Forest Cemetery, Tallinn (Metsakalmistu)

Harju County · Estonia

Forest Cemetery, Tallinn (Metsakalmistu), Estonia
Photo: Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Opened in 1933 in a pine wood on the Kloostrimetsa ridge, this cemetery holds the graves of many Estonian cultural and political figures. Natural clearings and simple stones set among the trees give it a distinctly Nordic character.

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