Old Town part 1 |
| TOWN HALL SQUARE (RAEKOJA PLATS): |
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| Raekoja Plats, Town Hall Square, is the heart of the Old Town. You can find many restaurants here, and the Town Hall (right). |
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| Town Hall Square | The Town Hall | Town Hall Square | ||
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| Town Hall Square | Town Hall Square |
The Town Hall |
 Town Hall Square (miniature effect) |
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| Town Hall Square | Town Hall Square | Town Hall Square |
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| Town Hall Square | Town Hall Square. In the center is Europe's oldest working pharmacy. | Town Hall Square |
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| Tallinn Raekoda, The Town Hall at Town Hall Square. It was built between 1402-04. It is the oldest town hall in the Baltics and Scandinavian region, and the only intact gothic town hall in Northern Europe. The tower is 64m high. |
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| The gable of the Town Hall, Vana Turg | Vana Turg, intersection Viru and Vene | Olde Hansa (right), a really good medieval restaurant I tried at Vana Turg near Raekoja Plats. |
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| Olde Hansa has jokers to attract restaurant customers | Olde Hansa medieval shop | Olde Hansa medieval shop |
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| Olde Hansa Restaurant | Olde Hansa Restaurant menue (in Swedish!) | Olde Hansa local medieval dish with cinnamon beer |
 The gable of Tallinn Raekoda (Town Hall) |
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| Great Guild Hall houses the Estonian History Museum. | Great Guild Hall, built 1407-10 as the home of Tallinn's wealthy merchants. |
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Holy Spirit Church (Püha Vaimi Kirik), a medieval lutheran church, built in the 14th century |
Holy Spirit Church clock | Holy Spirit Church and souvenir stores |
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A lane showing the Estonian history on the ground near Town Hall Sq. |
"The history lane" |
| VENE STREET: |
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| Vene towards St Nicholas Orthodox Church. |
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| Souvenir shop, Vene street. | Vene street |
 Vene street |
 St Nicholas Orthodox Church (Nikolai Kirik), a classicist church from 1827. |
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| Side street, Vene street. | Side street, Vene street |
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| St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Vene street. | Side street, Vene street |
| PIKK STREET: |
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| Pikk, a nice street with medieval houses. |
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| Pikk street | Merites Old Town Hotel at Tolli street |
 St Olav's Church, Estonia's tallest building, is situated on the North end of the Old Town. |
 St Olav's Church, Tallinn's tallest building, has a white interior. |
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| St Olav's Church interior | St Olav's Church interior |
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| Kanuti Gildisaal | Historic buildings and a police car, Pikk street |
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| Coffee ferris wheel | Streetscape, Pikk |
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| Amber ship - the Baltics are obsessed with amber! | House of the Blackheads (right) and the Swedish Embassy (left) |
 The beautiful jugend pharmacy building on Pikk street. |
| FAT MARGARET CITY GATE: |
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| Estonian Maritime Museum, part of Fat Margaret's tower/city wall | Fat Margaret's tower |
 Fat Margaret's tower, The Northern City Wall gate |
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| LAI STREET: |
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| Lai street with Pollum Mandusministeerium (left) and St Olaf's Church (right). |
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| Lai street | A side street to Lai: One of the City Wall towers |
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| Lai with St Olaf's Church. |
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| Lai looking south towards St Nicholas Church. |
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| Loodusmuseum, Lai street | Old Theater, Lai |
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| Medieval lane next to Lai | Tourist train |
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| Open gallery and St Olav's Church, Lai street | There are also some nightclubs at Lai |
 Toompea Hill seen from Lai |
