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Bookmark & shareRicochet from the old to the new and back again in scintillating Tallinn.
There are few places in Europe where the aura of the 14th and 15th centuries survives intact as it does in Tallinn's Old Town, a jumble of medieval walls and turrets, needling spires and winding, cobbled streets. Nevertheless, Estonia's capital is so modern it's been dubbed 'a suburb of Helsinki'.
Tallinn's Toompea district is home to a bevy of fascinating sights including the 19th century Russian Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Cathedral; Toomkirik, the Lutheran cathedral founded in 1233; the Estonian Art Museum; and the kookily named Kiek-in-de-Kök, a tall, stout tower built around 1475.
Fast Facts
Population
420,500
Currency
Name: Kroon
Code: EEK
Symbol: KR
Electrical Plugs
230V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: Estonian
Time Zones
GMT/UTC +2
Country Dialing Code
+372
Weights & Measures
Metric
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