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Kihnu

island in the Baltic Sea

61km

58.116623.9666

Riga

capital and largest city of Latvia

95km

56.94888924.106389

Nuuksio National Park

– pint-sized but pretty national park a stone's throw from Helsinki

109km

60.307524.499167

Haapsalu

town in Lääne County, Estonia

111km

58.939423.5408

Viljandi

town in southern Estonia

122km

58.366725.6

Muhu

Estonian island in the Baltic Sea

139km

58.623.25

Ruhnu

island in Estonia

143km

57.823.25

Vormsi

island in Estonia

147km

5923.2167

Saaremaa

island in Estonia

205km

58.3322.65

Hiiumaa

second largest island in Estonia

215km

58.896722.5833

Kuressaare

town on Saaremaa island in Estonia

224km

58.2522.483333

Vilsandi National Park

national park

285km

58.3559921.93489
Sights (5)

Kihnu Lighthouse

29m high and located in the southernmost headland in Kihnu.

61km

58.0971944423.97119444

Lihula

town

74km

58.68138923.845278

Matsalu National Park

national park

102km

58.7623.59694444

Kaberneeme

village in Jõelähtme Rural Municipality, Harju County, Estonia

107km

59.5166666725.26666667

Ruhnu Lighthouse

Made in France in 1877. According to rumours, it was designed by Gustave Eiffel (known for Eiffel Tower).

142km

57.8013576623.26012233
Nature

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Pärnu

Estonia
Someday we will visit Pärnu or begin to dream about going there! However, for now its not on our radar. Let us know in the comments if you think that should change!

Pärnu

Pärnu is a resort seaside city with a small harbour in south-western Estonia.

Majority of the tourists in Pärnu are Finns, Swedes and Russians.

Perona (German: Alt-Pernau, Estonian: Vana-Pärnu), which was founded by the bishop of Ösel–Wiek c.1251, suffered heavily under pressure of the concurrent town, and was finally destroyed c.1600. Another town, Embeke (later German: Neu-Pernau, Estonian: Uus-Pärnu) was founded by the Livonian Order, who began building an Ordensburg nearby in 1265. The latter town, then known by the German name of Pernau, was a member of the Hanseatic League and an important ice-free harbor for Livonia. The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth took control of town between 1560–1617; the Poles and Lithuanians fought the Swedes nearby in 1609. Sweden took control of the town during the 16th-century Livonian War as part of Swedish Livonia, although it was not formally ceded by Poland-Lithuania until the 1660 Treaty of Oliva. Sweden then lost Livonia to the Russian Empire in the 1710 Capitulation of Estonia and Livonia and the 1721 Treaty of Nystad, following the Great Northern War. It belonged to the Imperial Russian Governorate of Livonia until 1917, when it was transferred to the short-lived Autonomous Governorate of Estonia. The city is occasionally referred to as Pyarnu, an incorrect reverse-transliteration from the Russian Пярну.

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

-1.1°C-5.9
Precipitation: 60 mm

Feb

-1.6°C-7.2
Precipitation: 44 mm

Mar

2.4°C-4
Precipitation: 44 mm

Apr

9.6°C1.1
Precipitation: 37 mm

May

16.4°C6.6
Precipitation: 37 mm

Jun

19.9°C10.8
Precipitation: 73 mm

Jul

22.5°C13.7
Precipitation: 79 mm

Aug

21.2°C13
Precipitation: 79 mm

Sep

15.8°C8.5
Precipitation: 67 mm

Oct

9.8°C4.2
Precipitation: 83 mm

Nov

3.6°C-0.5
Precipitation: 75 mm

Dec

0.2°C-4.4
Precipitation: 67 mm