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Saare County

Windmills, juniper and a bishop's castle on Estonia's biggest island.

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📷 Gerdy Ling · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Saaremaa is stone walls, windmills, juniper heaths and a crater made by a meteorite.

Museums in Saare County

Look inside, then pay your admission straight to the museum.

Places in Saare County

The story of Saare County

Kuressaare, the island's town, has the best-preserved medieval castle in the Baltic states, home to the Saaremaa Museum. Drive to the windmills of Angla, the meteorite crater lake of Kaali and the cliffs of Panga. Taste Saaremaa's dark bread and smoked fish, and look for juniper butter knives and dolomite stone crafts.

  • c. 1500 BCa meteorite makes the Kaali craters (dates vary)
  • 14th c.the bishop's castle of Kuressaare is built

Saare County through time

The big moments, and where to see them today.

  1. 1227German crusaders conquer the island.See it: Saaremaa Museum

What to do in Saare County

  1. 01

    Saaremaa Museum

    History and nature inside Kuressaare castle.

    Kuressaare2 hours
  2. 02

    Angla windmills

    A row of wooden windmills and a heritage centre.

    Angla1 hour
Getting there

Getting to Saare County

From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.

Arriving by plane

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Tallinn AirportTallinn

Getting around Saare County

Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.

On the map

Hidden story

A star fell here

The Kaali crater was made by a meteorite.

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Some three to four thousand years ago a meteorite broke up over Saaremaa and made a group of craters near Kaali. The largest, about 110 metres across, holds a round lake, and archaeologists found offerings around it. Some think the sight of fire falling from the sky entered the old myths of the Baltic and Scandinavia.