Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing

Jõelähtme church was consecrated to Virgin Mary, the most beloved saint in the Middle Ages -  a most telling fact in itself of the importance of the church. A Gothic-styled church was built in the 14th century replacing the original; the church, ha...

The coldest day ever measured in Estonia, a day of –43.5 °C was measured in Jõgeva in 1940, the second coldest day of –37.6 °C was also measured in Jõgeva. Although Estonia is on the same latitude with the Southern coast of Alaska the weather in h...

Having been a teacher of king Gustav II Adolf and being his councilor Johan Skyte was the man who made the king want to open a university in Tartu. Skyte can be described as a man before his time - he expressed a hope that Estonians and Latvians too wou...