In this video we continue our tour of Estonia as we drive around and explore the Island of Hiiumaa!
We start at the Helmerson Rock field, which is a group of over 80 Heilu rocks that were carried by glacial ice from Finland and are now located here in this forest on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. As it’s only five minutes from Kärdla we make a stop to check out the Hiiumaa History museum before we leave to explore more of the island, check out our video: [ Ссылка ] to see the tour of Kärdla church and marina.
We then head over to the Military museum which is a fascinating site as due to the position of the island of Hiiumaa, it really was the very edge of the border between the Soviet Union and Sweden and Finland so the Soviet army really protected the border and this coastline was closed for decades to the locals. Now it is all open and you can visit these military bases which are fascinating but also pretty scary inside the bunkers.
We then head off to explore the famous lighthouses of Hiiumaa all of which are so incredibly different from one another and each have a fascinating history. Starting with Tahkuna lighthouse which is the tallest lighthouse on the island standing at almost 43 metres tall. Here at the cape of Tahkuna we also visit the memorial of the MS Estonia ferry disaster which happened on September 28th 1994 when a passenger ferry travelling from Tallinn to Stockholm got caught in a storm causing it to capsize and trapping most of it’s passengers inside. Of the 989 passengers aboard, only 137 survived making it the second deadliest peacetime sinking of a European ship after the RMS Titanic disaster in 1912.
After a quick stop off at Luidja Rand because we love a beach, we head over to the iconic Kōpu lighthouse which although it is smaller in height than Tahkuna it is higher in terms of sea level due to it’s position on the island. This beautiful little island of Hiiumaa has wrecked many ships over the years due to it’s lethal shallows surrounding the island, which is why lighthouses such as this one, built in 1542 by order of the Hanseatic league, have been an imperative navigational aid for ships.
Our final lighthouse of the day is the bright red Ristna lighthouse which was built to warn sailors of drifting sea ice.
We finish this incredible day of exploring over at Surf Paradise beach, where we have some drinks and go for a stroll and a paddle in the sea!
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Join us next time as we head off to explore the islands incredible sand spit which extends 4km out to sea - Sääre Tirp! We then make our way from one Baltic island to another!
Travel vlog 34 | Hiiumma, Estonia | Country #4 | Filmed July 2020
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