Salme river here marks the place of the strait that phased out about 2000 years ago. The peninsula ends with the Sõrve neck and following islets in Irben Strait. The peninsula was first mentioned in 1234 by the name Sworve. The history of the light hous...
A legend says the Swedish king Ingvar and his gold is buried here. Another says:
sailors brought the stones in the hope of pleasing God and getting saved should their
ship sink. They thought they had made a deal with God, therefore the name. Third...
Most of the boulders in Saaremaa are from the bottom of the Baltic Sea or from Finland. Ice left them here. The greatest them have a legend of course suggesting a different origin. The Heater Stones for example are told to have spilt from a giant woman'...
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