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Paldiski is a town (population: 4,000) in Harjumaa county, NW Estonia. The town is located on the shore of Baltic Sea.

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During Soviet times and early years of independent Estonia, until up to 1994, the city was a “closed city”, i.e., off-limits to foreigners, non-resident Soviet citizens, even non-resident Estonians themselves, because of its military importance. Today, it’s open to everyone and deserves a visit by those interested in the grey-world of Soviet Union.

The scenes taking place in a location introduced to the audience as “somewhere in the former Soviet Union” in the film Lilya 4-Ever were actually shot in Paldiski.

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[edit] By train

There is a train service to Tallinn.

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Tallinn is 45 km east.

[edit] By boat

There are regular ferries between Paldiski’s harbour and Kapellskar, Sweden / Hanko, Finland / Lübeck, Germany.

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There is only one restaurant: the hotel’s one.

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• Hotel Valge Laev, with its 6 rooms, is the only hotel of the town.

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