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North Estonia

Northern Estonia is a geographical region of , consisting of the three northernmost counties - , and .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Tallinn and Rakvere.

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is 's capital and largest city. is an important port of the Baltic Sea, with the busy passenger section of the port reaching the foothill of the picturesque medieval Old Town, which has been astonishingly well preserved and was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997.

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is ’s fifth largest city and situated the northern part of the country, 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland and approximately 100 km east of and west of .

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is a small port town on the shore of Baltic Sea, in Harjumaa county in northwestern . Here the drab Soviet past meets the sea and the cliffs with wind power plants.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Maardu and Lahemaa National Park.

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is a town and a municipality in , . It is part of metropolitan area, located about 15 kilometres east of the capital city.

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is a national park in North Estonia. It was the first national park to be created in the now dissolved Soviet Union.

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, in North Estonia, is the spring capital of Estonia. A small but quite vibrant city with an interesting medieval church and interwar architecture.

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is a small borough in , northern . It is the administrative centre of . had a population of 2,113 on 1 January 2020. has a station on the Elron's eastern route.

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is a small borough in , in , in . It was the administrative centre of Vihula Parish. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 334.

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is a small coastal village in North Estonia. It is 20 km east of and about 40 km west of . The village got its name from the singing sands on the beach.

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is a village in , , in northern , on the territory of . It's located northwest of , on the Peninsula in the Gulf of Finland, surrounded by the to the west and the to the east.

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is a small village on the northern coast of . It's 40 km east of Tallinn on peninsula.

North Estonia

Latitude of center
59.4171° or 59° 25′ 2″ north
Longitude of center
25.0928° or 25° 5′ 34″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q621643
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Venetian—“North Estonia” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Estonia Veriore”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная Эстонія”
  • Bulgarian: “Северна Естония”
  • Chinese: “北爱沙尼亚”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverna Estonija”
  • Czech: “Severní Estonsko”
  • Danish: “Põhja-Eesti”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Estland”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Eesti”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Viro”
  • French: “Estonie du Nord”
  • French: “Nord de l’Estonie”
  • German: “Nordestland”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Εσθονία”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Észtország”
  • Irish: “Tuaisceart na hEastóine”
  • Italian: “Estonia settentrionale”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļigaunija”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Estija”
  • Macedonian: “Северна Естонија”
  • Maltese: “Estonja tat-tramuntana, L-”
  • Maltese: “L-Estonja tat-tramuntana”
  • Polish: “Estonia Północna”
  • Portuguese: “Estónia do Norte”
  • Romanian: “Estonia de Nord”
  • Russian: “Северная Эстония”
  • Serbian: “Северна Естонија”
  • Slovak: “Severné Estónsko”
  • Slovenian: “Severna Estonija”
  • Spanish: “Estonia Septentrional”
  • Swedish: “Norra Estland”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Estonya”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна Естонія”
  • Venetian: “Estònia setentrionałe”

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