Press release
NGO Lõimeleer
2 February 2025

Lõimeleer invites you to a camp that marks our 10th anniversary with a lot of fun!

We invite all old and new friends of Lõimeleer to join us once again for an immersive Estonian language and culture camp in a fun-filled camp format! This year's camp is dedicated to the year of the Song and Dance Festival and also marks the 10th anniversary of Lõimeleer. This time, under the guidance of experienced instructors, we will learn to create music using the jaw harp and looper, make our own whistles, dance folk dances, experiment with body-voice and rhythms, craft felt jewelry, and finally arrange a proper birthday party with traditional Estonian party foods. In addition, as always, the camp will offer plenty of fun spare time activities like sauna, swimming in the lake, horse-drawn carriage and dugout canoe rides, hiking, playing board games, and much more.

Lõimeleer is a summer camp that provides young Estonians living abroad the opportunity to interact with their peers from Estonia. There are no classroom-style lessons at the camp. The working language is Estonian, but we also explain activities in English, if necessary. Over the nine years of our existence, children from the USA, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Kazakhstan, Finland, Ireland, England, Latvia, the UK, New Zealand, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, and of course Estonia have participated in our camps. Many children return year after year to meet old friends. The recommended age group is 10-18 years, but in some cases we have also successfully integrated younger children in the camp. In addition to all this, we have a well-established alumni network meeting on regular bases each year.

Often, younger children (under 10 years old) who want to experience the camp and practice Estonian find the nights in a strange place too intimidating. For this, we have Perelõimeleer, where children can have fun in the company of other campers during the day and snuggle up with mom or dad at night.

The camp will take place over nine days this year: July 19-27 (you can see the preliminary schedule by clicking on the start date of the camp: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=mtu.loimeleer@gmail.com&ctz=Europe/Tallinn).

 

Registration is open from today.

PS Discount prices until 15th of April!