the papers will be back again tomorrow evening with shyama perera and anne ashworth. dojoin us then if you can. for now, good night. i do hope you enjoy that travel show. this week on the show: pulling down the past... i believe that the monuments would not give a tribute to the regime but they should preserve the history and the memory. it's a question of symbols and for our people it is a symbol of occupation, it is a symbol of soviet troops, and we want to the new page.

for 300 years, on and off, estonia was part of russia. ruled first by the czarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep — in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine in february, the government has steered a course very firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been travel bans for russian tourists, and something even more dramatic. historic russian and soviet monuments are being removed

from public view. and notjust here. the other baltic states, latvia and lithuania, are making similar symbolic gestures. explosion. this was among the first — a replica tank commemorating soviet soldiers killed during world war ii. it's been moved to estonia's war museum from the town of narva, which sits right on the russian border. the government says it's to avert what it calls "increasing social tension". oh, wow! look at this. very welcome! the t—34 was produced from may �*aos to �*60s, more than 80,000. so, it's extremely ordinary tank, nothing special.

wow — i mean, you say nothing special but, i mean, there's — that is like a rock. that's why it is tank. laughs. why do you think a museum is a better place for these sorts of objects? that's why the museums are created for — to keep the history. it's a question of symbols. and for our people, that is a symbol of occupation, that's a symbol of soviet troops, and we wanted to turn a new page. as you can see, we're not destroying it, we keep it. but the links are impossible to sever. so many of the big public spaces around the capital are russian built. they're bold, architecturally distinctive, and pretty popular, too. these days, the peter the great seaplane harbour is a maritime museum, painstakingly restored. the foreboding patarei sea fortress now hosts gigs and club nights. and noblessner port,

imperial russia's submarine factory, is fast becoming tallinn�*s new leisure district. as well as cafes, bars and new luxury apartments on the way, there is this - proto. its owners call it an invention factory. it's sort of an interactive museum. so, as we cycle, the little cyclists on the track go round, so it's a race now. yes! it's a competition, yes! so, tell me more about this incredible building — i assume it hasn't always hosted parlour games. exactly. this building, it was the foundry... wow. ..of the shipyard. next to it was the coopersmith, then there were some storages, local power plant, the engine generator workshop and assembly workshop, so huge area where submarines were produced, yes. among all of the family attractions, there are still glimpses of the building's

former life. this is a control panel to open the gate, which is here. 0h, here we go! here, these are — exactly, these giant gates. that is a giant gate. yes. that was used to take the ships out of the foundry. 0h, right, so they'd bring them in and out here? yep. you'd press the button and they'd rumble on out? so, how do you feel about the russian and soviet monuments being taken down? well, i believe — i believe that the monuments would not kind of, like, give a tribute to the regime but they should preserve the history and the memory. in this case, the best place for the monument is in a museum. we have this place. this is a wonderful way of people to learn the history and to remember the history. so it's preserving the history, not celebrating the ideology. absolutely right. these spaces are being lovingly restored.

money and hard work have been spent to make them attractive. some haven't had that treatment but have become popular nonetheless. this is rummu. it was one of a string of soviet—run prisons that used to stretch across estonia. it's got quite a grim backstory. that's all history now, right? from their arrival in 1940, the soviets used prisoners here to mine and process limestone from the quarry. when estonia regained its independence in 1991, the site was abandoned and reclaimed by rising groundwater. today, it's become popular with swimmers, divers and snorkellers. so, what can you tell me about this building and what it would have been when it was a functioning prison?

prisoners were working in all positions. they were working in this building, they were working in the mine, where they were — they were digging out the material. they were also working as the ones who were making the explosions to get the material off. so most probably, they are the reason why this quarry was floated. the limestone makes the water such a striking colour that some call it �*the blue lagoon�*. i think the most precious places here is the visibility. as you see today, we can see almost, like, five, six metres — four, for sure — and every time i go diving here, i see something new. there's a complicated legacy of this place, given its history?

i think the persons that were staying in this prison, for sure, they don't want to come back here. but for the rest of us, it's mainly the place we can spend summertime or enjoy the water because it's really warm and it's really good visibility here and we can see everything inside. i really love being here in the water. sigrid has genuine affection for rummu. she wants to preserve it and stop it falling into the hands of developers. this could be considered as having a very strong association with the soviet period. do you think that these sorts of places should be preserved or taken down? that depends on the place and it depends on the monument maybe, because most of them have been taken down already. maybe the ones that we can use for the future to have the place to go, to see some pieces — some pieces of history, they

should stay where they are. estonia is at a crossroads. many people are happy to see this country distanced from the russian regime but there's a shared history here — one that's not going to be disappearing anytime soon. and if you're thinking of heading to estonia, here are some travel show tips to help with your planning. tallinn is a classic christmas market sort of town and it looks lovely lit up in the town hall square from late november. pay attention to the tree. estonians reckon their capital was home to europe's first christmas tree in 14111. that claim is disputed by latvia but tallinn still makes a big deal of it nonetheless. a couple of highlights from the old town.

0lde hansa at a super—touristy but fun mediaeval—themed restaurant, just around the corner from the gothic town hall. it claims its food is still made to 17th—century recipes. also nearby is niguliste museum, in the 12th century st nicholas church. the big show piece there is bernt notke�*s danse macabre, which invites you to think about the futility of life. and sauna culture is everywhere in estonia. there's a good chance there'll will be one wherever you're staying, but look out for smoke saunas, where you'll sweat in the aroma of stripped alder and birch logs. hello. if the sky is clear sufficiently in northern scotland, there is a pretty good chance of spotting the northern lights. having said that, it has been pretty

overcast across many parts of northern britain in the last few hours. let's see where the greatest chance of spotting the aurora borealis is. where you see the red colours, that is the highest probability, but northern scotland is just on the edge so it could well be on the horizon pretty low and if the sky is clear. low pressure is still dominating our weather, it is still pushing in that mild current of air from the south, rather dragging it in, so sunday is going to be another mild day where they few showers, some of them could be heavy, though, perhaps one or two cracks of thunder, and blustery ones too. here is the forecast. through the early hours we will have seen showers drifting into some western parts, but clearing skies again in the north and in many eastern areas. the possibility of some showers in the south—east and east anglia as well. and after a mild state, and mild morning on sunday, between ten and 1a, 15 degrees. so here is tomorrow's weather forecast. blustery showers out towards the west pushed in from the south—west,

moving northwards, carried on that breeze, they could be heavy across northern parts of the uk. further south, i think predominantly sunny spells, and actually may stay dry in the south coast all through sunday. and, again, a mild day but not quite as warm so not the 23 degrees that we recorded on saturday in the south, more like 17 in london. and here is the forecast for the evening, you can see showers continuing there in northern scotland. how about monday? a weather front is approaching. ahead of it, you can see some clearer weather there. so monday is halloween, we are going to see some sunshine to start with but i think through the course of the morning into the afternoon, this weather front will approach and start to bring some rain from western scotland to northern ireland, perhaps the irish sea, and later nudging into wales and the south—west, but again really mild, the high teens, and i think it will stay mild, particularly across eastern areas, some clear skies during the course of monday evening. now, let's have a look at

the outlook for the next few days. it stays relatively mild until roundabout wednesday and then from about thursday, friday, we start to see those temperatures returning to the seasonal norm. and it will be blustery at times, with frequent showers and spells of rain.

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