The magic of Midsummer: Estonian summer in full bloom

Midsummer brings Estonians their most cherished season, lush meadows, the scent of wild strawberries, and the wild joy of nature. This is the time dreamed of on long winter evenings and offers every sense a feast of summer fragrance.

Estonia is reaching the time that every Estonian eagerly awaits during winter: Midsummer in all its natural glory.

The meadows have grown thick with grass, where timothy tickles the throat and the piercing, sweet scent of lady's bedstraw lulls the senses. Beside it, a colourful tangle of vibrant blooms mixed with ever-deepening purple bellflowers creates a spectacle that belongs only here and only now.

Great bird's-foot trefoils share their abundance on heathlands and margins, red clover offers bees — and humans, spiritually — a sweet promise. Midsummer is the pinnacle of Estonian nature, when everything blooms at once and there is no room for haste.

This is the season dreamed of on long, dark winter evenings, a moment that passes quickly but leaves a memory that carries through the winter.