#Kalmistu (Kalmistu)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Cemetery, graveyard, burial ground, churchyard. #Kalm, a grave, spirit of a dead person, or ruler of the land of the dead in #Estonian mythography, may be related to #koolma, a very old FU word for to die, and not to die for.
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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

Jõhvika (Jõhvikas)
Cranberry, mossberry, probably #harilikjõhvikas, common or northern cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccos or Oxycoccus palustris. Group of berry streets near the #Liiva #Kalmistu (cemetery). See #Karusmarja.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Plants#Taimed
#Berries#Marjad

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Staadioni.

View along Staadioni, Tallinn, in the direction of the Kalev Stadium (Kalevi staadioni).

View of a modern apartment block along Staadioni, Tallinn, in the direction of Juhkentali.

Students rehearsing dance for Tallinn's 2025 song festival, Laulupidu, on a playing-field at the end of Staadioni, Tallinn.

#Staadioni (Staadion)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Juhkentali
Stadium. After the once #Komsomol now #KaleviStaadion or #Keskstaadion. First known as #NeueKirchhofstraße (new churchyard, 1913), #НоваяКладбищенская ул. (new cemetery, 1916), #Surnuaia (death garden, 1921) (see #Kalmistu), followed by
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on the other hand, #HiiuRahu #kalmistu (cemetery), a place of quiet, tranquility if ever there was one, is just across the track. Then again, the equally possible translation of shingle, gravel, rubble or scree (rahk [4]) seems appropriate too and,
#Cemeteries #Kalmistud
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Mõigu #kalmistu (Ger. Friedhof / Kirchhof von Moik), was built for #BalticGermans in 1774 as a result of Catherine the Great’s 1772 edict, just after the #Moscowplague and riot, prohibiting burials in church crypts or within city walls.
#Disease #Haigus
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#Leina (Lein)
Mourning, grief, weeping. A tristful name to give a street, were it not next to #HiiuRahu #kalmistu (cemetery). Curiously, it also crosses #Pidu... Anagram of #Laine.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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