Tallinn, Estonia Travel Blogs

Another Day in Tallinn
May 14, 2009 (2 photos)

... 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 ...

Tallinn
Jun 9, 2004 (7 photos)

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 ...

Cobbled Stone old Town
May 13, 2009 (14 photos)

... 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 with ...

Tallinn
Jan 16, 2009 (8 photos)

... 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 cladding all ...

Belle of the East
Jul 14, 2007

... 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 ...

Happy Australia Day!
Jan 27, 2006 (12 photos)

... 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 10pm ...

Mother Russia Calls
Jul 13, 2006 (4 photos)

... 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 if I ...

Welcome to the Boomtown.
Dec 7, 2006 (8 photos)

... 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 with ...

Vinny's Vision
Jul 13, 2006

... 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 town ...

Tallinn
Aug 20, 2006 (14 photos)

Tallinn was nice, despite the weather. We´d 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
Aug 20, 2005

... 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 ...

More Baltics
Feb 2, 2009 (103 photos)

... 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
Jan 12, 2006 (35 photos)

... 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 know ...

Classic Old Town. The 1st of many
Mar 2, 2006 (17 photos)

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 Estonia ...

Back in the (Former) USSR !
May 30, 2006

Only here for the night. Nothing exciting.

Back in Europa!
Aug 18, 2005 (1 photos)

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
Aug 20, 1999 (11 photos)

... . 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 ...

Old Town Tallinn
Sep 15, 2007

... 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 worn ...

On The Baltic
Aug 27, 2008 (6 photos)

... And it caused major traffic problems on I-65. He found that fantastic. Then asked if I liked drinking Wild Turkey. This trip to Estonia (and a last minute decision for a day trip to Helsinki) was the first time I have travelled alone. It is something I ...

Only Harf a Harp!
Sep 19, 2006

... 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 guide ...

Training from Tartu to Tallinn
Jan 29, 2009 (3 photos)

... as for the bus ride.  The train track was not in as good a shape as some of the European countries, but in Tallinn we saw a large sign at the railway station announcing a major track restoration project by the EU.    In Tallinn we got ...

Sleepy Tallinn
Dec 28, 2006 (12 photos)

... 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 ...

Cutie-pie Tallinn
Jun 18, 2009 (12 photos)

We woke up to a beautiful sunny day (finally!) And another surprise today was how much we loved little Estonia! Today's excursion started with a short tour of the city on the bus. We stopped at the original town square where they have a couple of old ...

teele
Jun 23, 2009

Asjade pakkimine. "...Relva pole kaasa tarvis. Vastupidavad jalatsid jalga. Seo vööle tihedalt vöö. Meil ees on kivine tee. Idas hahetab. Meil on aeg." (N. Roerich) Suund lennujaamale. On oht, et If Kindlustus on võtnud minu veebruarikuist ülekannet ...

Copenhagen - Tallinn
Aug 26, 2005 (2 photos)

... happy to be travelling (even with some heavy turbulence). Claudia's rain cover for her backpack got lost somewhere between Brussels and Tallinn, so we filed a report but didn't have much hope of finding it back, since it was not labeled. At the exit ...

veel viimased asjad
Oct 25, 2006 (1 photos)

veel vaja teha: vene keele tund, auto hoiustada, pakkimine lõpetada. siis bussijaama ja suund lõunasse.

algus
Jun 29, 2007 (1 photos)

Kui kõik asjad koos magamiskoti, magamisaluse ja telgiga on ilma erilise vaevata kotti mahtunud, süveneb veendumus, et midagi olulist on maha jäänud. Martti nimekirjas olevad asjad, peale telgi kattekile, on enamuses osas olemas, kahtlane. Selgub kardetavasti ...

Reval
Aug 26, 2008 (2 photos)

.so, hier der erste eintrag.Reval hat mich ueberrascht. Erstaunlich modern, selbst in der umgebung hatte ich oefter das gefuehl in Daenemark zu sein.spaeter mehr...wollte nur sagen das ich da bin und bei dieser reise nur schreibe wenn ich wirklich lust ...

Oslo, Norway
Mar 11, 2006

Oslo to visit Jon Fougner

back to tallinn
Dec 27, 2005

back to Tallinn after xmas in Riga