Estonian Expanded Logboat in
UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list
Aivar Ruukel
24. August 2022 in Tallinn
ICOMOS Estonia Conference
“Coastal World Heritage and Heritage Communities”
2021 14th of December
the building and use of
expanded logboats in
Estonia’s Soomaa region was
added to UNESCO’s
Intangible Cultural Heritage
in Need of Urgent Safeguarding list
Soomaa - The Land of Bogs
Expanded Logboats in Estonia in 1920ies
The Story of Fifth Season .
Use of dugout boats in Soomaa
Use of dugout boats in Soomaa
Use of dugout boats in Soomaa
Use of dugout boats in Soomaa
“Hard” and “soft” logboats
Slusegård, Bornholm
Äänisjärv (Onega)
Evolution of the clinker boat
Ancient Waterways
Ancient Waterways
Used all over Finno-Ugric World
1996 - 2000 Haabjas-building camps at
Saarisoo farm in Soomaa
Jüri Lükk
Jaan Rahumaa
Boatbuilders
Aleksander Olev
Boatbuilders
Martin Tolberg
Boatbuilders
Logboat building
#haabjas2UNESCO
#haabjas2UNESCO
Challenges
Challenges
Thank You!

Estonian Expanded Logboat in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list