St. Catherine’s Passage
St. Catherine’s Passage (Katariina kaik) connects Vene and Muurivahe streets. You can see the remaining portions of St. Catherine’s Church in the northern part of the passage. Residential buildings from the 15th to the 17th centuries stand along the sides of the southern section of the Passage. The Passage was rediscovered and given new life in the summer of 1995, but is still imbued with a medieval milieu. The open studios of artisans are now located here, and visitors can watch artists and craftsmen practise their craft daily. While each studio is unique in appearance and function, they are all united in the principle of the open studio: here one can view works not only as finished products, as in an ordinary gallery, but also as the end product of various processes that the open studio presents to the visitor.
Pirita
Pirita, located 5-7 kilometers from Tallinn’s city centre, borrowed its name from the Order of St. Bridget’s Virgin Mary Cloisters. In the early 20th century, the seaside town of Pirita began to develop into a destination for Sunday rides and a bathing area. Today Pirita is one of the favourite places in Tallinn for spending free time, with its bathing beaches, coastline, pine-forested parks, and picturesque Pirita River valley. The whole area offers a spectrum of possibilities for active holidays. Tallinn’s Botanical Garden has lands on either side of the Pirita River, near the Forest Cemetery and Tallinn’s TV Tower, where you can achieve a view from 170 meters high, over the city and its surroundings.
Estonian Open Air Museum
The
Open Air Museum presents a unique collection of old Estonian buildings
on a 79-hectare expanse of seaside land. Farm buildings, windmills and
water mills from various periods and regions have been brought together
here. Folk holidays are celebrated in traditional style at the museum,
and often folk dance and music can be enjoyed here. Estonian Open Air
Museum is located in a picturesque 79-hectare forest park by Kopli Bay
. Farm buildings from various times and places are on display, along
with windmills, water mills and much more. The museum is outside of
the city and its hectic hubbub, an ideal place to take a picnic and
escape from city life.
Handicrafts are sold in the main gateway and horseback rides are also
available. A village inn serves national dishes every day.
ESTONIA
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