Lääne County: stories, campsites, saunas and trails

Ghost story 8 all over Estonia →

• The tunnel phantom of Haapsalu castle, 1936
• The old librarian of Asuküla
• The Spirits' Stone of Kiidika
• The Devil's sling stone at Sutlepa
• The goat-footprint stone near Tahu manor
• The horned loaf by the Riguldi river
• The bloody man on the Haeska road
• The two whistling men at the Turvalepa gate

Legend 12 all over Estonia →

• The White Lady of Haapsalu
• The devil's stone aimed at Martna church
• Kalevipoeg's broken stone on Võnnu island
• The drowned wedding party of Einby
• The crowned snake and the gold of Kullamaa
• The giant maiden who built Ridala church
• The unfinished castle of a dead bride at Ungru
• The silver under the stone on Pataka hill
• Kilsi lake and the drowned chapel
• The giant's bridge at Kiideva
• Mustjärv, the lake the Devil drove away
• The roaring ox of Haapsalu castle

Mystery or the unexplained 3 all over Estonia →

• Neugrund, the crater under the sea
• Two 'whales' in one fish trap at Fällarna, Vormsi
• Smoked glass and lying cows: the eclipse at Haapsalu

True crime 5 all over Estonia →

• Hermann Faltis, the policeman who escaped twice
• A child murder that shook Haapsalu
• Haapsalu's gallows hill
• The tunnel escape from Haapsalu jail
• Haapsalu girls who painted their own banknotes

Smugglers, spies & escapes 4 all over Estonia →

• Puise beach and the Great Flight of 1944
• The last stand of the Ehmja bunker
• Johannes Lapmann's hazel-twig boat
• Spitham radar station

Shipwreck or sea mystery 9 all over Estonia →

• SMS Magdeburg and the captured codebooks
• The destroyer Kazanets, torpedoed off Osmussaar
• The minesweeper Dago, torpedoed at anchor
• The Swedish steamer that became Minesweeper No. 1
• Schleswig-Holstein, a battleship turned target on Neugrund
• U-479, lost on a mine in November 1944
• Vohi, burned out at Osmussaar
• The coaster Kosmos, wrecked in Voosi Strait
• Kimolos, a peacetime loss of 1963

Battle or uprising 1 all over Estonia →

• Battle of Lode

Fire, flood or disaster 7 all over Estonia →

• Haapsalu Castle fire
• Haapsalu children's home fire
• Spring storm unroofs Haapsalu Cathedral
• Burning of Sviby village on Vormsi
• The storm of the century, August 1967
• Twice ablaze: the Haapsalu piano workshop
• A sea mine explodes on the Põõsaspea shore

Famous life 3 all over Estonia →

• Tchaikovsky's summer in Haapsalu
• Ants Laikmaa's farm at Taebla
• The ice yachts of Haapsalu Bay

First or record 3 all over Estonia →

• Haapsalu's first mud cure
• Europe's longest ice road from Rohuküla
• The Kullamaa prayers, the oldest Estonian text

Film or book location 2 all over Estonia →

• The Fencer steps off the train in Haapsalu
• Arabella's pirate ship off Nõva beach

Remembered by people who were there 6 all over Estonia →

• Two veterans recall the defence of Osmussaar in 1941
• An old engine driver remembers autumn 1944 on the Tallinn to Haapsalu railway
• Fredrik Brus remembers Osmussaar before the islanders were sent away
• Paul Laan remembers his family's escape from Haapsalu to Sweden in 1944
• Pille remembers an idyllic childhood at Koluvere school
• Maria Myrman of Söderby remembers old Vormsi customs

Castle or fort 2 all over Estonia →

• Haapsalu Castle
• Kullamaa vasallilinnus

Ancient hillfort 1 all over Estonia →

• Palivere hill fort

Manor 20 all over Estonia →

• Haeska Manor
• Jõgisoo Manor
• Keskvere Manor
• Kirimäe Manor
• Nõmmküla Manor
• Päri Manor
• Suure-Lähtru Manor
• Nõva Manor
• Ungru Manor
• Aulepa Manor
• Ehmja Manor
• Kiltsi Manor
• Koluvere Manor
• Pürksi Manor
• Saare Manor
• Suure-Rõude Manor
• Suuremõisa Manor
• Uuemõisa Manor
• Väike-Rõude Manor
• Vööla Manor

Folk song 1 all over Estonia →

• Folk tune from Lääne-Nigula: “Hiiukannel: “Hunt soo taga” (labajalg)”

Ancient site 7

• Tohtriallikas
• Vähiallikas
• Kalmumäe stone grave
• Silmaallikas
• Risti tarandkalme
• Uugla asulakoht
• Uugla rauasulatuskoht

Memorial or cemetery 11

• Kepimurdja
• Jalukse Tiinamägi
• Monument to the War of Independence in Noarootsi
• Monument to Alexander III
• Monument to the War of Independence in Haapsalu
• Vormsi Cemetery
• Monument to the War of Independence in Nõva
• Monument to the War of Independence in Nigula
• Monument to the War of Independence in Hullo
• Monument to the War of Independence in Kullamaa
• Monument to the War of Independence in Martna

Archive documentary 2

• Scout jamboree at Paralepa, 1936
• Town of nimble fingers (Haapsalu handicraft), 1937

Historic recording 4

• Home-place stories: Haapsalu, 1969
• Ungru castle, 1993
• Swedish voices of Vormsi, 1969
• Memorial stone for composer Rudolf Tobias unveiled at Kullamaa, 1973

Erratic boulder 3

• Kalevipoja (Truumani) kivid
• Saanika rändrahn
• Kalevipoeg's seat at Üdruma

Landscape 1

• Salajõgi Spring

Church or chapel 8

• Haapsalu St. John's Church
• Kullamaa Church
• Väike-Lähtru orthodox church
• Vormsi Orthodox Church
• Noarootsi Church
• Vormsi Church
• Haapsalu Church of the Congregation of Maria Magdalena
• Lääne-Nigula Church

Lighthouse 2

• Saxby lighthouse
• Osmussaar Lighthouse

Lost village 2

• Vööla
• Kulani

Sacred stone, spring or grove 1

• Kalevipoja jäljega kivi offering stone, Panga

Campsites 1 all over Estonia →

• Peraküla campsite

Saunas 2 all over Estonia →

• Trailer sauna and hot tub rental, Lääne County
• Fra Mare Thalasso day spa saunas

Hiking trails 4 all over Estonia →

• Huitberg hiking trail (3 km)
• Marimetsa hiking trail (9 km)
• Osmussaare hiking trail (9 km)
• Rumpo hiking trail (6,7 km)

Nature study trails 6 all over Estonia →

• Forestry study trail (1.5 km)
• Liivanõmme study trail (7.4 km)
• Liivaseranna-Peraküla study trail (3,7 km)
• Saare study trail (1 km)
• Salajõe study trail (1,5 km)
• Tahu study trail (1,4 km)

Cycling trails 1 all over Estonia →

• Kividemaa cycling trail (68 km)

Observation towers 4 all over Estonia →

• Marimetsa hiking trail’s observation tower (4.5 km from the parking)
• Saare observation tower
• Võnnussaare observation tower
• Valgejärve loodusõpperaja vaatetorn (kaugus parklast 2,3 km)

Viewpoints 3

• Marjatasku parking area
• Osmussaare information point
• Uuejõe parking area

Campfire sites 9 all over Estonia →

• Allikajärve campfire site
• Kaksikute campfire site
• Lepaaugu campfire site
• Lõunasadama campfire site I
• Lõunasadama campfire site II
• Tiidu campfire site
• Uuejõe campfire site
• Uuejõe sauna campfire site
• Veskijärve campfire site

Rest stops 11

• Diby rest stop
• Kabeli rest stop
• Metskonna rest stop
• Nurga rest stop
• Parunikivi rest stop
• Peetri stone rest stop
• Põõsaspea rest stop
• Salajõe rest stop
• Saxby rest stop
• Toatsejärve rest stop
• Veski quarry rest stop

Visitor centres 1

• Nõva Visitor Center

• Osmussaar
• Matsalu
• Haapsalu castle
• Vormsi island