Leiva (Leib)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kadaka
#Bread. Named, 2014, for the HQ of #Leibur at No.1: Estonian bakery first documented in 1762 when its founder #JuliusValentin#Jaeksch bought a property on the corner of #Vaimu and #Lai. See also #Pagari.
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Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Vaimu on it.

View along Vaimu, Tallinn, towards Lai.

Modern double-door in old gateway in Vaimu, Tallinn.

Old arched entrance with door and walls covered in graffit in Vaimu, Tallinn.

#Vaimu (Vaim)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Spirit, ghost, apparition (also means: mind or mental power, or female farm laborer on #corvée duty, the compulsory service on a manor). Earliest records (1694 onwards) give the #German #Spockstraße, after an ambassador, which warped into
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Getting back to the ‘#ghost’ idea, , although #Estonians tend to translate #tont (see #Vaimu) as above, historically, it was more a house #fairy, generally evil, often used as #bogeyman for children, while its Swedish ancestor, tomte, was more benign.
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