Top 6 Things to do in , Laane-Viru County

The largest Antu lakes are Valgejarv (White Lake), Roheline (Green) or Vahejarv (Middle Lake) and Sinijarv (Blue Lake). The latter two are unique due to their singular bluish-green colour and transparency. The bottom of the lakes is covered with light lake lime which together with the surrounding nature gives the water its beautiful colour. Somewhere in a distance are other Antu lakes: Linaleo, Maetaguse, Kaanjarv ja Umbjarv which are small forest lakes with unstable banks surrounded by the boggy landscape containing a number of hiking trails.

The museum is located in the building of the former parish school that was built in the 19thC. The exposition introduces the rich cultural heritage of the Vaike-Maarja parish. Vaike-Maarja is the birthplace of Georg Lurich and Alar Kotli. Anton Hansen Tammsaare and Tuudur Vettik studied here. There is also a unique exhibition devoted to the history of the Vaike-Maarja Kolkhoz from the establishment of this collective farm to its dissolution.

Vaike-Maarja Church dates from the 14thC and is a three-nave hall church in Gothic style that was originally built as a fortress church. In 1848, Gustav Normann installed the organ. In 2002, the glass artist Riho Hutt restored the altar paining "Come to me" and the stained glass window "Let the children come to me". In 2003 he completed the rose window "Hyperdulia". The churchyard contains the graves of the famous discoverers Krusensterns and the Lurich family.

Emakeele or ‘mother tongue’ park in the centre of Vaike-Maarja is in fact two parks, established by those who developed and maintained the Estonian language. Here you will see the oak trees planted in 1989 in honour of the winners of the F. J. Wiedemann language award, issued for the development and preservation of the language. Trees were also planted in Jakob Liivi park on Pikk Street from 1993 to 1996 and in the freedom monument park between 1989 and 1992 and again since 1997. Jakob Liivi park is also where an oak tree was planted by former Estonian President Lennart Meri.