.
Narrow streets with early 20th
century wooden houses lead to
the sea. Haapsalu has been
called the "Venice of the
Baltics”.
• Enjoy! Or how we should say
in estonian “Tere tulemast!”

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Only 100km from Tallinn – and peace and quiet of
Estonian nature and small town will make you feel
at home

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And like any other small town – Haapsalu has
its own legends
THE LEGEND OF THE WHITE LADY
OF HAAPSALU CASTLE

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• The Castle of Haapsalu was founded in the 13th century as the official new residence for the Bishopric of Osel-Wiek,
which had been looking for a new place since Lithuanians burned down their previous residence in Perona. The
constructions started with the cathedral and monastery, but building the entire Castle took more than three centuries.
• The legend of the White Lady of Haapsalu goes back to the early days of the castle, when the Bishopric of Osel-Wiek
was reigning. Along with the bishops, in the monastery lived many priests and canons that had sworn their loyalty to the
rules of the Bishopric and the monastery. These rules included, among others, the total chastity of the priests in order
to lead their path in a virtuous way. To preserve their pureness, the access to the monastery was completely forbidden
for women, and the monks and canons rarely went outside.
• According to the legend, one of the canons living in the monastery fell in love with an Estonian maiden during one of his
walks outside the castle. She declared her love back to the canon, so in order to be together, the canon brought her
secretly to live with him in the castle. She was dressed as a choir boy all the time so nobody else would discover her real
identity, which would be fatal for both of them. The plan worked for the lovers for a long time, as nobody bothered to
doubt the gender of the new choir boy.
• Sadly, that was going to change soon enough. The Bishop, who had been away of the castle for some time aiding other
issues, returned to the Castle of Haapsalu. Maybe he had a sharper eye than the rest, or maybe the secret was not so
secret as the couple thought, but the maiden caught the Bishop’s attention while she was singing with the choir dressed
as a man as usual. The Bishop suspected something was wrong with the choir boy and ordered him to be investigated.
• Upon investigations, it was soon revealed that the choir boy was actually a woman. The Bishop summoned his council to
find exemplary punishments for her and the canon, as women were forbidden to enter the Castle under penalty of
death, and the canon had betrayed his sacred vows. Therefore, the evil Bishop came up with the idea of starving both of
them to death: he, inside a cell in prison, but for her the Bishop had an even more twisted end: to be immured in the
wall of the chapel.
• The Chapel was under construction at the time, so the builders left a cavity in the wall where the poor girl was left to
die with nothing but a piece of bread and a mug of water, and they sealed the wall leaving her stuck inside. It is said
that, for days, her screams and laments could be heard from inside of the wall across the whole monastery.
• The legend affirms that, as her soul could not find any rest after this tragic and cruel ending, it is still wandering the
walls of the castle as a ghost, grieving the loss of her beloved man and proving the immortality of love. Furthermore,
she appears occasionally to the human eyes. The legend says that every night of full moon, the White Lady can be seen
in the window of the baptistery of the Chapel where she died.

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Tsaikovski musical
bench in Haapsalu.
The composer lived in
Haapsalu for while.

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Estonia – it isnt all about the mainland – we
have islands also!
• The biggest island of Estonia is Saaremaa.
• In old Scandinavian sources, Saaremaa is called Eysysla and in the
Icelandic Sagas Eysýsla (Old Norse: [ˈœyˌsyːslɑ]), meaning "the district
(land) of island". The island is called Saaremaa in Estonian, and in
Finnish Saarenmaa—literally "isle land" or "island land",[3] i.e. the
same as the Scandinavian name for the island. The old Scandinavian
name is also the origin of the island's name in Danish Øsel, German
and Swedish Ösel, Gutnish Oysl, and in Latin, Osilia. In Latvian, the
island is called Sāmsala, which possibly means "the island of Saami".
Saaremaa may have been the historic Ultima Thule

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Pädaste mõis – high-quality place for
wellbeing
• The earliest written history of Pädaste Manor dates back to 1566. On the 25th of
June of that year Fredrik II, King of Denmark handed the manor over to the von
Knorr family in recognition of services rendered to the Danish Crown. The manor
and surrounding farms were an important centre of agricultural activity already
by that time. It must have been much earlier, not long after bishop Albert von
Buxhoeveden by decree of Pope Honorius III led the last and decisive battle on
Muhu Island against the Estonian heathens that this enchanting site was selected
to build a manor.
• The origins of the manor go back to the 14th century, some of these ancient walls
are still visible at the very heart of the house. In the latter part of the 19th
century the house was enlarged considerably and given a new façade, hence the
harmonious dimensions and clean lines which give the house it’s character today.
The buildings that frame the court yard were erected between 1870 and 1890, a
period in which the German-Baltic nobles enjoyed great wealth

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Recent history
After years of neglect during the Soviet period in which the
use of the manor alternated between army headquarter,
fish distribution center and home for the elderly until its
abandonment in the early 80’s, we took up the endeavor in
1996 to restore Pädaste Manor to new splendour, with the
goal to create one of the finest hotels in the Baltic
countryside.

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Kuressaare – the Capital of Saaremaa

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Pärnu – the Capital of Estonian summer
Pärnu (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈpærˑnu]) is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia,
Pärnu is located 128 kilometres (80 mi) south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and 176 kilometres (109 mi) west
of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga, which
is a part of the Baltic Sea. In the city, the Pärnu River drains into the Gulf of Riga.
Pärnu is a popular summer holiday resort town among Estonians with many hotels, restaurants and large
beaches. The city is served by Pärnu Airport.
Perona (German: Alt-Pernau, Estonian: Vana-Pärnu), which was founded by the bishop of Ösel–Wiek c. 1251,
suffered heavily under pressure of the concurrent town, and was finally destroyed c. 1600. Another town,
Embeke (later German: Neu-Pernau, Estonian: Uus-Pärnu) was founded by the Livonian Order, who began
building an Ordensburg nearby in 1265. The latter town, then known by the German name of Pernau, was a
member of the Hanseatic League and an important ice-free harbor for Livonia. The Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth took control of town between 1560 and 1617; the Poles and Lithuanians fought the Swedes
nearby in 1609. Sweden took control of the town during the 16th-century Livonian War as part of Swedish
Livonia, although it was not formally ceded by Poland-Lithuania until the 1660 Treaty of Oliva. Sweden then
lost Livonia to the Russian Empire in the 1710 Capitulation of Estonia and Livonia and the 1721 Treaty of
Nystad, following the Great Northern War. It belonged to the Imperial Russian Governorate of Livonia until
1917, when it was transferred to the short-lived Autonomous Governorate of Estonia. The city is occasionally
referred to as Pyarnu, an incorrect reverse-transliteration from the Russian Пярну.

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Tartu – the Capital of Estonian science and
knowledge!
• Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of
91,407 (as of 2021).
• It is 186 kilometres (116 miles) southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152
miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects
the two largest lakes in Estonia, Lake Võrtsjärv and Lake Peipus. From the 13th
century until the end of the 19th century, Tartu was known in most of the world
by variants of its historical name Dorpat. Aerial view of Toomemägi, Tartu
cathedral and Tartu downtown Tartu, the largest urban centre of southern
Estonia, is often considered the "intellectual capital city" of the country,
especially as it is home to the nation's oldest and most renowned university, the
University of Tartu (founded in 1632).
• Tartu also houses the Supreme Court of Estonia, the Ministry of Education and
Research, the Estonian National Museum, and the oldest Estonian-language
theatre, Vanemuine. It is also the birthplace of the Estonian Song Festivals. Tartu
will be the European Capital of Culture in 2024.

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Narva – the autumn Capital of Estonia
• Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru
county, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of
the Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia international border.
With 54,409 inhabitants (as of 2020) Narva is Estonia's third largest
city after capital Tallinn and Tartu

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And if you find Estonia to small – you can also
visit the Capital of Latvia – Riga!
• Riga (/ˈriːɡə/; Latvian: Rīga [ˈriːɡa], Livonian: Rīgõ) is the capital and
largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a
third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the
mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's
territory covers 307.17 km2 (118.60 sq mi) and lies 1–10 m (3.3–32.8
ft) above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain.

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We wish you a pleasant stay in Estonia, or as we call it – Eesti!
Estonia