FREE SITES IN TALLINN - SONG FESTIVAL GROUNDS, DISC GOLF, SOVIET STATUES BEHIND MAARJAMÄE PALACE

In this VLOG we continue with our tour of the top sights of Tallinn. There is so much fascinating history to be appreciated, absorbed and hopefully to learn from in this country!

We walk across from The Japanese Gardens in Kadriorg Park (see vlog 16) https://youtu.be/u7mgY8JBsS8 and head over to the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds which is where the Estonian Song Festival is held every 5 years.

These grounds feature a huge outdoor concert arena built in 1959 and host large concerts and festivals throughout the year. Not only are these grounds spectacular to look at with the ocean as their backdrop, they also have a special place in the hearts of Estonians because it was right there in 1988 that Estonia’s massive, musical demonstration against Soviet rule set the nation on it’s road towards re-independence.

We were able to see how resourceful Estonians can be, as during the Covid-19 pandemic they turned the arena into a drive-in socially distanced cinema. We saw all the cars parked up watching a big screen positioned where the huge choir would normally be placed. Amazing idea!

Whilst stopping for coffee at the Festival Grounds, we learned a bit more about how Estonians love to play disc golf and found out there are so many different types of discs. It seems Craig now really wants to play disc golf!

Afterwards, we make the short walk along Pirita tee over to the Estonian History Museum (Maarjamäe Palace) which although we couldn’t go inside due to closures of museums during the pandemic, the gardens behind the palace are still open and it is always free to take a tour around the Soviet statue graveyard featuring monuments of former Russian leaders such as Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin. These statues were built and placed around the city during Soviet occupation. This area is a stark reminder to everyone that this country has come through great struggles over power and freedom and also that after just 29 years of Estonian independence (since 1991), this freedom should not be taken for granted.

We then take a walk across the ‘Red Carpet’ towards the film museum taking a look at the full layout of the different sections of this museum complex, which are currently closed during the pandemic…

Upcoming videos

Be sure to tune into our next vlog where we finally get to visit inside Maarjamäe Palace, the film museum and stables, as everything re opens post pandemic lockdown!

Maarjamäe Memorial Complex

* We’ll also take you on a tour of one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers, the 1960 Obelisk that stands out overlooking Tallinn’s subdistrict Maarjamäe (Maria’s Hill) the Bolshevik memorial to it’s victims during the Russian Civil War.

* Right next to the Obelisk, stands the more recent counter-monument, opened in 2018 which is an incredible monument to Estonia’s victims of communism where 75,000 people (20 percent of Estonia’s population) were killed during the years of Soviet occupation.

Travel VLOG 18 | Tallinn, Estonia | Country #4 | Filmed May 2020

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