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Midsummer (June 24) is one of the most important celebrations of the year in Estonia. It was traditionally celebrated as the end of spring plowing and haymaking.<\/p>\n
June 23, is also a public holiday, as in addition to being Midsummer Eve, victory day associated with the battles of the 1919 War of Independence is also celebrated.<\/p>\n
Although most Estonians head to the countryside for Midsummer, it is also possible to enjoy a Midsummer party in Tallinn.<\/p>\n
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The brightest and most beautiful Midsummer <\/b>night of the year can be found at the Estonian Open Air Museum on Thursday, June 23. There will be folk music, dancing, a traditional village swing, a program for the kids and, of course, a big fire.<\/p>\n
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If you are celebrating Midsummer in the center of Tallinn, you can take part in the Midsummer celebrations in Snelli Park on Thursday, June 23. <\/span><\/p>\n Stefan<\/strong>, this year’s representative of Estonia’s Eurovision Song Contest, will perform at the party. Other performers include Boris Lehtlaan<\/strong> and Are Jaama<\/strong>, Masha Ye and Traffic.<\/p>\n There is special area for children with a midsummer-related program. Food and drinks will also be available.<\/p>\n Admission to the Snelli Park Midsummer Party is free of charge for all.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Thursday, June 23, Midsummer’s Day will be celebrated close to Tallinn at the Viimsi Open-Air Museum.<\/p>\n The party will begin with the lighting of a large bonfire, and the youngest members of the family can get to know animals and even ride a horse. Well-known Estonian artists will perform on stage, such as Marko Matver<\/strong>e and V\u00e4ikeste L\u00f5\u00f5tspillide \u00dching, as well as Eurovision representative Stefan<\/strong> and his band. There will also be several food service providers on site.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Midsummer (June 24) is one of the most important celebrations of the year in Estonia. It was traditionally celebrated … Read more<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":106165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[309,14621,15054,15271,15279,15280,15281,15282],"class_list":["post-106426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leisure","tag-tallinn","tag-estonian-open-air-museum","tag-stefan","tag-midsummer","tag-midsummer-tallinn","tag-midsummer-viimsi","tag-viimsi-open-air-museum","tag-snelli-park"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106428,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106426\/revisions\/106428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Midsummer party in Viimsi<\/b><\/h2>\n