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Estonian Literature Tour – Life in Estonia a hundred years ago
1. Eduard Vilde Museum → 2. A.H. Tammsaare Museum → 3. Sculpture Oscar Wilde and Eduard Vilde → 4. Palamuse O. Luts’s Parish School Museum
Do you want to know what life was like in Estonian cities, rural areas and parish schools a hundred years ago? In the Eduard Vilde Museum in Kadriorg, Tallinn you will not only learn about the great writer's work and life but also take a closer look on the life of Estonian bourgeoisie a century ago. The Anton Hansen Tammsaare museum in Vargamäe offers you an opportunity to get to know to a traditional Estonian farm complex in a scenic surrounding.
The second day of the tour takes you to Oskar Luts' parish school museum in Palamuse: the museum is set up after the masterpiece "Kevade" by the same author. You can visit an authentic schoolhouse, churchyard and pharmacy from the beginning of the 20th century.
Route map
Sites along route
Eduard Vilde Museum
Eduard Vilde (1865-1933) was one of Estonia’s best known writers. Vilde spent his last days on the first floor of this beautiful Baroque building in Kadriorg Park. Three rooms are dedicated to an…
A.H. Tammsaare Museum
The Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878 – 1940) Museum was established in the writer’s birthplace in 1958. A restored traditional farmhouse, barn, cottagers’ house, fences were added at the same location in…
Sculpture Oscar Wilde and Eduard Vilde
The sculpture in front of Café Wilde (sculptor T Kirsipuu, 1999) is a fun speculation about literary history. English writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), who was born in Ireland, and Estonian writer…
Palamuse O. Luts’s Parish School Museum
Palamuse parish school building and the living quarters for the parish clerk Georg Nieländer were completed in 1837 and the school was open there until 1975. A museum has been open there from 5…
