Both are in fact false, in reality, the local party newspaper was called Edasi Kommunismile (Forward to Communism).

[4] Etymology from the Estonian word 'to kill' is considered false and it likely comes from an older form of a personal name, itself unrelated to violence.

[6] The three long, white rectangles on Tapa's flag represent the three branches of the railway that meet there.

The Germans housed their military items here, where the Estonian armoured train regiment's headquarters had been.

[8] In January 2002, following changes in the structure of Estonian defence units, Tapa became the home of a military base.

[9] The base is also home to a British-led eFP battlegroup as part of the 1st Infantry Brigade.On the north wall of Tapa's railway station, there is a bronze plaque, originally dedicated on 9 January 1934 and rededicated on 20 February 1993, that commemorates the Estonian War of Independence.

Called "Flying Death on the Railway", the symbol is a skull with a pair of angel wings and wagon train wheels behind it.

At services on 2 December 2007, the first Sunday of Advent, the congregation of the St. Jacob's Lutheran Church, celebrated its 75th anniversary.

A temporary house of prayer was dedicated in Tapa on 19 June 1921 by the first bishop of the EELK, Jaak Kukk.

The altarpiece, called the "Joyous Christ" or "Come to me", was painted by Russian icon artist Olga Obolyaninova.

It holds Sunday services, with simultaneous translation into Russian, in Tapa's Methodist church at Kesk Street 11.

On 30 May 1908, individuals from Tallinn and Tartu met in Tapa to agree on how the Estonian language should be written.

The plaque reads "Tapal toimus esimene eesti kirjakeele konverents" ('The first conference on written Estonian took place in Tapa').