North Estonian Coastline.
Section 37. Saka‒Aseri.
Worth seeing
Jäbara stone barrowsThe largest group of archaeologically investigated older Iron Age stone barrows in North-eastern Estonia. The funeral site covers the period 500 years BC and 500 years AD. |
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Purtse breweryThe Mekituba is a room set up in a former smithy, near the Purtse Brewery, where you can taste and buy craft beer from Purtse Brewery. The beers from the 'Wild East' will leave a mark on everybody. Upon request, a tour of the brewery can be arranged for up to 40 people at a time.
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Purtse Hiiemägi (Grove Hill), sacrificial linden tree and sacrificial stonePurtse forest hill is the highest point in the area, and is thought to have been a sacred place for ancient Estonians. A ‘memorial park for victims of evil’ was established on the hill in 1991, when an oak tree was planted on the 50th anniversary of the 1941 deportations. Today the park is full of oak trees, planted by county and government representatives and members of various organisations, as well as by former Estonian presidents Lennart Meri and Arnold Rüütel.
Did you know…?
*The park features an Estonian ‘map of pain’ – the lawn has a map of the country marking the number of people who were deported in every county.
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Purtse fortressThe oldest preserved castle in the county can be visited daily from June until the end of August, other times to be booked in advance. |
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Tulivee bootlegging tourist centreThe centre introduces and lets you experience true stories related to moonshine that happened almost a century ago. |
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