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Next to Balti Jaam train station, this modern hotel is usefully placed between the nightlife of Kalamaja and the sights of Old Town. The free parking is a godsend, street-facing rooms have extraordinary views of the Toompea skyline, and the family rooms have baths, kitchenettes and sofas. There's also a sauna (for up to five people, first two hours €60).


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1. St Mary's Lutheran Cathedral

0.2 MILES

Tallinn's cathedral (now Lutheran, originally Catholic) was initially built by the Danes by at least 1233, although the current exterior dates mainly from…

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2. Lower Town Wall

0.23 MILES

Running along the northwestern border of Old Town, the most photogenic stretch of Tallinn's remaining 1.9km of medieval walls connects nine towers,…

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3. Nuku

0.25 MILES

This state puppet-museum's collection is a wonderful introduction to the art of puppetry from many different cultures and eras. There's enough interactive…

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4. Telliskivi Creative City

0.26 MILES

Once literally on the wrong side of the tracks, this set of abandoned factory buildings is now Tallinn's most alternative shopping and entertainment…

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5. Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Cathedral

0.28 MILES

The positioning of this magnificent, onion-domed Russian Orthodox cathedral (completed in 1900) at the heart of the country's main administrative hub was…

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6. Toompea Castle

0.28 MILES

This Janus-faced pile turns a sugar-pink baroque facade towards Toompea, and a stern 14th-century Livonian visage to the sea and intervening suburbs…

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7. Adamson-Eric Museum

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Erich Carl Hugo Adamson, a towering figure of 20th-century art in Estonia, is celebrated in this reverent little museum in a historic house with which he…

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8. Great Guild Hall

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The Great Guild Hall (1410) is a wonderfully complete testament to the power of Tallinn's medieval trade guilds. Now a branch of the Estonian History…