Narva, which was once called the baroque pearl of the Baltic Sea but
was almost completely destroyed in 1944 by the Soviet air force, offers
its visitors curious experiences. On the bank of the Narva River that
has for centuries been regarded as the border between the Eastern and
Western civilisations stands the powerful Hermann Fortress.Now a
museum, it faces Ivangorod Fortress on the opposite side of the Narva
River. A few kilometres upstream is the historical Kreenholm
Manufacture, one of the largest textile factories in Europe in the
second half of the 19th century.
