Haapsalu is a small town in Western-Estonia.It´s populatsion is around 12 000.It is major seaside resort town ,formed in 1279.It is well known of it´s curative mud,warm seawater . The first mud spa opened it´s doors in 1825. Haapsalu´s famous ghost is - the White Lady Legend of the White Lady - On the Baptistery’s circular window built into the southern wall of Haapsalu Dome Church a female figure appears during the full moon nights in August.How and why does this woman reveals herself on the chapel’s window for centuries? So the legend goes: In the Middle Ages, every Canon was supposed to lead a chaste and virtuous life according to the rules of the monastery. Access by women to the Episcopal Castle was forbidden under threat of death. However it happened so that one Canon and an Estonian girl fell madly in love with each other. As the young people could not stay apart, the Canon dressed the girl up as a boy and brought her to the castle to sing in the choir. For a long time it remained their secret, but one day the deception was discovered. The verdict of the Bishop was harsh: the Canon was thrown to the castle’s dungeon to starve to death, while the girl was immured alive in the wall of the Baptistery, then under the construction. The cries of the poor woman were heard for several days until she finally stopped. Still her soul could not find the peace and, as a result, she appears on the Baptistery’s window to grieve for her lover and to show the immortality of love.
Haapsalu is the childhood home of Ilon Wikland (illustrated Astrid Lindgrens books)
Episcopla castle is alos worth of visiting it.Dates back in the 13th century.