Discover Viljandi
The city of Viljandi and its surroundings offer a wide range of activities for culture lovers, history buffs, nature lovers, sports enthusiasts and families with children.
Viljandi Ice Rink
Puidu Street 8, Viljandi
2,5 km 30 min 5 min
The ice rink offers sporting and leisure facilities for families and groups. On Saturdays, the hall hosts ice parties. You can also rent all the equipment you need for skating. Please check from the website for available times, as there are also training sessions. The rink is closed during the summer season.
Heimtali Museum
Heimtali, Viljandi parish
9 km 10 min
The museum is housed in Heimtali’s old village schoolhouse, a beautiful country building from 1864. The permanent exhibition of the Heimtali Museum’s multi-layered collection includes school furniture from a hundred years ago, old documents and tools from the surrounding area. The collection of folk textiles is particularly rich, as is the library of folk art, folklore and decorative arts. The children’s playroom has a range of cats, dogs, piglets and other domestic animals knitted in clove patterns. The permanent exhibition is curated and designed by textile artist Anu Raud.
Olustvere Manor
Mõisa Street 12, Olustvere
22 km 18 min
Olustvere Manor, with a history going back several hundred years, is now a tourist centre, with a variety of chambers for workshops are set up in the manor buildings: blacksmith, craft, linen and cloth, ceramics and glass, bakery and stable building. The latter also houses Voldemar Lucht’s miniature collection of wooden horses and Ilmar Tilga’s collection of bird and animal prints. Guided tours of the Olustvere manor complex.
The Mulgi Experience Centre
Sooglemäe, Ala, Tõrva parish, Valgamaa
48 km 40 min
The Mulgi Experience Centre introduces the heritage and history of Mulgimaa, in a traditional way and smart modern solutions - stories, customs, mythology and folklore. There are activities and things to see for children and adults alike.
Playground on the shore of Lake Viljandi
700 m 9 min
The health- and playground on the shores of Lake Viljandi offers activities for young and old alike. The large sand-covered area has exciting attractions for children of all ages, including swings, slides, climbing slides, hanging trees, a pyramid over 6 metres high, a Tarzan track and more. Nearby there is a bathing area, boat hire and ball courts.
Children's Park
Uus Street 12, Viljandi
1,2 km 14 min
In the children’s park, the little ones can play in the sandpit, go sliding, climb the rope slide and swing. In the park, children will be delighted by the child-friendly granite sculptures “Young Technician” and “Young Naturalist”. The trick riders are awaited by the new and gorgeous trails.
Uku's Playground
Tallinna Street 41, Uku Centre
1 km 12 min
The playroom on the second floor of the Uku centre offers activities for children of all ages. There is a climbing castle, a Lego board, a doll’s house and much more. Parents can leave their children in the play area and head to the shopping in the centre.
Childcare is also available by reservation at Schloss Fellin. Please let us know if you need it.
Lake Paala playground
750 m 9 min
A large playground with a gorgeous wooden ship awaits toddlers at Lake Paala, where they can play on the water and slide around. A bathing area is nearby. A cycle path runs around Lake Paala, where you can walk in all seasons, roller-skate or cycle from spring to autumn, and ski in winter. When the snow comes, children can use the valley slope for sledging.