July 1st is the Worldwide Day of Navigational Indicators, and on this event visiting the 11 lighthouses is historically free. Osmussaare and Vorms Saxby lighthouses are open on this event in Lääne County.
Final yr, greater than 84,000 individuals visited the lighthouse. “The biggest variety of guests went to the Sõrve lighthouse in Saaremaa, which was visited virtually 27,000 occasions,” mentioned Andres Unn, supervisor of the lighthouses of the Transport Company.
There are 55 lighthouses below the administration of the Transport Board, of which 11 are open to guests in the course of the summer season – these are Ristna, Sõrve, Kõpu, Vormsi (Saxby), Tahkuna, Pakri, Ruhnu, Kihnu, Osmussaare, Naissaare and Vilsand lighthouses.
“Our want is that on the Worldwide Day of Navigational Marks, all events will be capable of go to our historic nautical marks totally free. As well as, we want to open the doorways of three extra towers sooner or later – they’re the decrease and higher objective of Tallinn and the Narva-Jõesuu lighthouse,” mentioned Unn.
Worldwide Navigational Indicators Day is well known below the management of IALA (Worldwide Affiliation of Lighthouse Administrations). As of June 1, 2023, there are a complete of 1,597 navigation indicators in Estonia. There are greater than 1,274 floating marks on our waterways, of which 1,124 are maintained by the Transport Board, 509 of them are in inland waters and 615 are in sea areas.
Do you know that:
- The oldest in Estonia is the Kõpu lighthouse, which was accomplished in its authentic type in 1531
- The best lighthouse is Sõrve (53 meters)
- The best lighthouse above sea degree is Kõpu (103.6 meters)
- Pakri lighthouse has essentially the most steps (275) and Sõrve is in second place with 248 steps.
2024-06-25 07:09:06
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