Eesti Kaevandusmuuseum

Very interesting tour. Guide was sharing stories from experience. Tour includes interactive trip to underground (train ride, drilling walls). NB! TOUR HAS TO BE BOOKED AHEAD: https://kaevandusmuuseum.ee/broneerimine/

Probably on of the most interesting places to visit in Estonia and yet often misheard of.
This shale oil mine was closed in 2001 and is now open to tourists. You can 8 meters below ground with a former miner who will even restart some machines to show you how extraction works. Worth a visit. On the way to the mine from Tallinn you can stop by Kivioli and admire the view from the slagheap.

Like a trip into past... some 50 years or so. Administrative building with its authentic living quarters installation - that was cool! Third floor bar was like cherry on top of the cake :) Respect.

I had a very good time here. The things in the tour were intresting and the tour guide was good too. The tour lasted about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

What an amazing museum and definitely worth a visit. The tour takes you into the mine, you learn all about the history and how shale oil is mined. You also get to see all the equipment actually tested in front of you and ride the mine cart.

Truly remarkable experience and impressive mining museum. You can visit underground tunnels and see all the soviet machinery. Most of it is in good condition, and the tour guide was a top-notch guy. They provide you with a warm jacket and helmets; I warmly recommend to wear it because it gets chilly and damp down there. They also have a beautiful restaurant area. Additionally, you can rent a 4x4 with a driver and explore the mining slopes and hills like a boss.

A must visit museum! Tour guide was a guy who worked there for 40 years. He has lots of different stories to tell if you ask him. In the beginning you'll be shown a short video to better understand shale oil industry. After that the real fun begins. You will descent into the mine and watch various equipment in operation. The guide will explain how equipment and mining process changed throughout the time.

A glimpse into the world of mining in Eastern Estonia. I highly recommend to take the underground guided tour. And don't forget your warm clothes, the deeper you go under the ground the colder and damper it gets.

Meeldejääv elamus :)

Very nice place with excelent gide.

Smaller than expected exhibition, but definitely worth to visit and understand the history of oil shale in Estonia. Taking the mining tour was very impressive, thinking of the people who used to work in this hard conditions.

Very interesting place and very fun tour. Learned more about oil shale and mining history in Estonia.

So great, exceeded expectations. We were with group and got real experiences.

The place where the fuel for Estonian electricity comes. Oil shale mining history.

It vas very special experience, authentic. We were taken underground, where interestig information and stories were combined with still working mining machinery. Absolutely recommended and must see in Ida-Virumaa!

Amazing if you take the underground guided tour!!!

You do not need to be into mining to enjoy the museum, the exhibition takes you back in history, is very informative and should you opt for the underground tour also (you should definitely, it is an experience) you get a quite good idea of the atmosphere working underground. The machinery on display is also worth checking out. And in the administrative house there are exhibition rooms that give you an intimate look into the life of a miner in 1960-s and 1970-s both on and off duty. In addition to the administrative and engineering side of running a mining complex. The nature around the museum is relaxing and the artificial hills make you somewhat understand the scope of underground mining. If you want to experience the whole museum you should you should reserve about 2-3 hours and at least 4 if you want to be extra thorough.

20 euros to enter might sound steep, but this was the best mine tour I had so far and I've been on plenty. Estonia is the biggest miner if shale so you can't do better than this and the guide starts up the mining equipment, that's very cool and unique. The audio guide is a bit of a mess, don't wait until you get to the points, just listen to the commentary INA sequence while you walk along.

A tribute to the people that spent and lost their lives in the mines of Estonia. The guides, actual miners, convey the methods and conditions with outmost warmth, while the museum itself it is well organized, digital and interactive, offered both for sort and long visits.

Piece of history. You are going underground to a real tunnels. Short, but very remembering trip with digger's train. Different machines from old era. It is inspiring to read about how people worked, and what was done. Little scary, when these machines are turned on with a loud sound, and though old and rusty they are working after all years!

It s really interesting place to visit!