Kunda linn between cement history, beach and coast

Kunda linn combines the history of cement production with the coast and river landscape. The Kunda Cement Museum represents the history of cement; Kunda Beach is by the sea, and Lontova Adventure Park is located on the banks of the Kunda River.

Why is Kunda linn interesting for culture enthusiasts?

The Kunda Cement Museum is a site of local industrial history. It contains Europe's only preserved bottle kiln, which was used for cement production. Kunda's tourist information office is also located at the Kunda Cement Museum, at Jaama tänav 11. The preserved kiln and the tourist information office are located at the same museum site.

In 1870, the first tonnes of cement were produced in Kunda under the direction of John Girard de Soucanton. A settlement of Mesolithic hunters and fishermen was established on Lammasmägi in the 7th millennium BC. The archaeological Kunda culture takes its name from finds associated with Kunda. Thus, very different historical periods stand side by side in Kunda.

What traces of industrial history can be found at Kunda Manor?

The industrial building complex of Kunda Manor is protected as a cultural monument. It includes a watermill with a two-storey canal system, artificially created rapids and a weir. The hydroelectric power station belongs to Kunda Manor. The complex combines historic manor architecture with water engineering.

Information boards about the history of Kunda are located around Lontova Manor.

Which coastal and landscape sites are in the surrounding area?

Toolse Neem Cape is in the vicinity of Kunda linn. Uluneem Cape and Letipea Neem Cape are in the surrounding area of Kunda linn. The island of Lõuna-Uhtju lies in the wider regional vicinity of Kunda linn.

What active activities are available?

Lontova Adventure Park is located on the banks of the Kunda River in Kunda linn. The park includes a team area, a low ropes course, a high ropes course and a children's area. The two ropes courses differ in the height of their structures.

Kunda Beach is a public, family-friendly beach by the sea. A wooden boardwalk provides access for people with prams and wheelchair users.

How can a hiking stage be combined with Kunda linn?

The bus can be used on the Kunda–Eisma section of the Forest Trail. For stage planning, this combination of the Forest Trail and the bus remains limited to the route between Kunda and Eisma.

Additional pages for regional comparison: Kunda, Haljala Parish, Väike-Maarja, Vainupea, Vihula, Rakke, Kadrina and Viru-Nigula.

FAQ

What is special about Kunda Church?

Kunda Church is a stone church and was consecrated in 1928. Its altar is located in the west rather than the east.

What is the historical classification of the hydroelectric power station at Kunda Manor?

It is considered Estonia's first manor hydroelectric power station.

For the higher-level travel overview: Lääne-Viru.