{"id":600797,"date":"2026-02-11T17:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitharju.ee\/?post_type=visitestonia&#038;p=600797"},"modified":"2026-03-30T08:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:58:22","slug":"suurupi-upper-lighthouse","status":"publish","type":"visitestonia","link":"https:\/\/www.visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Suurupi upper lighthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People have been lighting bonfires on the highest limestone shore in Suurupi for centuries. In 1760, a massive limestone lighthouse was built here to warn captains about rocks in the water and direct the ships safely to the Reval harbours. At first, a live fire was made at the top of the lighthouse. The balcony of the lighthouse, which is located 63 meters above sea level, offers an amazing view of the Tallinn and Lohusalu Bay.<\/p>\n<p>The lighthouse hosts an exhibition of the technology used in the lighthouse and you can get acquainted with the history of Estonian maritime and Suurupi lighthouses.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":512752,"parent":0,"template":"","visitestonia-kategooria":[33791,33786],"class_list":["post-600797","visitestonia","type-visitestonia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","visitestonia-kategooria-architecture-and-history","visitestonia-kategooria-history-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suurupi upper lighthouse | Visit Harju<\/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:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suurupi upper lighthouse | Visit Harju\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"People have been lighting bonfires on the highest limestone shore in Suurupi for centuries. In 1760, a massive limestone lighthouse was built here to warn captains about rocks in the water and direct the ships...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Harju\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Visitharju\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-30T05:58:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/suurupi-ulemine-tuletorn-014-visit-estonia-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1706\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/en\\\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/en\\\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\\\/\",\"name\":\"Suurupi upper lighthouse | Visit Harju\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/en\\\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/en\\\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/suurupi-ulemine-tuletorn-014-visit-estonia-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-11T15:56:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-30T05:58:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/en\\\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/en\\\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/en\\\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/suurupi-ulemine-tuletorn-014-visit-estonia-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/suurupi-ulemine-tuletorn-014-visit-estonia-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1706},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/en\\\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Visitestonia\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/fi\\\/visitestonia-kategooria\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Suurupi upper lighthouse\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/\",\"name\":\"Visit Harju\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Visit Harju\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Visitharju-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Visitharju-logo.png\",\"width\":1892,\"height\":567,\"caption\":\"Visit Harju\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visitharju.ee\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Visitharju\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/visitharju\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCzjhqLjaCYy13XcGq5aSEWQ\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Suurupi upper lighthouse | Visit Harju","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:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Suurupi upper lighthouse | Visit Harju","og_description":"People have been lighting bonfires on the highest limestone shore in Suurupi for centuries. In 1760, a massive limestone lighthouse was built here to warn captains about rocks in the water and direct the ships...","og_url":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/","og_site_name":"Visit Harju","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Visitharju","article_modified_time":"2026-03-30T05:58:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1706,"url":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/suurupi-ulemine-tuletorn-014-visit-estonia-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/","url":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/","name":"Suurupi upper lighthouse | Visit Harju","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/suurupi-ulemine-tuletorn-014-visit-estonia-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-11T15:56:17+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-30T05:58:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/suurupi-ulemine-tuletorn-014-visit-estonia-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/suurupi-ulemine-tuletorn-014-visit-estonia-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1706},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/suurupi-upper-lighthouse\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Visitestonia","item":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/fi\/visitestonia-kategooria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Suurupi upper lighthouse"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/#website","url":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/","name":"Visit Harju","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/#organization","name":"Visit Harju","url":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Visitharju-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Visitharju-logo.png","width":1892,"height":567,"caption":"Visit Harju"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Visitharju","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/visitharju\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzjhqLjaCYy13XcGq5aSEWQ"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitharju.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visitestonia\/600797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitharju.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visitestonia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitharju.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/visitestonia"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitharju.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitharju.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"visitestonia-kategooria","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitharju.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visitestonia-kategooria?post=600797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}