Here is an article to help you discover the small island of Kihnu. About 7km long, 5oo inhabitants. 69 pupils in the local school, as for the orthodox church, the priest comes from the mainland once a month.
It’s a place wich is still deaply immerged into tradition, having escaped the second world war and the soviet occupation, it’s a small natural haven and the people living there still have their own dialect, costume, and for this richeness of local heritage, they received a classification in UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites.
We toured the island with an islander, which showed us some of the nice places such as the lighthouse (brought from England !) and the museum, which gives good information on the island’s history and famous figures, such as Kihnu Jõhn, an estonian sailor originally born on the island, which sailed around the globe and incarnated freedom during the soviet times.
We tasted there a strange fish called Tulle Haug (Tulle means “wind” in estonian) it’s bones are, believe it or not…… GREEN ! bright green yes. At first we wondered if it would taste good, but it was really tasty in fact and the colour of the bones were a great way to find them too !
