Why would anyone wanna go there: Urban exploration possibilities combined with scenic seaside milieu. As wikipedia puts it: “In 1962, Paldiski became a Soviet navy nuclear submarine training centre. With two land-based nuclear reactors, and employing some 16,000 people, it was the largest such facility in the Soviet union. Because of its importance, the whole city was closed off with barbed wire until the last Russian warship left in August 1994.”
In other words, we took off to see, what’s left of all this.Boat to Tallinn departed from Helsinki on Friday night. It happened to be the sunset time and the archipelago of Helsinki was showing some of its best sides. A particularly fine-looking thing was Harmaja lighthouse which is standing on a tiny island not so far from Suomenlinna.
After a few hours sleeping in the boat, it was time to rise and shine at 6.30am. Train ride from Tallinn to Paldiski took one hour and cost 2,5€. Bicycle didn’t need its own ticket.There were few passengers in the train. Everyone spoke pure Russian, I saw like one Estonian speaking person after heading west from Tallinn. It was kinda confusing. This was my first time outside Tallinn and…everything was so Russian looking. Felt like I was somewhere in St.Petersburg again. Or at least I experienced a strong urge to travel to Piter again. Not certain what caused that soviet atmosphere soon after the train had departed.
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