After a few weeks of adaptation in the city I will
stay during the coming months, I will present you the city of Parnu or Pärnu as
they write it in Estonian.
5th city of the country, Pärnu is located on the
Baltic Sea in the South West of Estonia. Due to her location, she was a key
port for the german Hanseatic League since the port was free from ice during winters.
More recently, since the middle of the 19th century, she became a famous spa
and seaside town. The first spa opened in 1838 and in 2004, the Tervis spa was
then the largest of its kind in the Baltic states. The tourism industry
strongly developed since the 2nd independance and they were the
first city in the region to obtain the Blue Flag which states the quality of
its waters.
The city was also the stage of some landmark
events for Estonia. The first ever newspapers in Estonian, the Posttimees, was
published there in 1857. The Manifest for independance of the country was read
in front of the Endla Theatre on February, 23rd 1918. There is a copy of the
speech on the former location of the Endla theater. Every year, they organise
the Ice Festival with sport events (ice hockey, cross country ski, ice fishing,
basket ball, etc), ice sculpture, music and singing events, etc. The city or
organisations from the town organise lots of festivals especially during summer
time like the GrillFest (June 8th and 9th), the Porcelain Days (July, 27-29th),
the LineDance Festival (August, 4-5th), etc.
the coat of arm, the official logo and the flag of Pärnu
Pärnu in facts :
Inhabitants : 44,024 (2009, numbers from the
2012 census unknown)
Area : 32,2 km²
128 km from Tallinn and 180 km from Riga (Latvia
capital)
Official website of the
city : http://www.parnu.ee/lang/eng/
Tourism information: http://www.visitparnu.eu/
Wikipage : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A4rnu
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