Museums

Tallinn City Museum www.linnamuuseum.ee (such as Tallinn City Museum hall, Foto Museum, Kiek in de Kök, Childrens’ Museum, Zar Peter I House Museum, E. Vilde Museum, A.H. Tammsaare Museum, Jaani Seek Museum)

Kadriorg Palace - The Kadriorg Art Museum www.ekm.ee

Estonian Open Air Museum www.roccalmare.ee

Art Museums - History - Shipping - Varia 

NEW: KUMU - Modern Art Museum in Kadriorg Park   www.ekm.ee/kumu

Estonian Marine Museum    www.meremuuseum.ee

Estonian Architecture Museum in Rotermanni Salt Storage     www.arhitektuurimuuseum.ee

Art Museum of Estonia    www.ekm.ee

Kadriorg Art Museum    www.ekm.ee

Mikkeli Museum    www.ekm.ee

Niguliste Museum    www.ekm.ee

Estonian Theatre and Music Museum    www.tmm.ee   

Estonian History Museu    www.eam.ee

Estonian Museum of Natural History    www.loodusmuuseum.ee

Museum of Occupations    www.okupatsioon.ee

Hobusepea Art Gallery    www.eaa.ee/hobusepea

Drakon Gallery    www.eaa.ee/draakon

Lühikese Jala Galerii     www.hot.ee/galerii

Tallinn Zoo

www.tallinnzoo.ee

  

Tallinn Hipodrome

www.hipodroom.ee

  

Cinema

www.superkinod.ee

Theaters     

www.teater.ee

Estonian Drama Theater, Estonian State Puppet Theatre, ER Radio Theatre, Fine 5 Dance Theatre, Kanuti Gildi Saal, Kuressaare City Theatre, Eesti Pärimusmuusika Loomine, Pärnu Theatre Endla, R.A.A.A.M, Estonian National Opera, Rakvere Theatre, Salong Theater, Saueaugu Teatritalu, Smithbridge Productions, Studio Theatrum, Studio Theatre Ilmarine, Tallinn City Theatre, Theatre NO99, Theatre Vanemuine, Theater Varius, Theatre Teleteater, Theater "Uus Vana Teater", Theater "Vana Baskini Teater", VAT Theatre, Russian Theatre, Viljandi Drama Theatre, Von Krahl Theatre

TALLINN OLD TOWN - The unique value of Tallinn’s Old Town lies first and foremost in the well-preserved completeness of its medieval milieu and structure, which has been lost in most of the capitals of northern Europe. Since 1997, the Old Town of Tallinn has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
Its powerful defensive structures have protected Tallinn from being destroyed in wars, and its lack of wooden buildings has protected it from burning down. But it is also crucial that Tallinn hasn’t been massively rebuilt in the interest of dispensing with the old and modernising the town.
Tallinn is one of the best retained medieval European towns, with its web of winding cobblestone streets and properties, from the 11th to 15th centuries, preserved nearly in its entirety. All the most important state and church buildings from the Middle Ages have been preserved in their basic original form, as well as many citizens’ and merchants’ residences, along with barns and warehouses from the medieval period.
The golden era in Tallinn’s history lies in the period between the early 15th and mid 16th centuries. Tallinn had attained fame and a powerful role in the Baltic Sea area through its membership in the Hanseatic League. Economic might carried with it both the need to defend the city and the opportunity for a rich period of architectural and artistic creativity.

Suggestions for visiting: Town Hall Square, Tallinn Town Hall, Town Hall Pharmacy, St Olav’s Church, Town Wall, Kiek in de Kök, Maiden Tower, Great Costal Gate and Fat Margareth’s Tower, Viru Gates, Toompea Castle, Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Dominican Monastery Museum, Domincan Monastery Claustrum, St. Catherine’s Passage, Niguliste Museum-Concert Hall, Church of the Holy Ghost, Daish King’s Garden, Great Guild Hall, House of the Brotherhood of Black Heads, Oleviste Guild Hall, Kanut Guild Hall, Tallinn’s Medieval Residential Houses (the best preserved examples are the Matkamaja (Raekoja plats 18), the Tallinn City Theatre (Linnateatri) building (Lai 23), and the buildings at Vana turg 6, Kuninga 1, Pikk 71, Lai 29, Lai 40, Vene 17 and 23, Rüütli 12, and Suur-Karja 8).

KADRIORG - The emergence and development of Kadriorg was influenced first and foremost by the high society of the tsar’s empire, as well as the wealthiest layer of local society. Even the dignified architecture of Kadriorg’s preserved historical wooden residential buildings give proof to the fact that this was a wealthy seaside resort area. The streets of Kadriorg are as good as a unique architectural museum, weaving together various centuries and cultures. Noble villas and summer estates, functionalist apartment buildings with stately flats are interspersed with cheaper Estonian rented wooden houses. Kadriorg is one of the more dignified areas even today, and one of the best loved residential regions of Tallinn. The Estonian President’s residence and many foreign embassies are located here. The park is one of the favourite spots for walking of Tallinners young and old. But Kadriorg is famed mostly for its baroque palace and park ensemble, begun in 1718 as the summer palace for the family of Russian tsar Peter I.

PIRITA - Pirita, located 5-7 kilometers from Tallinn’s city centre, borrowed its name from the Order of St. Bridget’s Virgin Mary Cloisters. In the early 20th century, the seaside town of Pirita began to develop into a destination for Sunday rides and a bathing area.

Today Pirita is one of the favourite places in Tallinn for spending free time, with its bathing beaches, coastline, pine-forested parks, and picturesque Pirita River valley. The whole area offers a spectrum of possibilities for active holidays. Tallinn’s Botanical Garden has lands on either side of the Pirita River, near the Forest Cemetery and Tallinn’s TV Tower, where you can achieve a view from 170 meters high, over the city and its surroundings.

Galleries

ART&DESIGN - DESIGN STUDIO B L O C - Gallery Põlendruum - Haus Gallery - Navitrolla Gallery - Photo Cellar Lee - Tallinn Art Hall - Tallinn City Gallery - Hobusepea Gallery -  Vaal Gallery