Trees and People

Lääne-Viru County, Lahemaa National Park

Oandu Visitor Centre is located in the North-Estonian Recreation Area, 3 km towards Altja from Sagadi Manor. At Oandu the nature and opportunities of nature recreation are introduced, as well as the production and use of forest and timber throughout the ages.

The Visitor Centre operates in a 150-year-old building, which formerly housed the forest district office. As an important topic, the events and programmes provided by the centre also highlight cultural heritage – the traces of the life and work of previous generations.

The topics are supported by film and slide show programmes and exhibitions displayed in the Visitor Centre and its outbuildings, the Cone Hut, the hay barn and the old ice cellar.

• Trees and People – Forestry in the Past

At the exhibition opened in the large hay barn the old photos, folklore and memoirs and tools take the visitor back to the time when forestry works were done with a saw and an axe, and logs were transported on horse-driven sleighs. In the woodpiles visitors can find questions and answers about different trees and their use. 

 At the end of our nice and wonderful trip, we rested and took a little snack.