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The Baltic Charms of Tallinn

Created by fizzytom on June 11, 2008

A short guide to Tallinn with tips on accommodation, eating out and what you really must see

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Created by Koentje3000 on March 10, 2008

Tallinn is the most visited and the highest rated town of the Baltics, thanks to its top historical sights, great nightlife and nearby natural attractions.

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Created by EsslingerBrian on October 27, 2006

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Created by mightywease on July 29, 2006

Breathtakingly cold, breathtakingly pretty Tallinn was a winter wonderland of churches, museums, views, great food, great nightlife, and heart-warming vodka.

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Created by Red Mezz on October 16, 2005

Old City Tallinn is a place I came into having no idea what to expect, and I came away with a wealth of great photos and stories. Different from what I was told and had guessed, this city has much to offer an interested traveler.

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Created by Owen Lipsett on December 27, 2004

Tallinn’s beautiful, compact, and well-preserved, two-tiered medieval center reflects its past as the Hanseatic city of Reval. It’s a paradise for medievalists and walkers alike, and fancying myself a bit of both, even heavy rain and still heavier throngs of booze cruisers couldn’t prevent me from enjoying my time there.

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Created by marif on February 17, 2004

Called 'Peep into the kitchen' and housed inside a 15th-century tower, Tallinn's most interesting museum displays with remarkable clarity the town's medieval history. Without peeping inside however, Tallinn's history can be equally experienced by strolling along numerous meandering alleyways, cobbled streets and unique courtyards that fill up the Old Town.

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Created by unorthodox traveler on January 10, 2001

Why visit a remote town in Estonia with a rather strange name? While travelling by bus from Tallinn to Riga, Latvia,I overheard a group of students talking enthusiatically about a folk concernt in Viljandi.I decided to get off the bus with them and check it out.