Fat Margaret (Paks Margareeta) Tallinn

Tallinn , Estonia
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    Maritime museum, Landmark/point of interest

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    Footloose in TALLINN

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    This recommendation for a city break is in the once forbidden north of Europe... Visit TALLINN to enjoy the cobbled streets and distinctive merchants' houses of the Old Town... Fine affordable restaurants with English freely spoken in many places. You can learn something from Estonia's long occupation and how the country has come to celebrate …

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    Day Spa

    ... down the length of Pikk St which runs all the way across the Old Town along to the Estonian Maritime Museum held in the "Fat Margaret" tower in the city walls. The museum covers 4 floors and is filled with a number of exhibits relating to the Maritime ...

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    Tallinn, August 27, 2005 - Saturday

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    ... Suur Rannavärav, the medieval exit to Tallinn port. This entrance to the town was guarded by Paks Margareeta, a bulky and rotund Fat Margaret's Tower, behind which rose elegant St. Olav. Up on the Fat Margaret's roof there was a viewing platform, but I ...

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    What you shouldn't miss in Tallinn

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    ... burgs in all Northern Europe'. Today 1.85km of the original city wall and 20 towers survive, a few serving as museums such as Fat Margaret's tower and Kiek in de Kök; - Town Hall (Raekoda) : Tallinn's civic life has been centred here at the southern ...

  • 4

    Medievil Tallin

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    ... gate towers.  We got lucky as we found a Maritime Museum housed inside this particular town, known as Paks Margareeta, or Fat Margaret.   http://www.meremuuseum.ee/?setlang=eng   the kids loved it.. The top floor held a Estonian ...

  • 5

    Entrancing Estonia

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    ... of Call before two days of sailing back to England.  I think they may have saved one of the best for last.  Tallinn, Estonia is beyond charming.  This medieval city along the Gulf of Finland had us wishing for more time.    ...

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    Tallin interlude Part 1

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    ... to continue exploring (& hopefully work off dessert). I made my way to St Olav's church, then to the Great Coastal Gate & Fat Margaret's Tower. It was dark by now, but the city is so well lit that I feel really safe. There are LOT'S of souvenir ...

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    Meeting the newbies

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    ... time to freshen up and then meet in the lobby at 2 for our walking tour of the old town with George. We entered through Fat Margaret tower- which is named after a Swedish queen, walked past St Olaf's church which has a tower with that can be climbed for ...

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    Rainy Explorations

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    ... merchant's houses and several guild buildings. At the end of the street, one reaches the town wall, the Great Coast Gate, and Fat Margaret, a rotund 16th century bastion with walls 4 m thick. I ventured inside the bastion to see the Martime Museum, a ...

  • 9

    Amazing Estonia

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    ... 300 meters from the sea and is now about a kilometer, I'd say. Just inside the gate was another 16th century tower called the "Fat Margaret Tower". In past times it was a cannon tower, barracks and prison. We carried on up the street and were amazed ...

  • 10

    Exploring LOTS of Old Towns in the Baltic

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    ... night, but it rains quite hard for a while on the thin roof. Walking Murray 25.7 kms (Dianne slightly less) Mon 13 June Tallinn(Estonia) - Riga (Latvia) We are able to have a leisurely start, as the bus stop is only 10 minutes away, so get in a ...