Jõgeva County (0)

Jõgeva maakond
Endla nature reserve
It is located on the borderline of Järva, Jõgeva and West -Viru counties.
It is mostly known for various marshes, fens, quaking bogs, lakes, canebrakes, wellsprings, rivers , fen forests , fens and mesotrophic mires, marsh forests, meadows, diverse flora and fauna .
Jõgeva town
The small town of Jõgeva town is located on the eastern side of Middle -Estonia. You won’t find large buildings or breathtaking architecture here , but an overwhelming sense of togetherness and plenty of cultural events , the majority of them geared towards younger people.
Jõgeva town was born 130 years ago, thanks to the Tapa -Tartu railway: this is where the first train stopped and a village formed around the railway station. Just half a century later, Jõgeva earned its town rights.
There are about 6500 people living in Jõgeva.
Jõgeva events

• The festival year in Jõgeva starts with a music festival dedicated to the tragic Estonian composer Alo Mattiisen
  
• In June, around mid- summer ’s day, when Estonia enjoys its white nights, Jõgeva town organises its “Helisev Suveöö” (“ Sound of a Midsummer Night ”) festival, when music can be enjoyed all over the town, including in private gardens.
  
• In July , the annual bikers reunion Jõgevatreff   takes place – this motorcycle and bikers event lasts for days and its culmination is a bike parade through the town.
  
• The last Saturday in August completes the summer period with an annual garlic festival – don’t be intimidated by its name, there is plenty to see and do even if you are not a garlic enthusiast. Enjoy the fair and its concerts and buy local handicraft, home made gourmet food and hand made bread as souvenirs.
  
• The festival year ends with the national poetry days, “Tähetund” (StarHour), dedicated to the Estonian poet, Betti Alver . Most Estonian actors say that Betti Alver poetry days were among their very first public performances.
  

Põltsamaa
Põltsamaa is the city of wine, bridges and roses .
Põltsamaa Castle was started in 1272. In the course of centuries the fort suffered damage. In 1770 the old convent building was replaced by a rococo palace . The ruins of the castle, destroyed in 1941, are being conserved. The courtyard has been converted into a stage of outdoor events.
Mustvee
Mustvee, a town located on the shore of Lake Peipsi , is best characterised by its motto – five churches, two cultures , one nation .
Tourist destinations:
Elistvere
The animal park shows wild animals that live and used to live in Estonia in as natural conditions as possible.
In Elistvere Animal Park, you can see European buffalo, elk, reindeer , wild boar, roe deer, fallow deer, brown bear , lynx, fox, raccoon dog, common squirrel and pheasant. In the interior rooms, guinea pigs, degus, hamsters, gerbils, Cairo spiny mice , lab rats, chinchillas and lab mice can be examined.
Palamuse
Palamuse parish school building and the living quarters for the parish clerk Georg Nieländer were completed in 1837 and the school was open there until 1975. A museum has been open there from 5 January 1987 and it displays the life of a parish school at the end of the 19th century through Oskar Luts ’s Spring.
Kassinurme and Laiuse are known for their castles.
Peipsi area
Very popular amongst tourists, because of its beautiful nature and swimming opportunities.
Puurmani castle
The magnificent Neo- Renaissance style manor with a white main building was built during the time of G. J. Mannteuffel in 1860.
At present the castle houses Puurmani Upper Secondary School. Puurmani castle has also been included in the programme of the summer tour Forgotten Manors.