East Estonia
East Estonia or Ida-Viru county is in north-eastern Estonia, on the border with Russia. This region includes the far east of Estonia between the shores of the Baltic Sea and Lake Peipsi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Narva and Kohtla-Järve.
Narva
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Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva River, which forms the Estonia–Russia international border.
Kohtla-Järve
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Kohtla-Järve is in East Estonia. Kohtla-Järve is an agglomeration of industrial settlements in Eastern Estonia. Separate parts of this unusual and rather conditional city are separated from each other by tens of kilometers.
Jõhvi
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Jõhvi is a town of 10,000 people in East Estonia. It is the most important transport hub of the north-eastern-most county in Estonia, Ida-Virumaa.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Sillamäe and Kiviõli.
Sillamäe
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Sillamäe is a town of 17,000 inhabitants in East Estonia, where the Sõtke River into the Bay of Finland. In Soviet times a closed city of nuclear scientists, the Soviet heritage is still very visible here.
Kiviõli
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Kiviõli is in East Estonia. The name of the town translates to "stone oil", in referral to the local oil shale deposits and the industry related to it.
Narva-Jõesuu
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Narva-Jõesuu is a seaside resort town in northeast Estonia. It is located by the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, on the west bank of the Narva River, which forms the Estonia–Russia international border.
Mustvee
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Mustvee is a town in Estonia. It lies on the west coast of Lake Peipus, and is administratively part of the Mustvee Parish in Jõgeva County. Ethnic Estonians and Russians both make up around half of its current population of approximately 1,600.
Alutaguse National Park
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Alutaguse National Park is a national park in eastern Estonia, established in 2018. The park lies mostly on the Alutaguse Lowland. This region is characterized by sparse settlement density and a high percentage of natural landscapes.
Toila
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Toila is a small borough in Ida-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It is located about 10 km northeast of the town of Jõhvi, on the coast of Narva Bay.
Kuremäe
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Kuremäe is a village in Alutaguse Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.
East Estonia
- Type: region
- Description: geographic region in Estonia
- Location: Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude of center
59.1108° or 59° 6′ 39″ northLongitude of center
27.4109° or 27° 24′ 39″ eastWikidata ID
Q14202843
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“East Estonia” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Oost-Estland”
- Estonian: “Ida-Eesti”
- French: “Est de l’Estonie”
- Russian: “Восточная Эстония”
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