Tallinn's Top Attractions
Tallinn has many fantastic attractions and must-see sights that you really should consider experiencing during your visit. For more information, the exclusive Out-There Sightseeing Tour allows you to gain an informed insight and knowledge of the history and culture of Tallinn, including the old and the new.
Tallinn’s old town
Whether it’s your first time or your thirty-first time in Tallinn then your first and last port of call is likely to be Tallinn’s medieval old town. There are, quite simply, very few towns or cities in the world that can rival Tallinn for its well-preserved medieval buildings and timeless atmosphere. Some buildings are around a thousand years old, and with the town split into several different sectors such as the lower town and the Latin quarter, there is more to explore in this medieval delight than many visitors realise or set aside time for.
Tallinn was once a very rich city due to its role in the Hanseatic League. Nowadays that prosperity is returning, and Tallinn is moving quickly up the ranks of Europe’s finest cities.
Town walls and towers
Tallinn’s 2,500 metres of walls, which enclose the old town, help to give old Tallinn its special, intimate atmosphere. Towers such as Kuldjala and Neitsitorn, with their red-tiled roofs accentuate the spirit of intimacy and visual brilliance of the medieval cityscape.
Of course, no well-preserved medieval city would be the same without its gates marking a grand entrance to the city. The c14th Viru Gates mark the gateway from the new, modern Tallinn to the decidedly more ancient end of town.
Medieval churches
You certainly don’t need any religious faith to get something out of a visit to Tallinn’s magnificent churches, monasteries and cathedrals. Explore the Church of the Holy Ghost or the 750-year old St. Olav’s and you are bound to discover fantastic architecture along with strange, maybe mystical reference points to a centuries-old past.
Tallinn’s Lutheran churches house many paintings and works of art that wouldn’t be out of place in some of Europe’s finest national galleries.
Kadriorg
The Kadriorg district of Tallinn is home to a grand c18th palace, a cottage that once belonged to Peter the Great, dozens of stunning villas, the Estonian National Song Ground, as well as the Estonian Art Museum. Kadriorg is Tallinn at its classiest and most laid back.
Beaches and forests
Whether it’s for sunbathing during the midsummer or for the bizarre experience of walking on the frozen sea in wintertime, the miles and miles of unbroken beaches around Tallinn shouldn’t be missed.
Soviet era time traps
Most residents of Tallinn are more than keen to forget the country’s Soviet past. However, ugly and some-might-say-beautiful symbols remain, and for many visitors these Soviet era throwbacks are a fascinating window in on the Estonia of just fifteen years ago. Soviet architecture still dominates some of Tallinn’s suburbs, whilst monuments, war memorials, and the enormous Tallinn TV-tower serve as constant reminders of the Soviet occupation of Estonia.
21st century Tallinn
Many residents of Tallinn will tell you that its not the attractive tourist sites that really define the Estonian capital, but rather the all-consuming “what’s going to happen next?” spirit of the city. Tallinn is now a 24-hour party venue, conference destination, spa resort and bastion of modern technology rolled into one.
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