Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing

The Martin Klein Bronze Statue (sculptor Mati Karmin) was unveiled in front of the Viljandi Sports Centre in 2002. Martin Klein who won the silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games is the first Estonian to win an olympic...

First mentioned in 1380 most of it was detroyed in the 16th century wars. A father from closeby Palamuse had a sermon between the remaining walls once a year. The scenery must have looked dramatic but the building of the new church started in 1642...

Carl Gottlieb Mattiesen the printer bought the house in 1848. It accommodated print houses ever since but in 1990s it was decided to open it as a café and a printing museum, a bookshop and a pub. A double sculpture of Oscar Wilde and Eduard Vilde, an Es...