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Tallinn
N 59°26.245', E 24°44.701'
2019-07-28
https://visittallinn.ee/
Our rating: 7.80
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Tallinn pleasantly surprised us. To be honest, we didn't expect the old city to be so good. I would say that, due to its topography and size, the old town, in terms of tourism, is closer to the Portuguese cities, which for us are the benchmark. We stayed at the Original Sokos Hotel Viru (booking.com ), a high-rise hotel a stone's throw from the old town. Took a junior suite with great views of the city.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
The same views can be seen from the KGB Museum, which is located on the top floor. And you can also see the old city right from the balconies in the corridors. The next pictures were taken from the corridor. In fact, after looking at them, you already want to come to Tallinn.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Old Town The Old Town is divided into the Upper Town, where the nobility lived, and the Lower Town, home to merchants and artisans.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
In the next picture clearly visible noble palaces, in particular the palace of Baron Kaulbars.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
The main part of the Church of St. Nicholas or Niguliste was built in 1405-1420. Now it is the main medieval church in Tallinn.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
One of the entrances to the old city, the Viru Gate, one of the two surviving medieval gates.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
We walked around the old town for a few days, and also walked around it in a circle, outside the walls.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
It was especially beautiful at dawn.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
There are a lot of restaurants in the old city, we went several times to the Odessa Restaurant, it has a good Ukrainian cuisine.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
The city hall, in the Gothic style, was built in the 13th century.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Since the old town is located on a hill, there are a lot of viewpoints.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
The two best viewpoints are Patkuli (59.438547, 24.740781 ) and Kohtuotsa (59.437802, 24.742087 ).
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Linnahall In addition to the old city, we visited several other locations. The most unusual place in Tallinn, of course, is Linnahall, a huge cultural and sports center built for the 1980 Olympics. At the moment, it's completely abandoned, and I'm surprised as to why Tallinn's most upscale location has these ruins standing around. Why not make a neighborhood like Aker Brugge in Oslo.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
The complex became famous after Christopher Nolan shot Tenet here. By the way, it was filmed just before our visit.
Tenet (2020) ©@
Tallinn Creative Hub Between Linnahall and Old Town stands the Tallinn Creative Hub, a standard European cultural center on the site of a former industrial location.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
There was a long wall of graffiti near it in 2019, but it's gone now.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Kadriorg Palace We also took a walk in the park around the baroque Kadriorg palace, which was built from 1718 by order of Peter the Great, although he never had time to live there. The territory is quite large, you have to walk a lot. There is even a Japanese garden.
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
Public transportation is well developed. You can buy tickets at R-Kiosks, but we had no problem buying online here https://tallinn.pilet.ee/buy .
Tallinn ©Yuriy Buriak
If you plan to visit different places in the city and travel by public transport, then pay attention to the Tallinn Card .
Map of Tallinn ©@
Tallinn Old Town Map ©@
Getting there: all kinds of transportation, including ferries.
Tags, Estonia: city Tags, all countries: city
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Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Our rating - 7.80
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Visitor's rating - 0.00
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
* - Note: Description of the evaluation is not always appropriate for a particular object, it's just a little help