Põlva County: stories, campsites, saunas and trails

Ghost story 12 all over Estonia →

• The young lord in white of Mooste manor
• The church beneath the lake in Ahja parish
• The phantom carriage of Laagaristi hill
• The phantom cow of Labasaare bog
• The skipping dead lord of Peri manor
• 'You will not get it!': the guardian of Mõrsjaorg, Kooraste
• The cuckoo shot in the Pikajärve woods
• The black spirit of Janutjärv, Krootuse
• The Swedish dead by the railway at Valgemetsa
• The cross cut in Põlvapalu forest, Koorvere
• The haystack spook at the Bride's Spring, Kärsa
• The dead lord who wanted porridge, Tooste

Legend 14 all over Estonia →

• The Maiden's Cave at Taevaskoja
• Polla and the church of Põlva
• Lake Janokjärv and its golden pillar
• The devils' iron door in the Uku cave
• The spring that leads to the sea at Merioone
• Oosemägi and its endless tunnels
• Soeoos, the wolf's den of Taevaskoja
• The Devil's stone aimed at Võnnu church, Himmaste
• Lake Sikuti and the Devil's rope
• The Devil's wife's loom, Jaanikeste
• Varetepalu, where the Devil's stones fell
• The Devil's bridge at Võõpsu
• The Devil's sling stone on Labasaare bog
• The Devil's stones for Põlva church, Vana-Koiola

True crime 1 all over Estonia →

• Burglars cut the radio aerial at the Põlva pharmacy

Smugglers, spies & escapes 2 all over Estonia →

• August Sabbe, the last Forest Brother
• Taevaskoja bunker and the trap at Ristipalo

Battle or uprising 2 all over Estonia →

• Battle of Erastvere
• The orchard-fence war at Räpina

Famous life 2 all over Estonia →

• Jakob Hurt's home village of Himmaste
• The fence and the 'viaduct' on Põlva market square

First or record 1 all over Estonia →

• Räpina, Estonia's oldest working factory

Film or book location 2 all over Estonia →

• The Last Relic at Taevaskoja
• Phantom Owl Farm in Piigaste village

Remembered by people who were there 1 all over Estonia →

• Veterans and villagers remember September 1944 at Mehikoorma

Ancient hillfort 1 all over Estonia →

• Rosma linnus

Manor 16 all over Estonia →

• Sillapää Palace
• Partsi Manor
• Tamme Manor
• Toolamaa Manor
• Vana-Piigandi Manor
• Veski Manor
• Mooste Manor
• Erastvere Manor
• Joosu Manor
• Kiidjärve Manor
• Krootuse Manor
• Peri Manor
• Pikajärve Manor
• Rahumäe Manor
• Tilsi Manor
• Vana-Prangli Manor

Folk song 9 all over Estonia →

• Folk song from Kanepi: “Loomad tööl”
• Folk song from Põlva: “Lauliku lapsepõli”
• Folk song from Põlva: “Tunnen tuima neiu”
• Folk song from Kanepi: “Ait nooriku magada”
• Folk song from Kanepi: “Lind lohutamas”
• Folk tune from Kanepi: “Kannel ja lehepill: “Talgupolka””
• Folk tune from Põlva: “Lõõtspill: “Vana Loosu küla polka””
• Folk tune from Kanepi: “Külakapell: “Pulmapolka””
• Folk song from Kanepi: “Laulavad ja jutustavad Natalie Kivi ning Liisa Pütsepp”

Ancient site 3

• Vanaküla Kalmetimägi
• Kalmatõmägi
• Eoste Keldrimägi

Historic town 1

• Räpina

Archive documentary 3

• Räpina Orthodox parish 185th anniversary, 1937
• Kassilaane: Estonia's smallest school, 1982
• The Wanderer: Friedebert Tuglas remembered, 1986

Historic recording 3

• Home-place stories: Räpina, 1970
• Home-place stories: Põlva, 1971
• Leevaku hydro station turns thirty, 1977

Sacred stone, spring or grove 4

• Moorimäe cross forest, Peri
• Karste hiietamm
• Rosma cross forest, Rosma
• Erastvere cross forest, Kanepi

Church or chapel 6

• Räpina Church
• Põlva Church
• Kähri Orthodox Church
• Kanepi Church
• Räpina Orthodox Church
• Võõpsu Orthodox Church

Windmill or watermill 1

• Kiidjärve watermill

Lost village 1

• Soodoma

Memorial or cemetery 4

• Monument to the War of Independence in Räpina
• Monument to the War of Independence in Põlva
• Monument to the War of Independence in Kanepi
• Eoste Ristimägi

Erratic boulder 2

• Rändrahn Kalevipoja lootsik
• Kalevipoeg's stone at the Ootsi farm

Campsites 2 all over Estonia →

• Erastvere park campsite
• Palojärve campsite

Free forest huts 2 all over Estonia →

• Laho forest hut
• Liipsaare forest hut

Forest houses to rent 6 all over Estonia →

• Ilumetsa rental hut
• Kooraste rental hut
• Meelva rental hut
• Otteni rental hut
• Päikeseloojangu rental hut
• Praali rental hut

Saunas 5 all over Estonia →

• Pedaja holiday farm smoke sauna, hot tub and car sauna
• Männi farm smoke sauna
• RemoteNow raft sauna on a bog lake
• Saarjärve lakeside saunas
• Taevaskoja Salamaa saunas

Hiking trails 5 all over Estonia →

• Kiidjärve-Taevaskoja-Kiidjärve hiking trail (11,8 km)
• Meenikunno hiking trail (5.8 km)
• Taevaskodade hiking trail (3 km)
• Taevaskoja-Otteni-Taevaskoja hiking trail (3,8 km)
• Voorepalu Põrgurada trail (0,5 km)

Nature study trails 5 all over Estonia →

• Kiidjärve Wood Ants Trail (1 km)
• Laari forestry study trail (3 km)
• Nohipalo study trail (3 km)
• Roiupalu study trail (3,2 km)
• Valgesoo study trail (1,8 km)

Cycling trails 1 all over Estonia →

• Kooraste cycling trail (38 km)

Observation towers 2 all over Estonia →

• Liipsaare observation tower
• Valgesoo observation tower

Viewpoints 1

• Giants of Ootsipalu Valley

Campfire sites 20 all over Estonia →

• Ahja campfire site
• Kaljupealse campfire site
• Koolmajärve campfire site
• Kooraste Kõrgeperve campsite
• Kooraste Kõverjärve campfire site
• Kooraste Suurjärve campfire site
• Laari campfire site
• Lake Jõksi campfire site
• Leevaku campfire site
• Leevi campfire site
• Mustjärve campfire site
• Otteni campfire site
• Palojärve campfire site
• Peri campfire site
• Sõnajala campfire site
• Tuurapera campfire site
• Vähkjärve campfire site
• Valgesoo bog campfire site
• Valgjärve campfire site
• Voorepalu campfire site

Visitor centres 1

• Kiidjärve Visitor Center

• Taevaskoja
• Meenikunno bog