Vecpiebalgas Stirnu buks

My soul is singing, it does...
The strength of solstice, bright meadows presenting beautiful smells in Piebalga, which is a cultural historical territory in the Vidzeme Highland famous thanks to its craftsmen and traders since ancient times and a high number of writers, poets and other creative persons at a later time.

The centre of the competition will be located in the countryside exposition “Vēveri” of the Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum and we will stay at a location of farmer-craftsmen homesteads characteristic for Piebalga, its history dates back to the middle of the 16th century. In the 19th century, the main source of income in Vēvery was weaving and there were 2-4 operating looms in each homestead. As the “Time of the Land Surveyors” (1870-ies- 1880-ies) started, when the people of Piebalga bought their land from the manor, eight farms got established in Vēveri: Kalna Vēveri, Lielvēveri, Lejas Vēveri, Streinvēveri, Jaunvēveri, Vecvēveri, Mazvēveri and Virolvēveri. Nowadays the layout and construction as well as the recently renovated Vēveri watermill can be seen there.

Visitors can have their worsted woven in the cloth prepared at the "Vēveri" loom. It is also possible to see the ancient carriages, horse harnesses, ploughs and harrows used in this region and displayed now for visitors in the barn, as well as to learn more about the renovated Vēveri watermill. In the backyard of the “Lielvēveri” homestead there is a display of herbs and flowers cultivated in Piebalga.

The outdoor exposition “Vēveri” is among the few ones in Latvia displaying the natural environment where nothing has been modified. There is a specially constructed path leading to Slieķi Lake via butterfly orchid meadows over a distance of one and a half kilometers.

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