Tallinn

Estonia

by Jason Scott Cordova

20 Places

Tallinn, Estonia

KGB Museum

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

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Haunted Guest House

Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.

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Ichthus Art Gallery

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

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Seaplane Harbour

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

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Telliskivi Creative City

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

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Glehn Park

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

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Old Thomas

The Guardian of Tallinn.

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Tallinn Teletorn (TV Tower)

This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

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The Bronze Soldier of Tallinn

This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.

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Linnahall

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

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Epitaphs of The Cathedral of Saint Mary

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

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St Nicholas' Church Danse Macabre

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

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Raeapteek

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

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Soviet Statue Graveyard

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

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Maarjamäe Memorial Complex

This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.

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Tallinn Museum of Photography

This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.

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KuKu Club

An underground nightclub helped spark a "Singing Revolution."

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Väike-Õismäe District

A series of concentric circles represented a bold new experiment in socialist urban planning, and it notoriously difficult to get around.

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'Cromatico'

This set of concrete chambers resonates according to different notes of octaves.

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Kadriorg Palace

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

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