Kohtla Mining Park (Estonian Mining Museum)
Eesti Kaevandusmuuseum
A museum converted from a former oil shale mine. Visitors ride a mine train into underground tunnels, see mining machinery, and can ski or slide down the slag heaps.
Ida-Viru County is Estonia's oil shale mining region. After the Kohtla mine closed in 2001, it was converted into a mining museum, originally named Kohtla Mining Park. Visitors wear hard hats and miners' overalls, ride a small train deep into the underground tunnels, and watch demonstrations of mining machinery with a guide. Above ground, there is an outdoor display of machinery and an artificial hill formed from slag. In winter you can ski there, and in summer you can slide down on sledges and ride mountain bikes. The underground tour lasts about 1.5 hours, requires advance booking, and costs about 20 euros. It is about 60 km from Narva.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–17:00 (guided tours by reservation)
Nearby sights
- Valaste Waterfall
- Kiviõli Adventure Centre
- Toila-Oru Park
- Pühtitsa Convent
- Sillamäe
- Sinimäed Hills
- Narva-Jõesuu Beach
- Kreenholm Manufacture