It is the administrative centre of Türi Parish. Due to its spring flower fairs, which have been held since 1977 and are known throughout Estonia, Türi has also been known as the "spring capital" of Estonia since 2000.
Getting to Türi
- 01Train
The Türi railway and bus station is one wooden building with a small, dark waiting room.
Worth seeing
- 01Church of St
The history of this church is lost in the centuries.
- 02Gymnasium
The gymnasium building, unusual for Estonia, looks either like a manor or provincial Stalinist architecture, although it was built in 1924 for an agricultural school.
- 03Palace of Culture
The Palace of Culture is shaped like a quarter of a circle.
- 04Factory
The area behind the railway is adjacent to a woodworking factory: from the train you can see stacks of logs and other landscapes typical of the Russian North.
- 05Local History Museum
If you are interested in the city of Türi, stop by the museum and learn more about the construction of the railway, as well as the brick factory and pulp mill as the flagships of local industry.
- 06Estonian Broadcasting Museum
Where to eat
- 01Kadri Tare
Although it specializes in cakes and coffee, they also serve hot food, but apparently only during the day.
- 02Kevade
It’s not often that a cafe is located in a music school.
- 03Krahv Drakula
A colourful establishment with its own style: everything is made of wood, except for porcelain dishes.
- 04Päikese Kebab
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- 05Türi
A gloomy cafe that serves hamburgers of unknown quality.
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Denis Barthel (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.