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This island looks like a great place to relax. The ferry to get there is huge! The drone footage along the coast was very nice. The sunset footage with that flying contraption was so cool! We would love to try it someday.
First off, your wedding footage is lovely to see! Excited you are off to explore the islands. What a beautiful day for a ferry ride. I'd love to go wind surfing like the folks you pointed out while waiting for the ferry. The boat looked really nice on the inside. I'm impressed and it's pretty cheap! Your hostel looked nice too. Sounds like it was in a great location :) Also, a very happy belated bday to Craig’s mom hehe :)
Thank you, we loved exploring the islands especially as Saaremaa had been closed off from the mainland during the pandemic we thought we might not get to visit🙂
I'm a central mainlander and I remember the first time I visited Hiiumaa. Such a pretty place! We went with our class as a school-end trip and it was such a beautiful place that I'm still thinking of sometime moving to live somewhere on the islands. Also a interesting phrase, I don't know if you've heared before, but to the mainlanders, the people from the isles are considered to be the toughest lot :D Throughout history they've been the last region to fall to the occuping powers and stuff. And throughout history the islands were the richest region in Estonia. During the time of Teutonic rule over the land, Saaremaa was the richest region in Estonia and there were a lot of people living there. Same goes for Hiiumaa and the other islands.
That is really interesting to hear that they were the last to succumb to the occupying powers. We loved both the Estonian islands that we visited, Hiiumaa felt very exclusive and the quality of life on the islands felt really high. Hope you get to live there one day! 😊
Yeh it was really cool to see as we walked back along the marina at sunset, really want to do it looks so fun! Yeh the hostel was fine in the end just the owner had popped out for a bit so we couldn’t check in, they’re so chilled out😎
Awesome video guys! Love the music 😁😁 how cool is the ferry...such great seating areas and awesome that there are plug points and free WiFi! The little beer shack looked amazing! And happy bday to Craig’s mom 🥳 the noisy swings though 🤣🤣🤣 at least it looked amazing in slow mo with music 😅
Thanks for visiting my hometown/island. It is really beautiful here. Great place to relax. I'm sure you already left, but hope you had a great trip here! Can't wait to see the next episode!!!
The ferry ride reminds me of my travels in eastern Canada as a kid with my family... I haven't taken a ferry since that trip. I love seeing all these spots you find. Looks like your hostel was in a great location, and you found some yummy "fries".
Watching this video makes us want to travel sooooo badly!! 😭😭 That hostel is really charming and that little white triangle walkway was quite picturesque. Beautiful area, I (Thomas) was just telling Ruth that a lot of the scenery in this video looked like my home state of Wisconsin! The trees, waterfront, everything. Mmmm.. kickin it off with a cheeseburger and fries/chips what a good day... happy summer from the Midwest y’all! ☺️
Thanks for sharing the history behind the WWII memorial. The marina looks beautiful...love all the drone footage. And your meal of burgers/sandwiches and fries (I mean chips 😊) looks delicious!
Really neat footage on the ferry! Estonia is somewhere I've always wanted to see, and hope to make it there when the world is easily traversable again. I'm glad I found your channel, I absolutely love travel (and travel hacking haha). Just subscribed Can't wait to see more!
It's great to know Estonia from your videos guys! Hiumaa Island is full of history and the house architectures in Kardla looks so classic and beautiful. Sunset view at the end is awesome
Kardla Marina is very beautiful. I love the "Press for Champaign" sign. The water looks crystal clear. Sound like Tears for Fears and Kendrick Lamar playing in the background. Enjoy the food, drinks, and chips! Cheers! @17:23 I thought those things were fake!. Supercool! The guy is flying over the water! Awesome! Happy birthday Mom (from Thailand)! Those are the noisiest swings in the world. Safe travels! :)
I stayed in the same hotel and I not remember if also in the same room (I have to check photos). I thought I was the only tourist on the island. In the morning one man was ringing that church bell across the road. There is interesting mechanism for that bell. I went to some remote beach to see footprints of different animals in the sand. Next day returned to Tallinn.
Your videos are too short. 😊😍 Also, waiting a week between each update is tough!! Great video, thank you so much. By the time you leave Eesti, I'll have convinced my wife it's where we should move to.
guess what? i miss the place where you went in this episode, because i call hiiumaa my actual home. I'm glad to know you enjoyed this journey at my home! :)
Craig is getting nice face hair since Haapsalu :) The vlog is as always pleasing. Today it felt like my kind of day to rejoice. Sun kissed skin, fresh air, crisp surrounding, gorgeous day and sea front. Missing the getting-out vibe. And 1.30 hours ferry ride time was surprising to me as well. Awesome job guys. Waiting for Sareema...
Really like your new edit style guys! Seems like a nice ferry ride, it must so nice to be able to travel again! Your hotel room is nice, but why separate beds? Lol It seems like a cool and quiet place to be and you two seem like enjoying yourselves. Love the drone shots! That swing is loud lol
Thank you🙂 We’ve found quite a few accommodations seem to have more twin rooms than doubles so booking last minute quite often end up with twin beds, we just put them together to make a double☺️
Yeah it definitely looks like the perfect place to switch off!! I would love to disconnect there 😍 the church is so beautiful too with such a cool history. Thanks for sharing your awesome little vacation! I love that they had WiFi on the ferry. It’s hard to come by good strong WiFi here in the US 😔
Extravellganza it’s a beautiful little island.😊 Wifi is tricky as we’ve been travelling around the countryside but was great on the ferry! Had no idea wifi would be hard to find in the US, guessed that would be a place where it would be everywhere. Where abouts are you in the US?
6:17 it takes around thirty minutes to get to Saaremaa from the mainland because the ferry actually takes you to the island of Muhu which is connected to Saaremaa by a causeway.
We didn’t take the ferry from the mainland to Saaremaa. Just mainland to Hiiumaa but we have since been to Sareemaa and Muhu island (spoiler alert for upcoming vids! 😊)
The direct translation would actually be "The Island of Day", and the original meaning was perhaps "The Island Where the Day Starts", as it locates east from Sweden. As Hiiumaa had sparse population in early times, the Swedes were migrating to there (as well as to several other coastal areas in Estonia) in late Medieval time, reaching up to one third of the population of the island. Btw, Kärdla was originally a Swedish village as well. As Estonians were serfs, but Swedes remained free, there were constant attempts of the local landlords (most of them were German origin) to make them into serfs as well. Finally, as Estonia got annexed by Russia, during the reign of Catherine the Great nearly all the Swedes of Hiiumaa were moved to the lands just conquered by Russia and depopulated from Crimean Tatars (today, in Southern Ukraine). Nearly half of them didn't survive the roadtrip, or the following winter, as they were put "in the middle of nowhere". In early Soviet time, they got a chance to move to Sweden, but those who remained there faced Stalinist repressions in the years to come, and after the WWII their settlement was populated by Ukrainians moved to there from Poland. So, by now they are close to assimilation, only some elderly people still speaking Swedish.
The journeys and history of these lands truly fascinates (and devastates) the more we read and learn. It is so hard to comprehend the difference seeing these places and talking to locals.
The reason why the ferry trip lasts so long is that there are treacherous waters between Mainland Estonia and Hiiumaa, many shallows and rocks, so the ships and ferries must navigate carefully. There was one person, who took advantage of the circumstances - Baron von Ungern-Sternberg. He was a wealthy, empowered landowner at the Hiiumaa Island back in the 18th century, who would lure in desperate ships on stormy nights by setting up false lights for them as if to find their way to a harbour. Once a ship was marooned, he and his men would comandeer it, kill the crew and the passengers and to rob the ship of its cargo and the passengers of their belongings. According to the legend nobody wanted to do business with Hiiumaa any more, the local people rose up in rebellion against the Baron, dragged him out of his manor house and lynched him.
Super interesting, makes sense as we have since learned of all the ships that were wrecked by the shallows surrounding the island. Pleased the Baron was dealt with though!
It has been a few weeks since I've returned from Estonia back to the UK yet I still can't get used to wearing a mask indoors and on public transport. It's rediculous. Seeing you guys in these videos reminds me of the normal way of living!
@@TideKnotTravellers I'm in Portigal at the moment and it's very similar to the UK in this respect. Mask are mandatory indoors but some people wear them all the time!
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Ahh, I know every twist and turn on this road from Tallinn to home. 🤩
This island looks like a great place to relax. The ferry to get there is huge! The drone footage along the coast was very nice. The sunset footage with that flying contraption was so cool! We would love to try it someday.
We love the idea of flyboarding, looks so fun!
Just discovered you guys……great video. I will be watching! Cheers.
Thank you so much and welcome to the adventures 😊
First off, your wedding footage is lovely to see! Excited you are off to explore the islands. What a beautiful day for a ferry ride. I'd love to go wind surfing like the folks you pointed out while waiting for the ferry. The boat looked really nice on the inside. I'm impressed and it's pretty cheap! Your hostel looked nice too. Sounds like it was in a great location :) Also, a very happy belated bday to Craig’s mom hehe :)
Thank you, we loved exploring the islands especially as Saaremaa had been closed off from the mainland during the pandemic we thought we might not get to visit🙂
Very informative video! You two are so cute! 😊 Thats a cosy little hostel! Love drone shoots! Food seems delicious! New friends here 👋🏻
Yet another beautiful place we couldnt visit this summer because of cancelled flights..hey ho..perhaps next year 💙🖤🤍
Reet Turner yes next year everyone deserves double holidays after this year!
I'm a central mainlander and I remember the first time I visited Hiiumaa. Such a pretty place! We went with our class as a school-end trip and it was such a beautiful place that I'm still thinking of sometime moving to live somewhere on the islands.
Also a interesting phrase, I don't know if you've heared before, but to the mainlanders, the people from the isles are considered to be the toughest lot :D Throughout history they've been the last region to fall to the occuping powers and stuff.
And throughout history the islands were the richest region in Estonia. During the time of Teutonic rule over the land, Saaremaa was the richest region in Estonia and there were a lot of people living there. Same goes for Hiiumaa and the other islands.
That is really interesting to hear that they were the last to succumb to the occupying powers.
We loved both the Estonian islands that we visited, Hiiumaa felt very exclusive and the quality of life on the islands felt really high. Hope you get to live there one day! 😊
That was quite a nice sunny day to explore the majestic islands. Views are amazing 👌 !! Looking forward for more island adventures
Thank you, more Baltic sunshine coming up😊
That man flying in the air with the sunset was so so cool and the shot was amazing! So glad your hostile worked out, it looked creepy at first :)
Yeh it was really cool to see as we walked back along the marina at sunset, really want to do it looks so fun! Yeh the hostel was fine in the end just the owner had popped out for a bit so we couldn’t check in, they’re so chilled out😎
Awesome video guys! Love the music 😁😁 how cool is the ferry...such great seating areas and awesome that there are plug points and free WiFi! The little beer shack looked amazing! And happy bday to Craig’s mom 🥳 the noisy swings though 🤣🤣🤣 at least it looked amazing in slow mo with music 😅
The noisy swings made us laugh so much, explains why they were never being used😂
Wow! What a sunset! Would love to visit here. Thanks for the video! Making me want to travel ASAP!
Sunsets over here are just incredible and last so long! ☺️
Was really nice to see your video. And I am glad that you like to be in Estonia. Have a great trip where you ever go. :-) Greetings from Tallinn! :-)
Thank you so much! We love Estonia 🇪🇪
Thanks for visiting my hometown/island. It is really beautiful here. Great place to relax. I'm sure you already left, but hope you had a great trip here! Can't wait to see the next episode!!!
We had the best time, we can’t wait to share the rest of our adventures from your beautiful home island! It’s a beautiful place to relax☺️
13:00 this place was amazinggg
It was so tranquil and beautiful being there 😊
The ferry ride reminds me of my travels in eastern Canada as a kid with my family... I haven't taken a ferry since that trip. I love seeing all these spots you find. Looks like your hostel was in a great location, and you found some yummy "fries".
The Average Tourist that’s so cute, yes ferries are the way to island hop here in the Baltics! ☺️
Watching this video makes us want to travel sooooo badly!! 😭😭 That hostel is really charming and that little white triangle walkway was quite picturesque. Beautiful area, I (Thomas) was just telling Ruth that a lot of the scenery in this video looked like my home state of Wisconsin! The trees, waterfront, everything. Mmmm.. kickin it off with a cheeseburger and fries/chips what a good day... happy summer from the Midwest y’all! ☺️
Ruth and Thomas wow, if Wisconsin looks like Hiiumaa then we definitely need to stop there when we tour the States! Hope you guys can travel soon🤞🏼
@@TideKnotTravellers YES. We've been hoping to travel, but are still finding it pretty hard to do much 😢 Hopefully soon!
Thanks for sharing the history behind the WWII memorial. The marina looks beautiful...love all the drone footage. And your meal of burgers/sandwiches and fries (I mean chips 😊) looks delicious!
Really neat footage on the ferry! Estonia is somewhere I've always wanted to see, and hope to make it there when the world is easily traversable again. I'm glad I found your channel, I absolutely love travel (and travel hacking haha). Just subscribed Can't wait to see more!
moneybee thank you, we most definitely recommend visiting Estonia it’s massively underrated and so beautiful 😍
It's great to know Estonia from your videos guys! Hiumaa Island is full of history and the house architectures in Kardla looks so classic and beautiful. Sunset view at the end is awesome
Thank you, so pleased to be able to share these beautiful places with the world, Estonia is a hidden gem.
Kardla Marina is very beautiful. I love the "Press for Champaign" sign. The water looks crystal clear. Sound like Tears for Fears and Kendrick Lamar playing in the background. Enjoy the food, drinks, and chips! Cheers! @17:23 I thought those things were fake!. Supercool! The guy is flying over the water! Awesome! Happy birthday Mom (from Thailand)! Those are the noisiest swings in the world. Safe travels! :)
Thank you 😊 It was so cool watching him fly around in front of the sunset 🌅
I stayed in the same hotel and I not remember if also in the same room (I have to check photos). I thought I was the only tourist on the island. In the morning one man was ringing that church bell across the road. There is interesting mechanism for that bell. I went to some remote beach to see footprints of different animals in the sand. Next day returned to Tallinn.
That’s so cool. It’s such a quiet island☺️
Your videos are too short. 😊😍 Also, waiting a week between each update is tough!!
Great video, thank you so much. By the time you leave Eesti, I'll have convinced my wife it's where we should move to.
Thank you so much😊 We are trying to do two a week sometimes but so difficult when travelling around😅 still lots more to come!
guess what? i miss the place where you went in this episode, because i call hiiumaa my actual home. I'm glad to know you enjoyed this journey at my home! :)
Can see why you miss it. It’s a great little island, growing up there must’ve been a lot of fun😊
@@TideKnotTravellers trust me, it really was, theres also a pizza place near a sea! but sadly i dont remember the name :(
Lovely video! Great drone footage!
Thank you 😊
What a great video guys. Looks absolutely beautiful that island 🥰 definitely could unwind there for sure!
Thank you ☺️ Turns out the Baltic islands are a lot of fun and beautiful!
Craig is getting nice face hair since Haapsalu :)
The vlog is as always pleasing. Today it felt like my kind of day to rejoice. Sun kissed skin, fresh air, crisp surrounding, gorgeous day and sea front. Missing the getting-out vibe. And 1.30 hours ferry ride time was surprising to me as well. Awesome job guys. Waiting for Sareema...
Yes definitely quite a bit of facial hair in this video😅 Hiiumaa is a beautiful summer place! 😊
Really like your new edit style guys! Seems like a nice ferry ride, it must so nice to be able to travel again! Your hotel room is nice, but why separate beds? Lol It seems like a cool and quiet place to be and you two seem like enjoying yourselves. Love the drone shots! That swing is loud lol
Thank you🙂 We’ve found quite a few accommodations seem to have more twin rooms than doubles so booking last minute quite often end up with twin beds, we just put them together to make a double☺️
Yeah it definitely looks like the perfect place to switch off!! I would love to disconnect there 😍 the church is so beautiful too with such a cool history. Thanks for sharing your awesome little vacation! I love that they had WiFi on the ferry. It’s hard to come by good strong WiFi here in the US 😔
Extravellganza it’s a beautiful little island.😊 Wifi is tricky as we’ve been travelling around the countryside but was great on the ferry! Had no idea wifi would be hard to find in the US, guessed that would be a place where it would be everywhere. Where abouts are you in the US?
6:17 it takes around thirty minutes to get to Saaremaa from the mainland because the ferry actually takes you to the island of Muhu which is connected to Saaremaa by a causeway.
We didn’t take the ferry from the mainland to Saaremaa. Just mainland to Hiiumaa but we have since been to Sareemaa and Muhu island (spoiler alert for upcoming vids! 😊)
Hiiumaa is my home iland. It was actualy called Dagö a long time ago,witch in translation means "the island of sun".
Ahh what a lovely name for the island!
The direct translation would actually be "The Island of Day", and the original meaning was perhaps "The Island Where the Day Starts", as it locates east from Sweden. As Hiiumaa had sparse population in early times, the Swedes were migrating to there (as well as to several other coastal areas in Estonia) in late Medieval time, reaching up to one third of the population of the island. Btw, Kärdla was originally a Swedish village as well. As Estonians were serfs, but Swedes remained free, there were constant attempts of the local landlords (most of them were German origin) to make them into serfs as well. Finally, as Estonia got annexed by Russia, during the reign of Catherine the Great nearly all the Swedes of Hiiumaa were moved to the lands just conquered by Russia and depopulated from Crimean Tatars (today, in Southern Ukraine). Nearly half of them didn't survive the roadtrip, or the following winter, as they were put "in the middle of nowhere". In early Soviet time, they got a chance to move to Sweden, but those who remained there faced Stalinist repressions in the years to come, and after the WWII their settlement was populated by Ukrainians moved to there from Poland. So, by now they are close to assimilation, only some elderly people still speaking Swedish.
The journeys and history of these lands truly fascinates (and devastates) the more we read and learn. It is so hard to comprehend the difference seeing these places and talking to locals.
Very cool!! Why does it sound so much like hawaii 😂😎 and the hoff lol
Yes did have a nice tropical vibe there!🏝 had no idea we’d see the Hoff there😄
The reason why the ferry trip lasts so long is that there are treacherous waters between Mainland Estonia and Hiiumaa, many shallows and rocks, so the ships and ferries must navigate carefully. There was one person, who took advantage of the circumstances - Baron von Ungern-Sternberg. He was a wealthy, empowered landowner at the Hiiumaa Island back in the 18th century, who would lure in desperate ships on stormy nights by setting up false lights for them as if to find their way to a harbour. Once a ship was marooned, he and his men would comandeer it, kill the crew and the passengers and to rob the ship of its cargo and the passengers of their belongings. According to the legend nobody wanted to do business with Hiiumaa any more, the local people rose up in rebellion against the Baron, dragged him out of his manor house and lynched him.
Super interesting, makes sense as we have since learned of all the ships that were wrecked by the shallows surrounding the island. Pleased the Baron was dealt with though!
It has been a few weeks since I've returned from Estonia back to the UK yet I still can't get used to wearing a mask indoors and on public transport. It's rediculous. Seeing you guys in these videos reminds me of the normal way of living!
Yes the idea of wearing a mask all the time feels so strange to us still. Other than pictures of the UK and USA we just don’t see them anywhere here
@@TideKnotTravellers I'm in Portigal at the moment and it's very similar to the UK in this respect. Mask are mandatory indoors but some people wear them all the time!
The island mosquitoes are positively vicious. They take a bite out of you and fly off to perch on a tree branch to finish chewing it. :(
Yes that accurately describes how it feels, touring Estonia has given us both our fair share of mosquito bites! 😅
The sound of the swings at the end 😅😅😅😅
😆😂we quickly worked out why no one was on them!
How did you appreciate Kardla? Did it look European or still Soviet?
Kardla felt very Estonian and lovely with more Estonian style housing.
@@TideKnotTravellers did you find any restaurants and cafés in the town?
We found a few around the Marina but didn’t eat in the town itself.
Kärdla. Ä is pronounced as a in "glad".
We just learned this after filming the video from saying it to our Estonian friends. So many new words everyday! 😅
There is actually a village named Kardla, in Tartu County, Estonia.
I also like your very British accent ;)
Thanks! 😃
Did you know Finnish and Estonian languages are similar?
Kas teil korona test on tehtud kuna olete välismaalased?? Niimoodi käite mööda eestit???
We're living in Estonia and haven't left for nearly 6 months :) also not Aliens we have Estonian IDs.
Nad on Märtsist saadik Eestis olnud
@@lzstream kus sa sa nii täpselt tead??