Tallinn |
Tallinn boasts the kind of stunning chocolate box old town that Disney executives can only dream of. Its old core is almost impossibly pretty, all cobbles, cas…
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Museum of Occupations
Museum of Occupations
The well-designed Museum of Occupations in Tompea offers a moving exhibition of Estonia's struggle under two oppressive regimes, the Nazis and the Soviets. Audio-visual displays and artefacts…
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Upcoming Events in Tallinn |
 | Black Nights Film Festival 12 Nov - 6 Dec 2009 (annual) Tallinn The Black Nights Film Festival brings the best of world cinema to Estonian… more... |
 | Jazkaar in Jazzikuu Apr 2010 (annual) Tallinn Since 2007 Estonia has chimed with the international designation of April as jazz… more... |
 | Tallinn Old Town Days May - Jun 2010 (annual) Old Town Merchants and performers from Estonia's neighbouring countries and beyond bring… more... |
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Nightlife |
Bizarrely, the Tartan Army (the football fans who faithfully follow the Scottish national side) are credited with kick-starting the city’s nightlife in the 1990s after decades of Soviet dreariness. The two bars they set up after a football match in Tallinn, the Nimeta, Suur-Karja 4, and the Nimega, Suur-Karja 13, are still going strong and are a good place to meet locals practising their English. Overlooking Town Hall Square, Molly Malone’s, Mundi 2, is a better-than-average Irish theme pub with…
Sightseeing |
The old core of Tallinn is easy to explore on foot, with buses, trolleybuses and taxis on hand for exploring out-of-town sights. The UNESCO World Heritage listed Old Town is a sight in itself, a chocolate-box beauty of winding cobbled streets, vaulting church spires and pastel-hued buildings. The old town is neatly hemmed in by the remnants of its medieval walls, with some of the orange-roofed towers that once protected the city from attack still intact. At the hub of the old town is the Town Ha…
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