Verschneite Straße mit Holzhäusern, blauer Himmel
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#Kalamaja
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#Kalamaja (Kalamaja) #Asum
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
#FishermansHut, name of a one-time fishing village, along with the three ages of man: #UusKalamaja (new, but let’s say ‘young’ for poetic license), #Kesk- (Middle-aged), and #Vana- (Old). The word #maja, probably first meant a temporary
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#Prii (Prii)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe
#Free, gratis and for nothing. Two streets: one in #Nõmme, formerly #Kalju (1927-1959) and #Rahnu (1940-1941), from #rahn, boulder, block or megalith (see #Rändrahnu); the other in #Kalamaja no longer exists.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
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#Kalju (Kalju)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
#Rock, #boulder.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geology #Geoloogia
#Rock #Kivi
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#Leigeri (Leiger)
#PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Folk hero of #Hiiumaa island and brother of Saaremaa’s #SuurTõll (Big Tõll). Said to have attempted to build a bridge there to let his brother to come and share his famous sauna and cabbages. Idea vetoed by an island golem with an interest in ferries...
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#Krulli (Krulli)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
New street, 2021, along with #Mootori and #UusVolta. Named ultimately after #FranzKrull, a #German #coppersmith who founded a company in #Narva, 1865, to manufacture #distillation equipment, particularly #vodka. Moving to Tallinn, production
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Wandgemälde mit einer Frau, aus deren Händen eine leuchtende, blaue Blume wächst, und einem Elch.
Rot-weiße Fensterrahmen und wilder Wein an der grauen Wand eines Holzhauses.
Kalamaja. 💚 (Hippes Holzhausviertel in Tallinn.)
#Kalamaja #Tallinn #Estland
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A quiet street in Kalamaja, Tallinn, captured in moody black and white. Wooden houses with tall, narrow windows line the street, their weathered facades reflecting the district’s historic charm. The play of light and shadow emphasizes the textures of the wood and plaster, while a few glowing windows hint at life within. The stillness of the scene, combined with the stark monochrome tones, creates an atmosphere that feels both timeless and contemplative.
Wooden silence
📷 Kalamaja
#estonia #tallinn #kalamaja #historic #urban #landscape #architecture #photography
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Kalma (Kalma)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
A popular abbreviation of Kalamaja. Street also named for its proximity to the well-known #KalmaSaun in #VanaKalamaja. Name chosen with blatant disregard for #Finnish visitors to the city, see #Kalmistu.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
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#Kalinini M. (Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, 1875-1946)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja #Karjamaa #Sitsi #Paljassaare #Pelguranna #Kopli#Bolshevik revolutionary and head of state of the #SovietUnion from 1919 to 1946,
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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#Olevimägi). Part of a #Kalevipoeg street-name group. See also #Sulevi. There is another Kalevipoeg-themed street group in #Kalamaja, see #Kalevi or #Linda.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#NationalIcons #RahvuslikudIkoonid
#MythsAndLegends #MüüdidJaLegendid
#Literature #Kirjandus
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Köie.
View along Köie, Tallinn, from in the Noole direction.
More or less 100-year-old wooden apartment building in Köie, Tallinn.
Ageing doorway in Köie, Tallinn.
Köie (Köis)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Rope, cable. After the former rope-making community of #Köismäe.
#Industry #Tööstus
#Trades #Kaubandused
#Maritime #Merendus
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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Un #estonio siempre sabe dónde poner la #silla. En estas hemos pasado un buen rato #contemplativo en el #parque del barrio de #Kalamaja.
Y nadie se las lleva, ni las machacan, ni les prenden fuego.
Qué gente más rara 🤔
#Tallin
#Estonia🇪🇪
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Las cámaras de seguridad del Parque #Kalamaja han captado esta imagen de la #española que, sin miramiento alguno, va colectando, en #zonasverdes de #Tallin, esquejes, semillas, flores, tallos, rizomas y todo tipo de material genético #vegetal , con el objetivo de... 👇🏻🧵
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Parques y #gastronomía son innegociables. Hoy hemos elegido para el #almuerzo un pequeño y novísimo #vietnamita (BEP), familiar, escondido en la calle #Kalma del precioso #barrio de #Kalamaja. Fabulosas las #sopas (Pho Bo Tai Chín y Pho Mix)... 👇🏻🧵
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Põhja puiestee.
View along Põhja puiestee, Tallinn, in the Soo direction.
Leagy footpath alongside Põhja puiestee, Tallinn.
The late 19th-C F. Wiegandi Machine workshop in Põhja puiestee, Tallinn.
#Põhja (Põhja)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kesklinn #Kalamaja #Vanalinn
North, northern, northerly. Also #noord or #nord among #sailors. See #Kirde. Formerly known as #Troonipärija (‘heir apparent’), presumably, given the corresponding street-naming change around 1906,
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Vana-Kalamaja.
View along Vana-Kalamaja, Tallinn, Near Kalju põik.
Mural in Vana-Kalamaja, Tallinn, of a smiling (and perhaps fishy) lady holding a 'Tangled'-like flower illuminating her palms while a bemused moose looks on, wondering if lichen is involved.
Front façade of the age-old and iconic Kalma Sauna in Vana-Kalamaja, Tallinn.
#Vana-Kalamaja (Vana-Kalamaja)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Old Kalamaja. A bit like #Uus-Kalamaja but older. In fact, both created in 1885.
#Fish #Kalad
#Trades #Kaubandused
#Food #Toit
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Allveelaeva.
View along Allveelaeva, Tallinn, in the Lennusadama direction.
Modern apartment- and business-building with, intheforeground, a large historical cogwheel left as an artistic reminder of the area's shipbuilding legacy in Allveelaeva, Tallinn.
Expanse of checkerboard paving in Allveelaeva, Tallinn.
#Allveelaeva (Allveelaev)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Submarine. Lit. #all-under, #vee-water, #laev-ship. See! #Estonian’s easy :o) another (new) street by the docks. See #Noblessneri.
#Military #Sõjaline
#Maritime #Merendus
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Uus-Volta.
View along Uus-Volta, Tallinn, from in the Volta direction.
View along Uus-Volta, Tallinn, in the Krulli direction.
Modern apartment block in Uus-Volta, Tallinn.
#Uus-Volta (Uus Volta)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
New street, 2021, along with #Mootori and #Krulli. See #Volta.
#Redevelopment #Ümberehitus
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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View along Noole, Tallinn, from in the Küti direction.
Old limestone building (origin unascertained) converted into accommodation and business space in Noole, Tallinn.
Gate and passageway through the old limestone building in Noole, Tallinn.
#Noole (Nool)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Arrow, shaft. In 1916, there was a satirical pamphlet called #Nooled (arrows), 4000 copies of which were published for the grand price of 15 kopecks. It survived one edition.
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Kungla.
View along Kungla, Tallinn, near the Kopli end.
Three-storey house of early 20th-century design in Kungla, Tallinn.
Wooden doorway with hanging flower baskets in Kungla, Tallinn.
#Kungla (Kungla)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
A sort of pseudomythological Estonian Arcady that found its way into 19th C Estonian writers’ minds and books. Believed invented by Kreutzwaldi F.R. and probably Esto-Swedish for place of king(s).
#Literature #Kirjandus
#Mythology #Mütoloogia
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Kalaranna.
View along Kalaranna, Tallinn, close to the Kalaturg in the city center direction.
Former Patarei (Battery) Prison, built as a fort in the 1830s, currently in conversion into a museum on the coastal side of Kalaranna, Tallinn.
The inevitable row of garages in Kalaranna, so typical of the Tallinn landscape.
#Kalaranna (Kalarand)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Fish beach, fishing-shore. With a fine view of the sea, until they built a #prison (no longer used, in conversion to museum) in front of it. Long a home to Kalamaja fishermen.
#Fish #Kalad
#Trades #Kaubandused
#Maritime #Merendus
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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
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Lennusadama.
View along Lennusadama, Tallinn, from in the direction of the sea.
Sunset on overhanging apartments facing the sea in Vesilennuki, from Lennusadama, Tallinn.
View of the sea and the Lennusadam jahisadam (marina) quay from the end of Lennusadama, Tallinn.
#Lennusadama (Lennusadam)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Seaplane harbor, road currently half-paved and pointing at the old harbor, itself undergoing transitional development akin to #Sotogrande, #Spain, close to #Gibraltar. See #Lennusadam and #Miinisadama.
#Redevelopment #Ümberehitus
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Jahu.
View along Jahu, Tallinn, from the Vana-Kalamaja direction.
The ArtDepoo galerii in Jahu, Tallinn (see https://artdepoo.net for more details).
Murder, Estonian style. An ancient tree sawn vertically in two to ensure lasting subterranean peace between two neighbors...
#Jahu (Jahu)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Flour, meal. After the military flour stores. Interesting #anagram: mixed with yeast and water, it goes into an #Ahju.
#Military #Sõjaline
#Food #Toit
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Niine.
View along Niine, Tallinn, from the Põhja puiestee direction.
Impressive, stone-buiilt mansion or, more likely, ±80(?) year-old administrative building in Niine, Tallinn.
Front of a brown-painted, one-floor (plus basement) wooden house with elaborate wooden decorative motifs on the porch and iron railings in Niine, Tallinn.
#Niine (Niin)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Bast, bass, phloem, the inner bark of lime trees, see #Lõhmuse.
#Trees #Puud
#Nature #Loodus
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Miinisadam, i.e. the port itself, not the road which is unmarked.
View along Miinisadama, Tallinn, from the Tööstuse direction.
Militarized port zone of Miinisadama, Tallinn.
Old and no-longer-used railway line in Miinisadama, Tallinn.
#Miinisadama (Miinisadam)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Not mini-harbor but Mine Harbor, built in the very early 1900s as ‘Peter the Great Harbor’ to service ships involved with mines. Group of five ports/harbors in Kalamaja. See #Noblessneri.
#Military #Sõjaline
#Maritime #Merendus
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Kalevi.
View along Kalevi, Tallinn, from the Kungla direction.
Three-storey mustardy-yellow apartment house at the end of Kalevi, Tallinn.
Another almost identical (well, not really, but at first glance, sorta...) three-storey mustardy-yellow apartment house opposite the first (previous image) at the end of Kalevi, Tallinn.
#Kalevi (Kalev)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Estonia’s epic hero of uncertain identity, the same name sometimes used to describe the man and his son. #Kalev stories are thought to pre-date the separation of #Finns and #Estonians. Possibly also related to an early name for Tallinn, which
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Mootori.
View along Mootori, Tallinn, in the Tööstuse direction.
Remains of an old Volta factory in Mootori, Tallinn.
New apartments in Mootori, Tallinn.
#Mootori (Mootor)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
Motor, after the electric motors manufactured in a former #Volta factory. New street in the #KruuliKvartal development, 2021, along with #Krulli and #Uus-Volta. The alternative naming proposal of #Magneti was rejected, too unattractive it seems.
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