Scenery... Rummu Quarry is a blueish lagoon, unearthly for Estonia, in the midst of Harju county, Vasalemma parish, right next to it is ash-hill which together with an artificial Rummu lake makes a unique scenery and is wonderful day destination with our SUP-tour. Next to a quarry, there is a Rummu ash hill which consists mainly of ash, a byproduct of the mine. Start of Rummu Quarry… Rummu quarry is a desolated and underwater mine in Estonia, in Vasalemma parish. Under Soviet Union rule they began extracting limestone in Rummu Quarry. In 1938 started working Vasalemma limestone- and marble factor , mining limestone in Rummu Quarry. As a matter of fact, there were Murru prison nearby and the company used prisoners of hard labor in mine.When Rummu closed and the pumping of water from quarry ceased, the quarry quickly filled with water, forming a lake, submerging some of the buildings and machinery. Dangers lurking in this pristine crystal clear lagoon... As this awesome submerged mine lake bed contains a number of ruble those including pieces of thick concrete, rebar spikes and plenty of barbed wire. Professional divers have made publicly aware that any jump-diving into the lake off half-submerged buildings is very dangerous. So its very much advised that any kind of diving from the building might have a fatal consequences. Shutting down quarry… After awhile, in 2001 Estonian government started to merge Rummu prison with the Murru prison, then in 2004 those were merged with the Harku women's prison. On 31 December 2012, all of these prisons closed permanently. Since then quarry is closed the area became beloved location for locals and tourist a like to have hiking trip or rafting. With buildings and machinery got submerged, scuba diving, nature photography became very much enjoyed there. As this place has unique
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Rummu Quarry is a blueish lagoon, unearthly for Estonia, in the midst of Harju county, Vasalemma parish, right next to it is ash-hill which together with an artificial Rummu lake makes a unique scenery and is wonderful day destination with our SUP-tour.
Next to a quarry, there is a Rummu ash hill which consists mainly of ash, a byproduct of the mine.
Our canoe trip on Saturday, 1st of May 2021 We have had plenty of Canoe trips already. 🚣♂️🛶 Mostly on the Põltsamaa river. It is the biggest river in Estonia which has pretty clear water. Believe it or not but it is clear enough to drink it. Really amazing obstacles on the way which are very challenging to pass them. We saw how beavers were eating trees, by the river smoothly paddling we saw fisherman caught a trout. In the beginning, it was so sunny that you could suntan. But as in Estonia weather is changing very suddenly a moment later it was a sky full of clouds. After canoeing in the arrival point a farmer warmed up a sauna where we had a chance to get in and jump into the river. This was totally spontaneous, not planned. A farmer was very happy to have company, and we were glad to experience that. Of course, we saw a real Estonian farm, in the middle of the forest no one around 5 kilometres, in the garden are freely moving dog and chickens. Then we had lunch exactly on a live fire. 🔥 Beautifully grilled sausages and potatoes with fish next to the water source. Makes me want to go back there 😍 In the middle of this forest there is no phone signal at all, a bear or bear family is living there. How do we know? We saw his footprint. Very wild adventure. On the photo you also see front of those lovely people a water source where water is bursting out literally 24/7 with +30 degrees and with -30 degrees. What a treasure we have got in Estonia. After eating we had time and will to see some crystal clear magical water sources. Opportunity to drink the purest
Our canoe trip on Saturday, 1st of May 2021
We have had plenty of Canoe trips already. 🚣♂️🛶 Mostly on the Põltsamaa river. It is the biggest river in Estonia which has pretty clear water. Believe it or not but it is clear enough to drink it. Really amazing obstacles on the way which are very challenging to pass them. We saw how beavers were eating trees, by the river smoothly paddling we saw fisherman caught a trout. In the beginning, it was so sunny that you could suntan. But as in Estonia weather is changing very suddenly a moment later it was a sky full of clouds.
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