side. Later (1885), known as #Jaama, (station, see #BaltiJaam), with two different origin stories, both from TT: 1) A certain #HeinrichWagner had his posting stage, #hobupostijaam, at No.11 #Narva, whose stables stretched back to #Jaama, and 2) The #Sadamaraudtee (harbor railway) freight yard
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also renamed #Kingissepa (1952-1988) while #Yamburg (Я́мбург), aka Yama (Я́ма, see #BaltiJaam), in #LeningradOblast about 25 km east of the border at #Narva was renamed #Kingisepp (Ки́нгисепп, or Кингисе́пп) in 1922. This Kingisepp district also has the dubious distinction of being home to the
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#Versta (Verst)
#Tallinn #Nõmme
#Russian #distance, about 1 km (1.067 to be exact). New street name (2008) which looks like an unfinished footpath. Named for the station known as #SeitsmesVerst (7th verst), its distance from #BaltiJaam on the line to #Paldiski, and renamed as #Nõmme in 1874.

View along Reisijate, Tallinn, from the Balti Jaam station direction.

View along Reisijate, Tallinn, in the Balti Jaam station direction.

Is it a bird, is it a plane, is it a parking-lot? Who knows?... Two-dimensional space occupying or plastered over the official thoroughfare designated by the Estonnian highways and byways commission as Reisijate, Tallinn. Heaven preserve us.

Motley-painted planks, miscellaneous spars, grey cloudy skies and tarmac baked in the Estonian midsummer rain like the belly-side of over-cooked rice-pudding. At which point your Venerable Bede of Tallinn toponymy gives up and goes for a walk.

#Reisijate (Reisijad [pl.])
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Travelers, passengers. Sing. #reisija. Street ambling vaguely – a gross understatement to say the least, stumbling about as it does like a drunk parking-lot – alongside the #BaltiJaam railway lines.
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad

Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Kiire on it.

Bakery in Kiire, Tallinn.

#Kiire (Kiire)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #UusMaailm
Ray, as in sun or light. Street now suffering from severe personality disorder. Actually, two distinct streets, sorta, on either side of the railway running alongside #Tehnika to #BaltiJaam.
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#Reisijate (Reisijad [pl.])
Travelers, passengers. Sing. reisija. Street ambling vaguely alongside #BaltiJaam railway lines.
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
#Railways #Raudteed

Pika jala väravatorn (Pikk jalg), Balti Jaam, & Tallinn, Estonia

#Tallinn #OldTownTallinn #PikaJalaVäravatorn #BaltiJaam #HistoricLandmarks