Kassari Chapel
Kassari kabel
Estonia's only thatched-roof church still in use: a small white chapel hidden in a churchyard among the pines of Kassari Island.
Kassari Chapel was built in the late 18th century. Its white limestone walls and thick reed thatch roof make it the only thatched-roof church in Estonia still in use. It stands in an old churchyard in the pine forest of eastern Kassari Island, a peaceful setting where many local families have been buried for generations. Services and concerts are held here in summer, and on other days visitors can admire it from the outside. Kassari Island is connected to the main island of Hiiumaa by a causeway, and the chapel can be part of a cycling route with Sarve-Tirp Spit and the Kassari branch of the Hiiumaa Museum.
Opening hours
Exterior open all day; interior open in summer
Nearby sights
- Hiiumaa Museum Kassari Exhibition House
- Vaemla Wool Factory
- Sääre Tirp
- Käina Church Ruins
- Orjaku Bird Tower & Käina Bay
- Suuremõisa Manor
- Pühalepa Church
- Soera Farm Museum