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Tallinn: An overview - Part 9
Eating in Tallinn Tallinn’s Old Town has a wide selection of largely interchangeable and mostly tourist-oriented places to eat. The prices here are
Tallinn: An overview – Part 12
Budget places to eat. Road Food is tucked away on a tiny lane immediately behind the Town Hall Tower. You would not find it unless you know where
Tallinn: Old Town in Depth - Part 10
You should now keep going along Pikk Street. Architecture fans will enjoy several fanciful facades along here, including the boldly Art Nouveau #18 on
Tallinn: Old Town in Depth - Part 11
On the opposite side of the Town Hall square, across from #12 in the corner, the pharmacy (Raeapteek) dates from 1422 and claims to be Europe’s oldest
Tallinn: Old Town in Depth - Part 12
Now to start the second part of the walk which is :- THE UPPER TOWN (TOOMPEA) Continuing on from the end of the lower town walk at the corner oppos
Tallinn: Old Town in Depth - Part 13
When you have finished looking around all the towers and ramparts you need to head through the hole in the wall, and head uphill into the upper town.
Tallinn: Old Town in Depth - Part 14
Toompea Castle (Toompea Loss) The pink palace is an 18th-century Russian addition onto the medieval Toompea Castle. Today, it’s the Estonian Parlia
Tallinn: Old Town in Depth - Part 15
Patkuli Viewpoint After you have spent time just looking at the view you will want to identify what you can see. On the far left is the neoclassica
Tallinn: Old Town in Depth - Part 16
After the viewpoint, you descend to the lower town. Go out and left down Kohtu, past the Finnish Embassy (on your left). Back at the Dome Church, th
Tallinn: Old Town in Depth - Part 17
Town Hall (Raekoda) and Tower This museum facing Town Hall Square is open to the general public only in the summer. It has exhibits on the town’s a
Tallinn: Old Town in Depth - Part 18
If you’re interested in Estonia’s 20th and 21st-century history, it’s an easy five-minute walk from this square to the next sight. The Museum of O
Tallinn: Old Town in Depth - Part 19
The Rotermann Quarter (Rotermanni Kvartal) Sprawling between Hotel Viru and the port, just east of the Old Town, this 19th-century industrial zone
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