Rakvere Travel Guide

 antistar Says:  Near the castle, on Vallimägi hill, overlooking one of the main roads into the town, is the giant seven ton bronze bull statue. Now as I said in the intro, the town used to be called Tarvaspää, or Bull's Head, so it's no surprise that they mark the town's 700th birthday by... 

 antistar Says:  This particular castle has been around since the 14th century, but there's evidence that it dates back much further than that. Before the stone castle, there was very likely a wooden fortification on the same spot.There's not much left, due to it seeing a lot of combat. This... 

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 mcblacktiger Says:  Rakvere castle is usually closed during the winter, but we got lucky because they had opened it for three tour groups from Latvia and they let us in to see it. There is a small torture chamber and horror house, a sword museum, and restaurant inside of the castle. There are... 

 mcblacktiger Says:  In Rakvere there is also "Old Town" along Pikk street."Trinity church" which was built during the 14th and 15th centuries."Okaskroon", a memorial to Estonians deported to Siberia, and next to it is a german military cemetery. 

 mcblacktiger Says:  There are many manor houses located around Rakvere, including Arkna, Karitsa, Kloodi, Kullaaru, Lasila, Madipea, and Veltsi. Farther out there are also probably the most famous of Estonian manors, Saagadi and Palmse: both of which are now very nice hotels.(see my Sagadi... 

 mcblacktiger Says:  The Danes built the first stone stronghold on Vallimae Hill around 1302 but it has had may different owners throughout its lifetime. In 1605 it was permanantly abandoned and allowed to fall into ruin. But recently part of it has been renovated and it now houses a museum.... 

 Ben-UK Says:  The castle was first mentioned in old records in 1226 at which time the town, ruled by Danes, was called Wesenberg. The town was freed by the Danish king in 1302.After Virumaa and Harjumaa passed into the possession of the Livonian Order in 1347, a major reconstruction of... 

 Ben-UK Says:  Well, if you go to the castle you can't miss the big sculpture of a bull in front of it -- it's become a sort of landmark and people have their photos taken in front of it -- I stayed behind the camera .... 

 Lodestar Says:  If you are in the Laane-Virumaa county or just in Rakvere, you should definitely plan a half-a-day-trip to Palmse, to see one of the most magnificent, famous and best restored manor houses in Estonia. The manor house itself is quite spectacular both inside and out - the nice... 

 Lodestar Says:  This huge (7 tons) ox was sculpted by one of the most popular contemporary estonian artsist - Tauno Kangro, and it is supposed to commemorate the time when Rakvere was first given the Lybeck city rights back in the beginning of the 13th century. Well, anyways, it's a really... 

 Lodestar Says:  The ruins, which are actually not that ruined at all ;), as you can see from the picture, are usually the main reason for visitors coming to Rakvere. You can have a great view from the top of the mountain where the stronghold stood, look around between the ancient walls,... 

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 mcblacktiger Says:  Virma pub and Dragon house restaurant are the same place, but when looking for it it only says "Virma pubi" on the outside. They serve Chinese, Thai, Indian, and local cuisine. The first night we ate there we had Chinese, which was good but average. I asked the waitress...