Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

5 months ago

#Metsakooli (Metsakool)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Kose
#Forest or woodland #school (i.e. a school in a wood). After former ‘#KoseLükatiSanatoorneMetsakool’, a school originally for children with #tuberculosis, gradually opening out to respiratory disorders such as #asthma, #allergies, #bronchitis, etc.
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

6 months ago

#Rahvakooli (Rahvakool)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Kose
#State primary or elementary #school. Naming pretty much identical to that of its immediate neighbor #Metsakooli.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Education #Haridust