July 01, 2015 - July 04, 2015

Õllesummer

Estonian Holidays and Events The Üllesummer Beer Festival has become a favorite annual event for many residents of Tallinn. Listen to music, relax in the fresh air and chat with interesting people - that's why you have to come here without fail.

December 31, 2015

New Year in Tallinn

Estonian Holidays and Events Many of us have such a stereotype, if you go on vacation, then in the summer and preferably to where it's also warm. Meanwhile, winter vacation can become one of the most striking events in your life. Especially if the vacation coincides with the most magical holiday for most of us - New Year.

December 31, 2015

New Year in Estonia

Estonian Holidays and Events How we all waited for the New Year as a child! Prepared poems for the matinee, something there was glued as a gift for the pope with his mother, tremblingly measured ears and a tail of a bunny or an airy white dress, sewn with a silver rain for the role of snowflakes.

In Estonia, even the usual holidays sometimes acquire unexpected features. New Year's Eve is celebrated only 4 times - according to Russian time, Estonian, from 13 to 14 January and Eastern style - in February. Christmas holidays end the Day of the Three Kings on January 6, with flags hanging in the streets.

On February 2, the day of candles is cooked of pork, and women drink red juice and red wine to be beautiful in the summer. But the Pancake week in Estonia is celebrated only one day, the pork legs, pea soup and whipped cream buns, a symbol of the holiday, are certainly prepared for the table. On Independence Day February 24, a military parade takes place in Tallinn Square.
The Valentine's Day is known here as a Holiday of Friends.

On the night of April 30, May 1, Estonians have long celebrated Walpurgis Night, making noisy festivities and fires from themselves witches and sorcerers, gathered on a coven. To replace the witching night comes the Spring Festival, which for a long time is chosen May Count and Countess, and in the evening hold a gala dinner. In May, all mothers accept congratulations from their children, while Father's Day falls on November.

One of the most magical and mysterious holidays is Janov (Ivanov), the day that falls on the shortest night of the year. People jump through the bonfires, sing and dance, search in the forest for a mysterious flower of the fern and go to the sauna. The main drink of the holiday is beer.

One of the most magical and mysterious holidays is Janov (Ivanov), the day falling on the shortest night of the year.

August 24 is the Day of the Pärtel - the feast of the beginning of autumn. On this day, the water in the reservoirs cools and the swimming season ends. In the villages they begin to shear sheep and brew beer. Carnival processions are met by Estonians, the ancient holiday of Samhain, or Halloween, on October 31. In homes, fire is sure to be lit - according to legend, it will protect the house and hearth all winter. There is also a place for traditional pumpkins with carved faces and candles burning in them.

Druids believed that Samhain, the god of the dead, was the one who summoned the evil spirits that dwelt in the bodies of animals that night.

On the Kadrin day On November 25, dedicated to the patroness of the herds, cattle are let into the mating and masquerades are arranged. On this day it is customary to wear light clothes and you can not cook chicken soup, otherwise the chickens will eat all the cabbage. On Christmas Eve, Estonians visit friends and have fun. Pork, rye bread and blood sausage are cooked at the Christmas table.

Estonian annual festivals are widely known, among them the June Baltic People's Festival in Tallinn, the Summer Song and Dance Festival, the "Grillest" with its meat dishes competition and " Ллеllesummer »(beer summer) with a tasting of a variety of beer drinks.