Narva

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Narva is a border city, and nowadays, this border does not look peaceful. People who compare Tallinn and Narva might consider the latter one “depressed,” but that’s only if they never saw Ivangorod, a Russian city on the other side of the bridge. Boris saw both because he crossed this border a couple of times, and he says the contrast is striking.

You can see people on the bridge crossing by feet, or rather standing waiting in line at that point.

I took this picture when we visited the Narva Fortress. We had some time before the train back to Tallinn, and we went there. it turned out that there was some special occasion: they were reopening the city museum after some remodeling, so there was a ribbon cutting, official speeches, and TW news, We didn’t have enough time to see the museum, so we just walked around and saw the outdoor exhibit.

The exhibit showing the devastating effect of the Soviet “liberation” of Narva

I want to see more of that fortress, and I want to visit this museum and dine in their restaurant. I will come back!

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