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National Colours Tour
1. Toompea Castle → 2. A.H. Tammsaare Museum → 3. Tartu Song Festival Museum → 4. CR Jakobson Farm Museum at Kurgja → 5. Museum of Occupations
| Duration: | 2 days |
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Start your tour from Tallinn: visit the Toompea Castle, the seat of the Estonian parliament and where the Estonian national flag flies on top of the Long Hermann tower. In Vargamäe you'll find the museum of the writer Anton Hansen Tammsaare in a scenic farm complex. The Song Festival Museum in Tartu introduces the origins of the song festival tradition and the national theatre. The museum of Carl Robert Jakobson, one of the most important people during the awakening is in Kurgja, where you will see the farm life of 19th century Estonia.
Sites along route
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Toompea Castle
Toompea Castle is one of Estonia's oldest and grandest architectural groupings. Built in the 13th-14th century, the castle is situated on the steep limestone coast, 50 m above the sea level. The…
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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…
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Tartu Song Festival Museum
Built i the first half of 19th century, this classical- style building is a heritage and important for Estonian culture. Vanemuise Society, who laid the foundation for the Estonian song festival…
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CR Jakobson Farm Museum at Kurgja
In the museum, you can learn about the life and work of Carl Robert Jakobson, who played a leading role during the times of Estonian national awakening in the 19th century, and the farm he…
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Museum of Occupations
The museum is dedicated to the occupations that took pace between 1939 and 1991 and their impact on Estonia and the residents of Estonia. Video, audio and pictorial materials create a concept of the…
