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Estonia

8 lugares · 21 museos

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Welcome to Estonia

A medieval Hanseatic town, island windmills, deep forests and a country that sang its way to freedom.

Estonia is small, with about 1.3 million people, but it has kept its own language, songs and stories through centuries of foreign rule. Walk the towers and cobbled streets of Tallinn, see Estonian art at Kumu, step into old farmhouses at the Open Air Museum and learn how Estonians live at the National Museum in Tartu. Plan your museum days on museumtickets.com, then take a sauna, eat black rye bread and listen for the songs.

  • 1869the first Estonian Song Festival is held in Tartu
  • 1989the Baltic Way: a human chain of about two million people across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
  • 1991Estonia restores its independence
  • 2004Estonia joins the European Union

Estonia through the ages

Hanseatic merchants, empires and a revolution of songs.

  1. 1219

    Danish Tallinn

    Danish knights build a castle on Toompea hill; the name Tallinn is often explained as 'Danish town'.

    Para verlo: Kiek in de Kök
  2. 1285

    A Hanseatic town

    Tallinn, then called Reval, joins the Hanseatic League and grows rich on trade between Russia and the West.

    Para verlo: Tallinn City Museum
  3. 1632

    Tartu University

    The Swedish king founds the university in Tartu, which becomes the heart of Estonian learning.

    Para verlo: University of Tartu Museum
  4. 1918

    Independence

    Estonia declares independence on 24 February 1918 and wins it in the War of Independence.

    Para verlo: Estonian History Museum
  5. 1940

    Occupation

    Estonia is occupied by the Soviet Union, then by Nazi Germany, then again by the Soviet Union; many people are deported or flee.

    Para verlo: Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom
  6. 1988

    The Singing Revolution

    Hundreds of thousands gather at the Song Festival Grounds to sing forbidden national songs.

    Para verlo: Estonian History Museum
  7. 1991

    Freedom restored

    Estonia restores its independence on 20 August 1991.

    Para verlo: Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom

Women who shaped Estonia

Poets, a painter's model of a nation and the first woman president.

Lydia Koidula

The poet of the national awakening (1843–1886). Her poem 'My fatherland is my love' became a second anthem that people sang when the real one was forbidden.

Para verlo: Koidula Memorial Museum
Marie Under

One of the great Estonian poets of the 20th century, nominated many times for the Nobel Prize; she wrote in exile in Sweden after 1944.

Para verlo: Estonian Literary Museum
Kersti Kaljulaid

In 2016 she became Estonia's first woman president, and the youngest head of state in the country's history.

Artists to look for in Estonia

From a Tallinn painter at the Spanish court to the moods of Konrad Mägi.

Michel Sittow

Born in Tallinn around 1469, he became court painter to Queen Isabella of Castile, then came home to paint in his native town.

Bernt Notke

His 'Danse Macabre', a long painting of Death dancing with pope, king and peasant, survives in St Nicholas' Church in Tallinn.

Johann Köler

The first great Estonian painter of the 19th century, who painted peasants and portraits with pride.

Konrad Mägi

Painter of glowing landscapes of Saaremaa, Norway and Italy in the early 20th century; see him at Kumu and in Tartu.

Kristjan Raud

He drew the heroes of the national epic Kalevipoeg in strong black lines.

Taste Estonia

Black bread, smoked fish and a flour you eat with a spoon.

Rye bread

Dark, slightly sweet black bread (leib) is on every table; Estonians bring it home from abroad because they miss it.

Sprat sandwich

Black bread with butter, spiced sprats, egg and green onion: the classic snack.

Kama

A flour of roasted grains and peas, stirred into kefir or buttermilk for breakfast or a dessert.

Verivorst

Blood sausage with lingonberry jam, eaten at Christmas.

Mulgipuder

Mashed potatoes and barley with fried bacon and onion, from the Mulgi region in the south.

Traditions and festivals through the year

Sledges in winter, bonfires at midsummer and songs every five years.

Vastlapäev – late winter

Families go sledging, eat pea soup and cream buns; a long slide promises a good harvest of flax.

Jaanipäev – midsummer

The most loved holiday: bonfires burn through the light night, and people look for the fern flower in the forest.

Song and Dance Festival – every five years, summer

Tens of thousands of singers stand on the stage of the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn; UNESCO lists the Baltic song festivals as intangible heritage.

Mardipäev and Kadripäev – November

Children dress up and go from door to door with songs and wishes, as Martin's and Catherine's mummers.

Christmas market – December

The Town Hall Square in Tallinn fills with stalls and a big tree; Tallinn and Riga both claim the first public Christmas tree.

Historia oculta

Peep into the kitchen

Why is a cannon tower in Tallinn called 'look into the kitchen'?

Leer la historiaCerrar

Kiek in de Kök, the great cannon tower on Toompea, was built in the 15th century. Its name is Low German for 'peep into the kitchen': the soldiers at the top could look down the chimneys into the kitchens of the houses below. Today it is a museum, and from it you can walk into the tunnels that were dug under the bastions in the 17th century.

Consejos para amantes del arte

Old town shoes

Tallinn's old town is hilly and cobbled; wear flat shoes.

Train to Tartu

Trains run between Tallinn and Tartu; it is easy to visit both.

Islands

Ferries take you to Saaremaa and Hiiumaa; Saaremaa is reached by ferry to Muhu and a causeway.

Closed days

Many museums close one day a week; check before you go.

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Cómo llegar

Cómo llegar a Estonia

Del aeropuerto al centro en transporte público, y luego los trenes y las líneas locales hasta los museos.

Llegar en avión

TLL
Tallinn AirportTallinn
  • TranvíaTram 4 ↗→ Tallinn city centreunos 15 min

Moverse por Estonia

Las líneas y los horarios cambian. Consulta la web del operador antes de viajar.

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