Estonian Railway Museum (Haapsalu Station)
Eesti Raudteemuuseum
A splendid wooden station built in 1905, with a covered platform about 214 m long. The station house holds a museum displaying vintage trains.
The station was built in 1904–1905 to serve the tsarist family and nobility who came to take the cure. Its covered platform, with carved wooden eaves, is about 214 m long and was once considered one of the longest in Europe. The station building houses the Estonian Railway Museum, which tells the story of the country's railways. Outdoors on the tracks are steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, and old carriages, and visitors can climb aboard. The museum is very popular with families with children. It is open Wednesday through Sunday (and possibly daily in summer). The platform itself can be visited and photographed for free.
Opening hours
Wed–Sun approx. 10:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Evald Okas Museum
- Haapsalu Lace Centre (Shawl House)
- Haapsalu Episcopal Castle
- Haapsalu Old Town
- Haapsalu Promenade & Kuursaal
- Läänemaa Museum (Old Town Hall)
- Ilon's Wonderland
- Paralepa Beach