10 Things to Do in Kuusalu That You Shouldn't Miss

Viru Bog trail is 1 km off the Tallinn-Narva highway (E20) on the road leading to Loksa. The 3.5 km trail starts at the car park on the Loksa road and ends at the car park on the Kemba road. The shortest walk along the trail (ca 1 km) is from the Loksa road car park to the viewing tower and back again. The bog is a perfect example of this typical Estonian land formation and its flora.

Estonian Golf & Country Club Opened in 2005, the Estonian Golf & Country Club is the finest golf resort in Estonia, and one of only eight European PGA Tour Courses in Europe. Golf World elected The Sea Course into European Top 100 courses in 2011.

In the little coastal village Viinistu you can visit Art Museum founded in an old cold store of fish. Viinistu Art Museum displays works of hundreds of Estonian artists throughout times. The owner of the art collection is Jaan Manitski. Exhibitions alternating each month in galleries converted from water tanks attract people. Concerts of different performers are also organised in the museum.

It is located in Kiiu Manor Park. The central building in the mediaeval Kiiu Manor – the tower – was probably completed in the first quarter of the 16th century. It may be presumed that the construction work that was started during the time of Baron Fabian von Tiesenhausen who was the host of Kiiu for more than fifty years (1517–1566) was performed with the help of Kolga lay brothers before the liquidation of the local landed property in 1519 that used to belong to the Gotland Roma monastery. Thus the folk story does not call Kiiu a monk tower without purpose. The defensive structure that resembles the body of a windmill at a distance and which was brought to ruins in the interim years was restored under the leadership of art historian Villem Raam in 1974.

Purekkari Cape is the northernmost place of Mainland Estonia. The cape is 1.5 km long, covered with rocks and boulders and located on the Parispea Peninsula in Lahemaa National park. There's a small island at the end of the cape, which can be reached only when the water level is low. Thorny Japanese rose bushes catch the eye during blooming and when the roses bear fruit in the autumn; then you can also see many migratory birds. Old military establishments and the RMK camping site are near the cape. The road to the parking ground is narrow and not accessible with a big bus.

Kuusalu Church which is dedicated to protodeacon martyr St. Lawrence is considered to be one of the oldest stone churches in Northern Europe. It could have been the Gotlandish Cistercian monks of the priory of a Roma monastery locating in Kolga who started to build a house of God on the boundaries of their landed property in Kuusalu most probably at the end of the 13th century and according to their own custom next to holy Springs, not on a crest of a hill, but in a hollow. In addition to the pulpit, altar and tower clock the older art heritage in St. Lawrence Church in Kuusalu also includes a chandelier, candle holders and an embossed brass bracket from the 17th century and Eucharistic vessels made of tin.

Turjekeldri Waterfall is the fourth highest waterfall in Lahemaa: water falls down a four-metre sandstone bank of the Pakerort stage. The waterfall is exceptional as it is one of the few Waterfalls falling down from sandstone; our Waterfalls mostly fall down from a limestone escarpment.The waterfall receives its water from the stream originating from the plateau of Tsitre klint island. The waterfall is approx. 5 metres in height. There are also smaller escarpments (0.2–0.5 m) located upstream the river from the highest escarpment.Just under the waterfall there is Turjekeldri Cave.

In Kuusalu, just by Peterburi Road there lies a huge stone – St. Lawrence’s Stone or Path Stone. It is an ancient cult stone, but probably it also marked the border between Kuusalu Church and Kolga monastery. On the church side of the stone today you can see the image of the burning grate or the fire tongs and a cross cut into the stone as a symbol of St. Lawrence – according to a legend the martyr was tortured to death on a burning grate. On the Kolga side of the stone you can see the emblem of the monastery (two crossed abbot’s crosiers) cut into the stone. Interesting to know:- St. Lawrence was one of the most popular patron saints among old people

The 7 km long trail is located at the western edge of Lahemaa National Park in the middle part of Juminda Peninsula, in Juminda-Suurekorve special management zone. The trail starts in the car park just by Hara-Juminda Road running on the eastern side of the peninsula. 2 km of the total length of the eight-shaped trail forms boardwalk. The study trail has been marked with white and green signs on trees, there are 3 large and 9 small information boards on the trail.The trail passes the high middle part of Juminda Peninsula, where the intertwinement of former beach ridges and sand dunes, forest and marsh strips creates a unique and varied landscape. There is the third largest boulder in Estonia – Majakivi (House Stone) located on the trail.