Tallinn Sights

Kiek-in-de-Kök

#6 of 35 things to do in Tallinn

#29 of 248 things to do in Estonia

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  • Address
    • Komandandi 2 Toompea
  • Phone
    • tel, info: 644 6686
  • Price
    • full KR25.00, concession KR8.00
  • Hours
    • Mar-Oct: Tue-Sun 10:30-18:00, Nov-Feb: Tue-Sun 10:30-17:00

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One of Tallinn's most formidable cannon towers is the tall, stout Kiek-in-de-Kök. Its name is Low German for 'Peep into the Kitchen'; from the upper floors lonely soldiers could peer into the houses of the Lower Town.

Built in about 1475, Kiek-in-de-Kök was badly damaged during the Livonian war, but it never collapsed (nine of Ivan the Terrible's cannon balls remain imbedded in the walls). Today it houses a museum tracing the birth and development of Tallinn with several floors of maps, weapons and models of the old city.

 

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