Quote: This is another big entrance into Old Town. It is called Sea Gates, because some centuries ago the sea level was a bit higher than nowadays, and it was possible to sail right until the gates. Thick tower is a… Read More

Quote: This was a medieval monastery, half-destroyed by the years. If you want to know how it looked like when it had a roof and a lot of other elements ruined by time, you should go to Visby on the Swedish island of… Read More

Quote: A friend of mine who lives and works in Tallinn once remarked that the one thing that kept ESTONIANS hopeful during those terrible years of Soviet occupation was their music. 'They could take just about… Read More

Quote: This is one of the entrances into the Old Town, and it is a main one, without a doubt. These gates are very, very old, but they have now, of course, lost their meaning and they are just two towers with no door… Read More

Quote: This is a church named by St. Nicholas. It is not acting nowadays and is used mostly as a concert hall thanks to its superb acoustics. It also has a newly built cupola because of the fire in early 1980s. … Read More

Quote: It is now a museum of foreign art, but three centuries before it was a royal palace, built by Russian tsar Peter I the Great for his wife Jekakterina, known as Kadri in Estonia, hence the name of the park and the… Read More

Quote: Russalka is a monument to a Russian ship also called Russalka which sank in a storm in the 1900s. The sculpture for the monument is made by one of the most famous Estonian sculptors, Amandus Adamson. This place… Read More

Quote: Just down the hill from Toompea Castle, the Estonian Museum of Occupation is so small you could be forgiven for walking right past it. Housed in the same kind of angular modern building as its counterpart in… Read More

Quote: As you probably know, there was no water in medieval houses in the same way as we have nowadays. It was necessary to get the water from the wells. Rataskaev, or "Wheel Well", was one of the wells, used for… Read More

Quote: Stockmann is actually a Finnish brand, but it became very popular among Estonians too. It is a huge mall, it has 5 stories and a big parking house. You can buy everything here. … Read More