For us, Estonians, Midsummer is pretty important. It is the longest day of the year & it has been celebrated for a very long time with different traditions. Most common ones are probably that young lovers wander through the forest looking for a lucky fern flower said to bloom only this night. And that if you find the glowworm, you may expect a great fortune! 🔮
Midsummer celebrations
On 22nd of June we had a great Midsummer get-together with my Saaremaa friends in Aste. Big thanks to Triin & Madis, who once again invited us to their countryside and took care of all the preparations! 🙌🏻 Everything was well organised with amazing food, nice company, music and of course bonfire! 🔥 What else would you need for perfect night. Am I right? 😉
Unfortunately I didn’t make many photos over there, but I will add one short video ✌🏻

The next day we had again little bonfire and gill&chill with my family and relatives at our countryside. We made our own little bonfire and then there was also a bigger bonfire at the harbour. The weather was again just amazing. I don’t remember so nice Midsummer day and evening for a long time.. Usually it is raining at it is cold. But this year we were swimming in the evening and it was nicely hot! 🤩


The moon glows on the river, wind rustles the pines. Long night clear everything – what are they for?
Ueda Akinari
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