scenic viewpoint
Cape Kolka
Headland where the Baltic Sea meets the Gulf of Riga, producing visible colliding waves, with a car park and coastal pine forest walk.
38 km · about 45 min drive
Saare, Estonia · Europe
Ruhnu sits on the route: 50 minutes from Roja, 39km from Cape Kolka and the Livonian Coast Road.
Ruhnu is a town located in Saare, Estonia. With a population of 64, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Ruhnu sits in Estonia, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Tallinn time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Ruhnu to your route.
Ruhnu (Swedish: Runö; Latvian: Roņu sala; Livonian: Rūnõmō) is an Estonian island in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. Its territory of 11.9 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi) is administratively part of Saare maakond (county). Ruhnu lies geographically closer to the coast of Courland on the mainland of Latvia than it isRead more
to any point in the rest of Estonia. With less than 150 official residents, the Ruhnu vald (parish) has the smallest population of Estonia's 79 municipalities. Before 1944, it was for centuries populated by ethnic Swedes and traditional Swedish law was used.
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Ruhnu is located in Saare, Estonia, Europe. The coordinates are 57.8003 latitude, 23.2483 longitude.
Ruhnu has a population of approximately 64 people, making it a town in Estonia.
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scenic viewpoint
Headland where the Baltic Sea meets the Gulf of Riga, producing visible colliding waves, with a car park and coastal pine forest walk.
38 km · about 45 min drive
coastal drive
The wild tip of Courland where the Gulf of Riga meets the open Baltic, reached by a lonely forest-lined coastal road through tiny Livonian fishing villages. Waves collide off the cape in two directions at once.
39 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Lighthouse on the ancient Baltic shoreline bluff in Slītere National Park, with an observation deck over the Kurzeme forest canopy.
60 km · about 70 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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