At the conference we are offering several excursions. Please look for more information Conference Excursions sub-pages.
20 th of August
Tallinn Old Town: Tourism and historical environment
Duration: 2 hours
23 th of August
Edgelands: The coast of Tallinn
Duration: 2 hours
25th of August
Excursion to Lahemaa: Lahemaa National Park: Community-based Creativity and 50 years of heritage protection
Duration: 9:00–18:00
Excursion to Paldiski: Places, power and the physical: from Padise to Paldiski, from medieval to Soviet ideas shaping the environment in North Estonia
Duration: 9:00–16:00
Excursion to Eastern Estonia: Industrial and coastal environments
Duration: 9:00–22(23):00
Russia excursion – Industrial and coastal environments: Eastern Estonia, Leningrad Oblast and St.Petersburg – CANCELLED
Duration: 25th-28th of August
IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF PARTICIPATION.
There are many ways how to participate in and combine the excursions to Eastern Estonia and Russia. You can:
(1) take part in the one-day excursion to Eastern Estonia (Industrial and coastal environments: Eastern Estonia) that takes place on August 25 and costs 85 euros;
(2) take part in the one-day excursion to Eastern Estonia and immediately thereafter continue from the border-town Narva to the excursion to Russia (Industrial and coastal environments: Eastern Estonia, Leningrad oblast and St. Petersburg) that takes place on August 25–28 and cost 85 euros + 225 euros or 270 euros (prices for double or single room accommodation, respectively); plus visa costs; please also note: the excursion ends in St. Petersburg and you have to arrange your own travel from there to home or to Tallinn, if your return flight is from Tallinn (you can travel from St. Petersburg to Tallinn by bus, train, or plane);
(3) participate only in the excursion to Russia, in which case you have to travel to Narva independently and arrive at the border station at 6 PM (Industrial and coastal environments: Leningrad oblast and St. Petersburg); this trip takes place on August 25–28 and costs 225 euros or 270 euros (prices for double or single room accommodation, respectively); plus costs for travelling from Tallinn to Narva (multiple options by bus or train); plus visa costs; please also note: the excursion ends in St. Petersburg and you have to arrange your own travel from there to home or to Tallinn, if your return flight is from Tallinn (you can travel from St. Petersburg to Tallinn by bus, train, or plane)
Information concerning payment and booking: the excursion to Eastrern Estonia should be booked and paid via the conference website (also in the case if you are continuing to Russia); the excursion to Russia should be booked and paid via its organizers: please e-mail Alexey Kraykovskiy (karlkarlito51@gmail.com)
Visa information: the organisers of the excursion to Russia will provide visa invitations for everybody who will need to apply for a Russian visa
Half-Day excursion to Rocca al Mare Open Air Museum (please note – not organized excursion)
If you have a limited amount of time, you might like to chose to visit the Estonian open Air Museum, just a 15 minute drive from the center of Tallinn. here you have to possibility to see the country`s rural architecture and way of life. The 14 farms in the museum provide an overview of how families from different strata of society lived in the 18-20th centuries.