Category: Outside of LT

Kõpu Lighthouse (Estonia)

The history of the oldest lighthouse not only in Estonia, but anywhere in the Baltic States and indeed on the Baltic Sea, stretches back 500 years, when landmarks were needed to guide ships in...

Kärdla factory square (Estonia)

In 1830, barons Ungern-Sternberg established a broadcloth factory in Kärdla. Today’s factory square formed the core of the factory complex. The four-storey broadcloth factory was located on the south side of the courtyard of the...

Erkki-Sven Tüür (Estonia)

Erkki-Sven Tüür, who was born in 1959 in Kärdla on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa, is one of the most remarkable composers of his generation. Largely self-taught, he studied percussion and flute at the...

Nanna Lundsgaard’s story (Denmark)

My father’s name was Andreas Skallebæk and he was from Vemb. My mother was from Baunbæk in Ulfborg. They first lived in Tusholt in Vinding, but around 1930 they moved to Ørnhøj. We were...