{"id":157075,"date":"2026-04-03T05:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/?p=157075"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:51:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:51:34","slug":"april-fools-in-estonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/april-fools-in-estonia\/","title":{"rendered":"April Fool\u2019s in Estonia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Lazy holidays, a dome beach, and dissolving plates: this is how April Fool\u2019s Day was celebrated in Estonia. At The Baltic Guide<\/i> editorial office, we put together a selection of some of the April Fool\u2019s jokes that Estonian tourism businesses shared on social media on 1 April. Would you have believed these stories at first glance?<\/p>\n

Saka Manor Hotel, located on a high coastal cliff above the Gulf of Finland near Valaste Waterfall in Eastern Estonia, announced that due to increasing visitor numbers it plans to build cave-like additional accommodation inside the limestone cliff. This would guarantee sea views from the new rooms. The hotel\u2019s management attributes its popularity to the historical authenticity of manor houses and the emotional experience they offer\u2014something standard hotels cannot provide.<\/p>\n

Tallinn\u2019s Christmas Market will open next winter only on snowy days to ensure an authentic experience. On snowless days, visitors will be provided with VR headsets on site to help them immerse themselves in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

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In P\u00e4rnu, a \u201cRannahall\u201d dome guaranteeing a tropical temperature of 28 C year-round was opened, complete with a sandy beach, palm trees, cocktail bars, and waterslides. The first hundred visitors were promised a free sunset. According to news from Narva-J\u00f5esuu, a similar dome-shaped weather shelter is also being developed there, although the project is still in the pilot testing phase.<\/p>\n

In Kuressaare, an Estonian exhibition point of Madame Tussauds<\/span><\/a><\/span> will open this summer. Alongside figures of Leonardo DiCaprio<\/b>, Cristiano Ronaldo<\/b>, and Taylor Swift<\/b>, a separate Saaremaa hall will feature exhibits including the folk legend Suur T\u00f5ll, and Vikings who travelled on the Salme Viking ship burial.<\/p>\n

In southeastern Estonia, the V\u00e4rska spa launched a \u201clazy holiday\u201d package. The offer includes accommodation, three meals a day served to the room, in-room muscle massage, bathroom scales to monitor weight stability, wheelchair transport from the room door to mud and mineral baths, and entertainment and Setomaa cultural content delivered via the room\u2019s TV.<\/p>\n

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Our own story about food plates that dissolve<\/span><\/a><\/span> in your hands within half an hour at public events in Estonia from autumn onwards was also a prank. It did, however, contain a grain of truth, as the conditions for the Green Key certificate are becoming stricter\u2014this time for accommodation providers, who Estonia\u2019s tourism sector will indeed begin training. Bringing your own thermos cup when travelling is actually a sensible eco-friendly choice, as some caf\u00e9s and, for example, the Circle K service station chain genuinely offer coffee at a lower price<\/span><\/a><\/span> when served in the customer\u2019s own cup.<\/p>\n

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