Sillamäe is a city of 17,000 inhabitants in East Estonia situated on a river near the shore of the Gulf of Finland.
Vast majority of residents in this Eastern Eesti town are Russian speakers so in order to have a good time here it helps to know Russian language for pleasant atmosphere.
Under the Soviet era Sillamäe was a closed, secret military city that was even not marked on maps. Activities conducted there were mostly military industrial and included mining and refining uranium. Sillamäe was opened up in 1991 when Estonia became independent.
- Take a sombre moment in remembrance of the Cold War and the unfortunate nuclear arms race, and see what used to be a puddle of uranium refining waste product now a small hill or large heap.
- Peetri Pizza, Viru 35, +372 3924199. 10–22:00. Pizzeria.
Peetri Pizza, Viru 35, +372 3924199. 10–22:00. Pizzeria.
- Narva – Estonia's eastern-most and third largest city, on the Narva River, which is the border with Russia. Famous for the Hermann castle, right opposite of the Ivangorod's castle, and the Kreenholm factories. Even though it might seem grey and dull.
- Narva-Jõesuu – The beach side town of Narva on the Narva River.
- Toila – A small coastal and historic resort town further west.
- Jõhvi – The capital of the county, but rather uninteresting from a travellers point of view.