At the beginning of the twentieth century, Võsu was a well-known holiday location for generals from St Petersburg, intellectuals from Moscow, Tallinn, and Tartu, and artists and Baltic aristocracy. The new Võsu centre emerged when, in 1911, Võsu Postal and Telegraph Department was opened for the summer on Mere street (‘sea’ in Estonian). As holidaymaker numbers continued to increase, the post office was officially made into a permanent institution as early as the following year. The vocation of a postman was a hazardous one as, in addition to letters, both parcels and remittances had to be delivered. When Estonia regained its independence, the building was acquired by Estonian Post (now Omniva). In 2004, a new post office building was completed to replace the old one. In 1912, the Võsu Volunteer Fire-fighters Association (‘Võsu Vabatahtlik Tuletõrje Selts’ in Estonian) was established with school teacher Dido Jõesaar in the lead and, in 1913, a new fire service storage building was erected on Mere street (‘sea’ in Estonian). The association received its very first manually-operated fire hose system from Eduard Langsepp; another hose was purchased with national support. Võsu Volunteer Fire-fighters Association also manned a large brass orchestra that was always present at parties, playing brisk dance music.