Laoküla is a village in

Lääne-Harju Parish Lääne-Harju Parish () is a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in northern Estonia. It is a part of Harju County. The municipality has a population of 12,865 (as of 1 January 2019) and covers an area of 645.71 km2. The population ...

Harju County Harju County ( or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the southeast, Rapla Count ...

in northern

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

. It is bordered to the north by the city of

Paldiski Paldiski is a seaside Populated places in Estonia, town in northwestern Estonia, located on the Pakri Peninsula and adjacent Pakri Islands, Pakri islands in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. It is the administrative centre of the Lääne- ...

. The borders of the village extend beyond current dwellings, and so its area is home to several abandoned buildings and their ruins; some are from the Soviet era, and some from before.

In popular culture

On the outskirts of Laoküla, a derelict building is near the shore (). It has served as a setting in two music videos. In January 2008, the Estonian rap group Def Räädu released their video for "Vaatenurga turist", prominently featuring the building. In late 2015, the same ruins were featured in the last scene of the music video for " Faded", a song by Norwegian DJ

Alan Walker Alan Olav Walker (born 24 August 1997) is a Norwegian DJ and record producer. His songs "Faded (Alan Walker song), Faded", "Sing Me to Sleep", "Alone (Alan Walker song), Alone", "All Falls Down (Alan Walker song), All Falls Down" (with Noah Cy ...

. "Faded" was at one point the 21st most-viewed video on YouTube, with over 2.8 billion views as of October 2020.

Transit

Laoküla has a station on the Elron western route.

References

Villages in Harju County {{Harju-geo-stub