VISCOSA CULTURE FACTORY OPENING
The history of Viscosa Culture Factory, located in Kõrgessaare on Hiiumaa, is colourful. The name “Viscosa” comes from the founders’ dream of producing artificial silk — viscose — and selling it to the wider world. Only a trial batch of silk was ever produced before war broke out, times changed, and ownership passed through different hands.
1952. In 1952, the fish factory moved into the premises and until 2006, the famous preserves “Tallinn Kilns” were produced here. In the meantime, the factory remained quiet again until 2021, when a new reason was born to bring these walls back to life.
Throughout its history – from a viscose factory to a fishing industry, and now as a cultural factory – Viscosa has been bringing people together, now simply through creative objectives.
Now Viscosa is a meeting place where you can experience the time-independent joy of being together and the sensuality of the theatre, art, music, flavours and island tranquillity offered by this beautiful corner of Hiiumaa.
On 20 June 2026, we will inaugurate the renovated cultural factory, or Viscosa 2.0, at the Suvesumin day festival. The renovated factory will feature a theatre hall, galleries, a restaurant, a hotel, a co-working office, a creative lab and a host of new and exciting discoveries for first-time visitors and old friends alike. Viscosa is a fluid state of mind, or as they say in foreign language , a work in progress, which is gradually being filled in and is waiting for you to be part of its story.
Viscosa creates experiences — offering intertainment rather than entertainment.
RÄNNAK LÄBI AJA JA LUGUDE
Tule naudi kultuuri ja tutvu Eestis ainulaadse tööstusarhitektuuri pärandiga. Aga sa ei pea jääma ainult vaatlejaks – Viscosa giidituur kutsub teie seltskonna seiklema kireva ajaloo ja tulevikuga vabriku kihilisse maailma. Viime teid tehase alal jalutama, tutvustame Aurumaja, Katedraali, Kultuurimajakat ja ülejäänud Viscosat, pajatame värvikaid seiku ning saladusi minevikust ja jagame põnevaid tulevikuplaane.
Giidituur kestab 60 minutit ja hind on 50 € grupi kohta.
Ära unusta saabudes kella keerata
Praamist või lennukist väljudes on sul viimane aeg keerata kell Hiiumaa ajavööndisse, sest siin on kõik harjumuspärasest aeglasem ja rahulikum. Väikseim ajaühik pole mitte sekund vaid pool päeva, mistõttu pole hiidlaste kellal ka seiereid vaja. 🙂
Kella numbrid tähendavad suunda, kus ja mida sel päeval kogeda saad. Kella 11.00 peal asuv Viscosa sobib ideaalselt maabumispaigaks, sest siit on kõik saare nurgad väljasõiduks parajal kaugusel.
Ära muretse, kui kõike ühe külaskäiguga ei jõua – ootame sind alati tagasi.
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Viscosa Kultuuritehas – tule, loome koos!
Üksi võib alustada, kuid ainult koos saab luua midagi tõeliselt suurt ja püsivat. Osaledes Viscosa toetusprojektides aitad luua unikaalset kultuuri- ja loovuskeskkonda, mille kaudu oled osa Viscosa loost.
Telefonikõnega panustad vahetult kultuurielamuste ja loovprojektide elluviimisse.
Aknaprojektis osaledes jätkad president Alar Karise algatust ja annad sõna otseses mõttes valgust tulevastele sündmustele. Kirjuta oma ettevõtte nimi Viscosa ajalukku – iga aken hakkab kandma toetaja nime ning tema sõnumit tulevikku. Panustades 5000 eurot, kingime sulle tänutäheks Viscosa sündmustele 134 kinkekaarti (koguväärtus 4020 eurot). Tule oma töötajate, partnerite või kogukonnaga ja võta osa kultuuripärandi hoidmisest.
Kui resideerud Viscosas kunstnikuna lood väärtust meie külalistele, partneritele ja Viscosa meeskonnale kui kingid meile kohapeal valminud kunstiteose. Nii saad osaks Viscosa kunstnike kogukonnast.
Thank you for being with us!
The Utoopia nr 9 Foundation, together with its partners, is implementing the project “Viscosa Cultural Factory – Phase I (creative entrepreneurship and cultural factory)”, co-financed under the measure “Attractive Regional Business and Living Environment”. Within the project, we are developing a culture and creative industries centre at Viscosa Cultural Factory — a place and working environment for (creative) entrepreneurs, young people interested in entrepreneurship, cultural organisations, and visitors.
The project will establish a theatre and conference hall, exhibition areas, fully equipped workshops, residencies, a HUB / remote-working spaces, a hotel, and a restaurant. A year-round programme will include a wide range of events, networking activities, and a business accelerator. The total project budget and the eligible costs amount to €3,329,138.03. The grant rate is up to 75% of the eligible project costs, with a maximum grant amount of €2,496,853.52. The minimum co-financing is 25%, totalling €832,284.51. This public–private partnership project has a county-wide impact in stimulating entrepreneurship.
