Inside a CLOSED SOVIET CITY (Didn’t Exist on any Map)

@0:45 Matt, you do it now!

Pity to witness the fall of a country after the dismiss of USSR .Liberals will not recognize this fact obviously but to prepare the New World Order you needed to make crisis happens in the east and not only there.

Loving this city – so clean and lovely buildings.

Bolt isnt so bad and if it is so bad then why she drives 😀

Как вы надоели делать неграмотные обзоры ради монетизации…

What about the Uranium industry?

Boring video

Seems a clean place the roads looked super smooth compared to the UK , I bet in the summer time it looks different again. A bit of TLC on the buildings and it would look fantastic , some better looking buildings then some of the Russian places with all those high rise block apartments.

This should be an irresistible tourist destination!

Very interesting indeed X🌹💃🌺

Digging Uranium might not have been good for your health.Especially if you dug it with a pick and shovel.I would want higher pay too.

It is a beautiful city.

Thanks, irony, for not mentioning the forced labor by estonians to perform slave work for the Russians nor the repatriation to Siberia by FORCE of estonians. Convenient ommission.

Both Narva and Sillamäe have been my home towns during last two years. I used to walk past Narva's hotel on the way to my school and back. And the road between Narva and Sillamäe has been covered for so many times by now: either by bus or in my car. I like living in Narva. The relation of quality and price for an accommodation in Narva is the best out of all the places where I have been lately in France, Estonia or Italy. But Sillamäe is awful. One day is enough for a walk. There is not much new and the living conditions are bad and prices are higher. And thinking of pupils from Sillamäe… Tourists from Tallinn for a long week-end to Sillamäe? Maybe rather the other way around?

I was in Sillamäe exactly at the same day as you – on the 16th day of December however I arrived about 16:30 by car. So we could have had a nice round trip by car but maybe the next day as I was awfully tired on Tuesday after a long ride from Harku without any stops and a school day with pupils with behavioral problems.

And regarding the maps: take a look at https://xgis.maaamet.ee/xgis2/page/app/ajalooline I did not even know that Sillamäe was a closed city until there is so much about it in the media lately. I knew that there is such a city. I only knew that Paldiski was closed.

Nuclear particles in Baltic Sea? Nuclear particles are everywhere around and inside us: protons, neutrons, electrons, gluons, quarks… But I see your point. I also saw that movie and was worried after that. If the seawater would still be radioactive then there would be corresponding signs everywhere, would they not?

Ded Moroz is not the same as Santa Claus.

Why did you not expect to see a street name of Pushkin, an African-Russian pre-USSR-writer? Gorkij is a different case.

Yes, the Baltic Sea is considered safe for swimming regarding radiation levels, including those from natural uranium or man-made radioactive substances. The concentration of radioactive substances in the water, while historically elevated after events like the Chernobyl accident, has returned to near-baseline levels and is not a human health concern for swimmers.

The primary sources of radioactivity in the Baltic Sea have historically been:

Chernobyl fallout: This was the most significant source of man-made radioactivity, primarily caesium-137 (Cs-137), but concentrations have significantly declined since the 1980s.

Atmospheric nuclear-weapons fallout.

Discharges from European reprocessing facilities and local nuclear installations: These releases are now subject to strict control and are negligible in terms of human dose.

Naturally occurring uranium: Like all natural bodies of water, the Baltic Sea contains trace amounts of natural uranium, which is primarily an alpha emitter and not a radiation risk in the water. The health effects of uranium in water are mainly related to its chemical toxicity as a heavy metal if ingested in large quantities, not its radioactivity in the swimming environment.

Overall, the radiation dose received from swimming in or consuming fish from the Baltic Sea is a tiny fraction of the natural background radiation people experience daily.

Other Potential Concerns in the Baltic Sea

While radiation from uranium and other sources is not a concern for swimmers, other environmental issues in the Baltic Sea might be relevant:

Chemical pollutants and unexploded ordnance (UXO): Large quantities of WWII chemical and conventional munitions lie on the seafloor. The corrosion of these weapons is releasing toxic and carcinogenic chemicals into the marine environment, which poses long-term risks to marine life and the food chain. However, experts currently assess the direct risk to human swimmers as low, provided direct contact with ammunition remnants is avoided.

Bacterial contamination: The Baltic Sea can be prone to high levels of Vibrio bacteria, particularly during warm summer months. Local health authorities often issue warnings or monitor beaches for this type of contamination and for harmful algal blooms (cyanobacteria).

Rip currents: As with any large body of water, rip currents can be a physical hazard.

For the most up-to-date information on local swimming conditions (such as bacterial levels), you should consult local government health agencies or beach monitoring maps, such as the one linked by a user for Poland: https://sk.gis.gov.pl/index.php/kapieliska/mapa.

Narva is where waited for 13 hours to cross the border to visit St. Petersburg. Estonians were crossing to get cheaper gas/petrol! Out of 500 cars we were perhaps the only "real" tourists. Tallin is a lovely city – in June/July! Y'all visit the craziest places! Rock on into 2026. Happy New Year Matt and Julia. Hugs from France with 2C temps during the day and clear blue skies.