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kylamees Says: Few km from Paldiski towards the top of Pakri peninsula You can see Windmills. This is our green energy - with middle wind this windmills produce electricity more than paldiski town needs. Towers are 80 meters tall. It´s interesting to walk between them if they are working....
TheaIren Says: The Russian navy searched the whole coastline to find a suitable site, and chose Paldiski as the location of its future port facilities. During Soviet times a naval base and training centre for atomic submarine personnel were situated here. (You can still take a look at the...
The Pakri Lighthouse in Paldiski
WanderingFinn Says: The Pakri lighthouse (in Paldiski, Estonia) can be seen from far, it is 52 meters high. The present brick tower was built in 1889. It has surely seen a lot...The tower cannot be visited inside. Pakri lighthouse is still working and is an active aid to navigation.
The "Pentagon" - the headquarters in Paldiski
WanderingFinn Says: This building used to be the headquarters and the main administrative building and training centre of the former Soviet navy and nuclear submarine base in Paldiski, Estonia. The locals (at least Estonians) call it "the Pentagon". Still now it is almost totally surrounded and...
Former Russian navy and nuclear submarine base
WanderingFinn Says: Paldiski is a small town, also a port, by the Baltic sea in the north-western part of Estonia, only some 50 kms from the capital Tallinn. There are only 4000+ inhabitants in today's Paldiski. Paldiski became a Soviet Union Navy nuclear submarine training centre in the early...
Follow hiking trail to Pakri peninsula
TheaIren Says: There is signed ( blue lines ) hiking trail on the peninsula which takes approx. day to walk and half a day with bicycle.*************************************************************************************************Left to its own devices for more than 30 years, nature...
Valge Laev: not my favourite,...
kylamees Says: Valge Laev: not my favourite, but You can't choose very much. Railroad cafe: it's not European style clean and white, but they have friendly waitresses and good service, extremely cheap prizes even for Estona (imagine -- beer was 1 USD! coffee 0,25 USD!).Nice athmosphere,...
I had taken a picnic with me...
risgan Says: I had taken a picnic with me in case I could find nowhere to eat. However, it turned out that the station had quite a nice cafe. I had a Saku beer there. For 0.5 litres it cost only 7 EEK as against 45 EEK for exactly the same thing in my hotel back in Tallinn
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It's not very much nightlife spots in Paldiski, some of them may be dangerous for tourists. Like Viking bar, when a local group og youngsters may terrorize others. Restaorant Valge Laev is peaceful place, sometimes with live music.
Updated Aug 25, 2002
TheaIren Says: There is good train connection between Tallinn and Paldiski. Therefor this is perfect daytrip with picnic destination from Tallinn. It takes approx. 1h15min to Paldiski.
LysDor Says: The fast boat trip from Helsinki to Tallinn takes only 1.5H unless you have your own or rented submarine,lol!
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Already in the middle ages there were several mooring places on Pakri Bay.
Then Swedes and later Peter I built up here a fortress and a naval port.
Before the war Paldiski was a fishing town.
The end of the Bay is today peaceful and full of birds.
Updated Jun 11, 2004
Paldiski - careful w. surroundings and night time
WanderingFinn Says: Just a couple of precautions that I think every sensible thinking tourist takes anyhow when going to an unknown new place. But in Paldiski especially it is better to gather some information beforehand. After you know it, you'll be fine like anywhere else. Common sense and...
LysDor Says: ads are quite bumpy and full of big holes around Pakri bank.Drive very slowly.But the view is worthwhile after some hard time on the roads!
As I sat in the sun having a beer I was joined by quite an elderly man and woman. It became clear that they wanted money.They mentioned(in English, Estonian and Russian) the sum of 5 EEK which I gave them. It wasn't very generous since this is only about 20 p in British money. However, they seemed entirely pleased with this and departed expressing their good wishes.
Written Aug 26, 2002
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Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Use good strong hiking or climbing boots, not with soft sole.
Miscellaneous: There may be few places to pay with credit card, so use cash (ATM and currency exchange are available). Roads near Paldiski may be really bad but road to Paldiski is good. Climbing eqipment is necessary if You want to climb on a bank. You can find swimming beaches near Leetse village (clean and usually empty, no houses, no shops around) and Kloogarand (may be not so clean and more crowded than Leetse but have shop and bar near the beach).
Written Aug 25, 2002
The cisternian Padise Monastery
LysDor Says: It is one the oldest architectural monuments in Estonia. The monastery is dating back to the 13th century and was established by Latvian cisternian monks. The monastery had great power - the monks even had a fishing right close to today´s Helsinki area in Finland. The...
kylamees Says: It´s new in Estonia, but raising popularity sea kayaking. There are shost distances and interesting coastline near pakri peninsula and islands. Kayaking is perfect way to see coast banks very close from seaside.
The steep limestone bankof Pakry
LysDor Says: The bank of Pakri Peninsula is 25 meters high. And steep and I mean very steep! I just could not go very near the edge as I'm afraid of heights!!On the high bank there is also Pakri lighthouse. The bank is hollowed out by the sea during storms. The hollows are actually the...
If you can, try and get into...
firefoxx74 Says: If you can, try and get into the old Soviet base. A friend and I visited the Police station (The only people in the town who we found to speak any French/English) and were very kindly given a map and a stern warning.As for entrance to the base, there was just a guard who we...
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On the way to Pärnu, I decided not to take the shortest road put do some site-seeing along the coast and visit some other smaller towns. Some 40 kilometres from Tallinn to the west coast of Estonia...
A beautiful resort in the early 20th century, it was closed by Soviet forces for 50 years with access to civilians prohibited and the area blocked off by fences. Located on the steep, rocky...
Paldiski church Paldiski was nice resort on the beginning of 1900ies. It was closed by soviet military forces about 50 years. It is on Pakri peninsula on nice rocky banks. If You want to visit soviet...
Worth a visit here: the remains of one of the USSR's largest submarine bases. Now nearly all in ruins. The city centre has a typically decayed atmosphere.
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