Industrial and derelict locations to film in Estonia
9 of them, 4 with a photo and 1 with practical details the location publishes itself. 1 have a documented shooting history. Every entry links to the location or to the body that manages it.
Factories, warehouses, power stations, mines, depots and abandoned buildings: raw space, hard surfaces and the kind of decay that is impossible to build.
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Kreenholm Manufacturing
Industrial & derelict
Disused 19th century textile mill on an island in the Narva river, with red brick spinning halls, empty machine floors, water channels and rows of workers housing.
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Noblessner
Industrial & derelict
Former submarine shipyard on Tallinn bay, with tall brick and concrete production halls, a foundry converted to an event hall, quayside promenade and a marina.
Rummu Quarry
Industrial & derelict
Flooded limestone quarry beside the former Murru prison, with a white spoil mountain, submerged buildings and machinery, clear water and open ground for a unit base.
Telliskivi Creative City
Industrial & derelict
Former railway repair works beside Tallinn's Baltic station, a block of low industrial buildings with painted brick walls, rail sidings, yards, bars, shops and studios.
Aidu Water Sports Centre
Industrial & derelict
Former oil shale open cast mine turned into a rowing canal, with terraced spoil ridges, bare rock faces, gravel service roads and a long flat sheet of water.
Kohtla Mining Park-Museum
Industrial & derelict
Former oil shale mine at Kohtla-Nomme with underground galleries reached by mine train, surface headframe, sorting plant, machine halls and a spoil hill.
Krulli Quarter
Industrial & derelict
Walled site of the former Franz Krull machine works near Tallinn's Baltic station, with brick and steel workshop halls, cobbled yards and rail sidings under redevelopment.
Pohjala Factory
Industrial & derelict
Former rubber factory on the Kopli peninsula in Tallinn, with brick production halls, tall steel windows, raw concrete floors and enclosed yards, now let as studios and event space.
Tallinn Creative Hub (Kultuurikatel)
Industrial & derelict
Former city power station between the old town and the harbour, kept as raw concrete and brick halls with boiler house volumes, now a hireable cultural venue with large open floors.
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