Onion and fish day and Seto Michaelmas Day

How could one possibly not mark with honor the end of the autumn fieldwork and grazing season? At the Onion and Fish Day of the borderlands, you are awaited by celebrations of the harvest festival of the Seto people and the Russian Old Believers.

Both peoples are famed as skilled farmers and fishermen, so at the fair visitors will be able to buy the finest Lake Peipus onions, all sorts of fish, and more. In the Old Believer’s house from the Peipus area at the Estonian Open Air Museum, as well as at the Seto farmstead, one can explore the culinary traditions and crafts of the people of Peipus and the Seto community.

NB! The event venue is closer to the rear gate and car park towards Kakumäe, as well as the Õismäe raba bus stop (bus route 41).

Village meadow between the Seto farmstead Vanatalo and the Pechonkin Old Believer’s house from Peipus

11:00–16:00

Fair of Peipus onions, fish, other foods, and more.

13:00  Concert of the Seto leelo choir Sõsarõ.

14:00  Performance “The Story of the Samovar”

Barn of the Seto farmstead Vanatalo

11:00–16:00 Special menu served by Kolu Inn.

 

Old log house of Vanatalo farmstead

11:00–16:00 Workshop on making lucky dolls.

 

New log house of Vanatalo farmstead

11:00–16:00 Cooking Seto dishes.

 

Pechonkin Old Believer’s house from Peipus

11:00-16:00 Cooking Old Believer dishes.

12:00-15:00 Pavel Varunin`s Workshop (Old Believers printmaking).

Free entry with the museum card, Tallinn Card, and the annual pass of the Estonian Open Air Museum!

Getting to the Estonian Open Air Museum

We recommend arriving by public transport, on foot, or by bicycle or scooter.

Public transport

• Bus No. 41 from Balti Station and the city centre stop directly at the Rocca al Mare bus stop at the museum gate.
• To return to the city centre from the museum, take bus No. 41.

Micromobility

• Bolt scooters can be parked in the museum parking lot.
• Cycling is also allowed within the museum grounds.

By car
Free parking is available:

• in the main parking lot at Vabaõhumuuseumi tee 12;
• in the Prefab wooden house (Tehasemaja) parking lot (closer to the city centre);
• in the rear parking lot, about 1 km from the main gate in the direction of Kakumäe.