Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing

The most valuable features of the 2770 ha Nigula Nature Conservation Area are Nigula Fen, a lake called Järv and old forests. The Nigula Forest, untouched by human activity, is unique even on the scale of Europe. Nigula Fen is the first fen that was tak...

It is a meadow of 8 ha where old (almost 350 years old) oak trees grow. At the borders of the area, the oaks grow more densely, on the sides, the area is higher. According to folkloric traditions there used to be a forest lake a long time ago. The baron...

Nikolai Pirogov (1810--1881), having studied and taught in Tartu University, was among the firsts in Europe to use ether for narcosis. While serving as a doctor in Crimean War he started to use plaster castings which significantly lessened the number of...