{"id":2869,"date":"2024-04-24T14:43:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T14:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/history\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T12:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:27:53","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/div><\/span>
\n

The Story of V\u00f5su<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

and Reute Residences<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

Located on the southern shore of K\u00e4smu Bay on Estonia\u2019s northern coast, V\u00f5su has long been a beloved summer retreat. Its wide sandy beach, beautiful natural scenery, and unique holiday atmosphere continue to captivate visitors to this day. It\u2019s no wonder that many well-known Estonian cultural figures\u2014such as Georg Ots, Kaljo Kiisk, Mikk Mikiver, and Juhan Viiding\u2014have chosen to spend their summers here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

The beautiful beach, sheltered by two peninsulas, has played a central role in the development of the settlement of V\u00f5su. The growth of V\u00f5su as a resort took off in 1870 with the opening of the Paldiski\u2013St. Petersburg railway. This new transport connection brought a large number of summer visitors from Russia, who greatly valued the advantages of V\u00f5su as a holiday destination. Around the same time, Baron von der Pahlen of Palmse Manor mapped out his pine forest area as summer home plots and sold them, thus laying the foundation for modern-day V\u00f5su. A deed of sale confirmed in 1901 reveals that present-day V\u00f5su is located precisely on the historically known Reute pine forest area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

With its beautiful pine forest rich in mushrooms and berries, sandy seabed, and warm sea water, V\u00f5su’s popularity continued to grow. A passenger ferry line between Tallinn and V\u00f5su was established, making it even easier for holidaymakers to reach the area. By the time of the First World War, V\u00f5su had already developed into a true resort, boasting over 120 summer houses. During the tsarist era, V\u00f5su was primarily visited by the nobility of St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Germany. In the early years of the Republic of Estonia, improved transportation and growing prosperity brought an increasing number of domestic tourists to V\u00f5su as well. In the 1930s, as visitor numbers rebounded after difficult times, a regular bus route between Tallinn and V\u00f5su was launched, and V\u00f5su became one of the most beloved holiday destinations for Estonians. By the eve of the Second World War, V\u00f5su was the fifth-largest resort in Estonia, and its bustling summer main street was said to resemble Tallinn\u2019s Harju Street or Tartu\u2019s R\u00fc\u00fctli Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
\n

Today, V\u00f5su\u2019s nearly 3-kilometre-long beach is known for its clear water, sandy seabed, and soft white sand. 2002. In 2002, V\u00f5su Beach was awarded the international Blue Flag, a mark of high environmental quality. During the summer months, V\u00f5su\u2019s usual population of around 500 increases dramatically, reaching up to 20,000 people on weekends and during cultural events. The small borough of V\u00f5su, which mostly consists of summer homes and low-rise buildings, comes alive with seasonal caf\u00e9s, shops, and even a small market offering local garden produce. The fast-flowing V\u00f5su River runs through the settlement and flows into the marina. From the end of the breakwater begins the 6-kilometre-long illuminated V\u00f5su\u2013K\u00e4smu walking and cycling path, which features a unique boat-shaped viewing platform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/span>
\n

At the corner of Laine Street, along the winding seaside promenade of V\u00f5su, stands a new accommodation complex \u2013 Reute \u2013 named after the historic pine forest of V\u00f5su.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

1874. In 1874, Ukrainian nobleman Ivan Borovt\u0161enko received a plot of land\u2014what is today Laine Street 6\u2014from Tsar Alexander II for the construction of a residence. 1902. By 1902, he had acquired the entire stretch of land along Laine Street, including the site of today\u2019s Reute Residents, and built several buildings for his family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with many other descendants of landowners in V\u00f5su, the Borovt\u0161enko family was able to reclaim only a small portion of their former property\u2014the rest had been taken during nationalization and transferred to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

During the Soviet era, a restaurant named Neptun was built on the seaward side of the plot. It became V\u00f5su\u2019s most famous entertainment venue for decades and attracted visitors from all over Estonia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000. In 2000, the Neptun restaurant burned down, and the site remained vacant until 2023, when construction began on a new building. Today, a new Reute holiday complex stands in the very same location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n


<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

Reute Residents offers visitors luxurious accommodation and relaxation in a beautiful natural setting. In addition to a peaceful spa and an Italian-inspired restaurant, guests can enjoy stunning sea views and romantic sunsets. V\u00f5su\u2019s clean air, beautiful beaches, and enchanting nature make it an ideal destination for both romantic getaways and family holidays.
Come and experience the charm of historic V\u00f5su combined with the comfort of modern luxury at Reute!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/span>
\n

<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Located on the southern shore of K\u00e4smu Bay on Estonia\u2019s northern coast, V\u00f5su has long been a beloved summer retreat. Its wide sandy beach, beautiful natural scenery, and unique holiday atmosphere continue to captivate visitors to this day. It\u2019s no wonder that many well-known Estonian cultural figures\u2014such as Georg Ots, Kaljo Kiisk, Mikk Mikiver, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2869","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nHistory - Reute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History - Reute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Located on the southern shore of K\u00e4smu Bay on Estonia\u2019s northern coast, V\u00f5su has long been a beloved summer retreat. Its wide sandy beach, beautiful natural scenery, and unique holiday atmosphere continue to captivate visitors to this day. It\u2019s no wonder that many well-known Estonian cultural figures\u2014such as Georg Ots, Kaljo Kiisk, Mikk Mikiver, and […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Reute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-16T12:27:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5690-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1708\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/\",\"name\":\"History - Reute\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5690-1024x683.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-24T14:43:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-16T12:27:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5690-1024x683.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5690-1024x683.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"History\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/\",\"name\":\"Reute\",\"description\":\"Reute Residentsid ja Restoran\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/reute.ee\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"History - Reute","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"History - Reute","og_description":"Located on the southern shore of K\u00e4smu Bay on Estonia\u2019s northern coast, V\u00f5su has long been a beloved summer retreat. Its wide sandy beach, beautiful natural scenery, and unique holiday atmosphere continue to captivate visitors to this day. It\u2019s no wonder that many well-known Estonian cultural figures\u2014such as Georg Ots, Kaljo Kiisk, Mikk Mikiver, and […]","og_url":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/","og_site_name":"Reute","article_modified_time":"2025-06-16T12:27:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1708,"url":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5690-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/","url":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/","name":"History - Reute","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5690-1024x683.jpg","datePublished":"2024-04-24T14:43:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-16T12:27:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5690-1024x683.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_5690-1024x683.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/history\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"History"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/#website","url":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/","name":"Reute","description":"Reute Residentsid ja Restoran","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2869"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2869\/revisions\/2876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reute.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}