Rakvere Castle

http://rakverelinnus.ee/en

Rakvere Castle is a 16th century theme park for the whole family. It is a medieval world where you can actively partake in the castle's daily routine, including an archery tournaments, jousting, sword-fighting, caring for small cattle, and laundering.

Rakvere Castle is five minutes walk away from the town square and is the main tourist attraction in Rakvere.

Next to the castle is Rakvere Bull, a sculpture that imitates a Bull that, to believe the legendes lived near Rakvere. there comes Rakvere's slogan: Rakvere- full of power!

Rakvere castle is almost always open around noon in the summer season you can contact them aswell on the link:http://rakverelinnus.ee/en
 I havent been there a while but the price should stay around 5-6 euros per person and even cheaper about 3-4 euros per student! SO TAKE YOUR STUDENTCARDS WITH YOU!

Ararat Grill

Ararat Grill has great Asian and European kitchen, cozy and homely interior, plus outdoor terrace and children's playground. So it is a nice place for the whole family to visit.  I love the service and it is a bit more expensive than many other cafes and restaurants in Rakvere but if you want to treat yourself with something nice, you should visit Ararat Grill.

So for two meals, appetiser and two double drinks all together it was 25.40 which in my opinion is very reasonable considering the service and food! I recommend it!!

Nice walk in a park...

There are many parks to go for a little picnic or take a walk.

Nightclub Mjau

If you are staying over night and want to see local nightlife the best place to go is club Mjau on Tallinn street. Entrance is free til midnight for women and for men and after midnight it is 3 euros. Drinks are    -50% til midnight and mostly stay around 3-5 euros. Open on friday and saturday night from 11 pm.

Link for the website: http://www.mjau.ee/

Shopping tips

 Sooo its my favourite part!! SHOPPING!! Today its about children:P So if you went on a nice relaxing vacation in a spa and it is almost time to go home and you remember... You promised to take home something for the little ones, but you dont have any time or money then there are few places you can get a cool gift for cheap!

That shop is called Turu Kaubamaja and it is the first place you should check if you want to take something home. Downstairs, on 0 floor you can find loads of weird, interesting and cheap toys. they are mostly exported from China or Russia and if you come from western Europe then you probably wont find them at home. There are also other shops, that offer something for a bit older girls and boys, like accessories, bags, sunglasses and little sparkly pocketmirrors.

Next to Turu Kaubamaja, there is Turu Tare and it has the coolest toys. Instead of Bratz and Littlest Pet Shop they have Beauty and The Lovely Pet Show. And to be honest if i were a little girl i wouldnt see the difference.

But if you want to find something fancier you can try Kroonikeskus, which is next to the townsquare. On the floor 0, they have Juku toyshop, which has all the newest and coolest toys

A bit about Rakvere

 Rakvere is a beautiful town and the best time to visit it is from april to september. Thats when its warm, sunny and green. Green because there are a lot of trees and parks everywhere. Rakvere was actually named the Forest Capital of Estonia 2012

That on the picture is how people from Rakvere celebrated getting the title of the Forest Capital... they made a huge woodpile. It is 1 meter high and almost 600 meters long! Ofcourse they sold the woods afterwoods so you wouldnt be able to see it anymore, but it proves that Rakvere is a bit Crazy City.

For more exact information about Rakvere you can visit Rakvere website-

https://rakvere.kovtp.ee/et/uldinfo

Welcome to my blog!

I am starting this blog for many reasons... First of all I can proudly call Rakvere my hometown, I love it and i think its the best place in Estonia to live in!
 As i was walking around today I saw many tourists looking around in amazement, not knowing where to go or what to do as the locals where running to work and school, on their lunchbreak and back home again.
 There are many websites for tourists but often they dont give reviews or tips and unfortunately they seem to guide foreigners to the most expencive places.

 With this blog i will try to change it and if you are reading this, then my day has gone better, so thank you. :)