{"id":14358,"date":"2026-08-28T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rannarahvamuuseum.ee\/night-of-ancient-lights-at-the-viimsi-open-air-museum\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:45:00","slug":"night-of-ancient-lights-at-the-viimsi-open-air-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rannarahvamuuseum.ee\/en\/night-of-ancient-lights-at-the-viimsi-open-air-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Night of Ancient Lights at the Viimsi Open-Air Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14358\" class=\"elementor elementor-14358 elementor-14344\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b14cec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b14cec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb5ba8d elementor-widget-divider--view-line 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The concert features Ruhnu-Swedish violin tunes, songs, and stories that recount the life, faith, joys, and hardships of this small island community. <\/div><div> <\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Come join us to bid farewell to August\u2014to listen, sing along, and even dance to the tunes of Ruhnu\u2019s fiddlers. Feel free to bring a picnic basket if you\u2019d like. The museum caf\u00e9 will be open, and in keeping with the Night of Ancient Lights, we\u2019ll light a bonfire in the evening.  <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47fc2a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47fc2a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82e339a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"82e339a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/rannarahvamuuseum.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RUNO-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14356\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rannarahvamuuseum.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RUNO-1024x683.png 1024w, 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