Rakvere

Rakvere is the administrative center, or county seat, of Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia, about 100 km southeast of Tallinn and 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea. In 2026, like in 2023, Rakvere received a Green Destinations Gold Award after having been selected in 2021 as part of the Top 100 Destination Sustainability Stories. In 2022, Rakvere was one of 10 ACES European Towns of Sport.

Rakvere boasts a distinctive architectural feature: the Rakvere door. Reflecting German baroque cabinets of the 17th and 18th centuries and the expressionist style of the 1920s, the wooden Rakvere door has a pointed, raised rectangle in the center. In 2023, there were 15 Rakvere doors on 13 houses.