59.408901, 27.305408
GPS: 59° 24' 32" N, 27° 18' 19" E
First mentioned in 1497 Järve manor, sometimes carrying a name Türpsal, funny even
for Estonians, has a fortified main building with walls two meters thick – thicker than
average church walls. The third floor was like a panic room – there was no door leading
there, only a ladder. The floor was crashed in the Livonian or in the Nordic War.
A legend says local peasants received a miraculous relevation on this hill and later on found an Orthodox icon most holy under the oak-tree here, a sacrificial one itself. All of this happened in the 16th century.
To honor those events a chapel was e...
Location: Kohtla-Nõmme alev, Jaama tänav 100, Toila vald, Ida-Virumaa, 30503
An underground museum has been opened in the former Kohtla mines.
Join an excursion with a guide to see how oil shale is mined and the machinery and technology that is used to do so.
Take a ride on an underground train and try your hand at...
Location: Peterburi mnt 2, Narva linn, Ida-Virumaa, 20308
The Narva Castle is one of the main attractions of the city. In the seventh decade of the 13th century, the Danes established a castle as a residence for the Danish King’s vice-Regent. The Narva Castle is the most diverse and best preserved defence stru...