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- Tallinn
- Capital
- Kroon (EEK)
- Currency
- 1,423,316
- Population
- EE
- Country Code
Tallinn Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Tallinn, Estonia
Another Day in Tallinn
This is a top pick! ... is this beautiful multi domed cathedral called Alexander Nevsky cathedral ans it is dated back to the 1800s while the Russians occupied Estonia. For the later part of the morning I went to the local market located next to the ...
Cobbled Stone old Town
This is a top pick! ... result the percentage of the ethnic Estonian population drops. In 1991 at the time of the collapse of Soviet Union, Estonia declared independence, the Estonian citizen sang patriotic songs, formed a human line from Tallinn all the way to Vilnius ...
Tallinn
This is a top pick! ... suspiciously easy and just 20Estonian Kroon each, excellent. We eventually found the cheapest hostel on our list, apparently the streets of Tallinn wibble a lot in the old town, prob to stop Russian invaders. Hostel is nice, bedroom has a lovely pine ...
Tallinn capital of Estonia
This is a top pick! ... their own currency, not Euros yet. Estonia's is the Kroon (EEK). Their resources are oil, shale and forestry and Estonia manufactures textiles, petrochemicals and fertilizers. Their main agriculture is barley, potatoes and oats. We saw the biggest fungus ...
Belle of the East
This is a top pick! ... to be everywhere.It amazed me that these 12th century buildings stood strong through so much history. I did not visit Estonia's museum but I imagine the horrors of deportations to Siberia, killing people suspected of being disloyal to the government and ...
Estonians are amazing
This is a top pick! The streets of Estonia's capital Tallin are beautiful, actually the whole old town and its people are amazing. It was just wonderful place to stroll the beautiful streets of this amazing town, the locals always so friendly and willing to ...
Mother Russia Calls
This is a top pick! ... horror stories of culture shocks, language barriers, and toliet fun and games. But it's all good - it's why we're here. Estonia, by the way, is lovely. Although I do feel a little over-saturated with beautifully quaint medieval towns, and feel that ...
Tallinn
This is a top pick! I continued on to Tallinn on Sunday despite the late night. Back on mainland Estonia I followed the quieter road to Kiela rather than the main road. A gentle tail wind made up for any lack of energy I may have felt due to the previous night. I ...
Welcome to the Boomtown.
This is a top pick! ... but certainly nothing out of the ordinary. We never left the old town itself but criss-crossed the beautiful touristy heart of Tallinn several times before deciding that enough was enough. Time for a bit to eat and a beer or two. Traveling ...
Happy Australia Day!
This is a top pick! ... been some strange things going on here? We then jumped on the efficient Metro and caught the Eurolines bus across to Tallinn, Estonia. The border crossing was pretty quick for Russian standards, only taking about two hours. Arriving in Tallinn around ...
Vinny's Vision
This is a top pick! ... Has all four. Krakow - Unfortunatly only one night. Largest medieval square in europe. Another great place for a relaxed fun weekend Tallinn - Again with the weekend. Lovely old town lots of cafes with people watching each other. When sat in the old ...
Tallin - Home to Eurovision 2002
This is a top pick! Wow, Tallin, finally. After a 14 hour delay at Charles De Gualle airport and an unscheduled night stopover in Stockholm (don't ask) we finally have arrived in the first country where we're actually going to have to backpack and stay in a hostel, ...
Tallinn
This is a top pick! Tallinn was nice, despite the weather. WeŽd were expecting plenty of drunk Brittish men on stag parties, but were pleased not to encounter any, probably because we were there mid week. There were however lots of strip clubs. The hotel we stayed in was a ...
Eastern Europe Begins
This is a top pick! ... angels, now more than about 3.5 years old these two little blondies stole the crowd. The trip on the bus through to Tallinn was uneventful, I was so incredibly tired that I fell asleep on the bus at the boarder crossing. The authorities came and took ...
Tallinn Was the Plan All Along
This is a top pick! ... one we're in right now. When Ellen and I last visited the Baltics, we took a pass on Estonia because there wasn't a reliable train service to Tallinn, the capital. I'd been kicking myself for the past five years for stubbornly refusing to go there by ...
More Baltics
This is a top pick! ... designed by Jewish architects. They were sort of art-deco style. Very impressive. At the house of the Blackheads, it stated that Tallinn, London, Brugges and Bergen were all members of the Hanseatic League. Not to self, go to Bergen to complete the set ...
Tallinn - getting medieval on my ass
This is a top pick! ... it was well worth the wait. Because this is a magnificent little city, home to half a million educated and urbane residents (Estonia has a population of 1.5 million) and some stunning medieval cityscapes that blew my mind as I walked around town. I don't ...
Classic Old Town. The 1st of many
This is a top pick! The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality - Samuel Johnson · Tallinn, Estonia. · Prague time +1hr · Days to get to Prague - 6 The unknown I'll freely admit I knew very little of what to expect from the Baltic States of ...
Old Town Tallin
This is a top pick! We arrived bright and early to Tallin after a 1am border crossing (lucky they let Kate through really as she looked so grumpy and half asleep!). We ended up staying in the most beautiful apartment while we were here complete with kitchen and our own ...
Medieval bliss
This is a top pick! Tallinn, Estonia - Tallinn is a superb mixture of medieval old city twinned with dramatic sky scrappers and modern buildings. One minute you're walking down a busy inner city street, the next you are tripping on cobble stones and wondering how you ...
Back in Europa!
This is a top pick! With a tear in our eye we departed from St Pete's and here were are: back into the shock of Europe after absolutely no problems on the border - what was LP on about? It couldn't be more different from what we've been used to. Hundreds of tourists and ...
Tallinn
This is a top pick! ... . The Inside of the domed church was unbelievable and has to be seen to be believed. I visited all the cobblestone streets of Tallinn and by midday had checked out most of what I wanted to see. Anyway it was once again to jump onto another short ...
24 Hours In Exceptional Estonia.
This is a top pick! OK, we know 24 hours is not enough - especially for Tallinn! We thought we would slip in and out after seeing the Old Town Historic Centre and we'd be happy. However Tallinn is one of the nicest old town areas we have seen and with friendly people, and ...
Old Town Tallinn
This is a top pick! ... for anouther hour. We could'nt quite work out why nothing was open by 8.15, turns out there was a 1hour time difference between estonia and Petersburg. eventually got into the 'hostel with no name' at just after 9. It was a small hippie type place with ...
This is a top pick! 
Only Harf a Harp!
... rest of the old town with a few spots providing further city panorama. Also here is the most expensive tourist attraction in Estonia. Costing 2.3 million kroon - just short of 1 million of our great British pounds - a public toilet. Described in some ...
Training from Tartu to Tallinn
... let us sit down. Most people had their laptops open and WIFI was available on this train car all the way up the line Tallinn. Incredible. The cost was exactly the same as for the bus ride. The train track was not in as good a ...
Sleepy Tallinn
... this attitude of "we just try to look like we are working but are not really working". They had very little knowledge of Tallinn. The employees had their friends over the whole time and yelled loadly in Russian, even when we were sleeping. I would not be ...