Tourist · Tallinn Old Town
A Kodak Brownie camera from the 1950s, loaded with fresh film. Old technology meeting the present — time layered within the streets of the Old Town.
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#Tourist #Tallinn #Vanalinn #Estonia #lassetur
The wait for snow finally is over in Tallinn.
#Eesti #Estonia #Tallinn #Vanalinn #OldTown #VabaduseVäljak #FreedomSquare
View down and along the Patkuli trepp (Patkul's steps) in Tallinn towards the late-afternoon sun. The picture shows the stairway's gentle slope.
View over Tallinn's Toompark (cathedral park), aka Snelli or Schnelli (etc.) park from Patkuli vaateplats (Patkul's belvedere).
Another view of the Patkuli trepp (Patkul's steps) in Tallinn, this time revealing a somwhat steeper slope.
And another view of the Patkuli trepp (Patkul's steps) in Tallinn, this time from the Snelli, Schnelli, etc., park, showing the city wall behind them, and some old buildings above that (dates uncertain, but well over 100 years, I think).
#Patkuli (Dietrich Friedrich Patkul [?-1710])
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Toompea
Aka #DietrichVonFriedrichPatkul, Friedrich Diederich Pattküll, etc. #Swedish soldier and #ViceGovernor of Tallinn from 1707-1710. Apparently... Although his infamous and...
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#Nunnatorn (0) #Monument
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
#Nun’s #Tower. Name first recorded 1738 but, built 1311-20, also known at one stage as "de nie torn". #Nie has an intriguing history. In #MLG, it basically meant ‘new’, so #NewTower? It was once, so why not? But it is also what
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The "Noortemaja" (young people's house) or "Huuvikool" (Literally "hobby school", but sounds like vocational school), in Kanuti Aed (Canute's Garden), Tallinn.
View from Mere puiestee (Sea avenue) of Kanuti Aed (Canute's Garden), Tallinn. showing a hint of its French-style layout.
Tree and greenery in Kanuti Aed (Canute's Garden), Tallinn.
Sculpture of two boys with an umbrella by Mare Mikoff in Kanuti Aed. The sculpture depicts two naked young boys (4-8 years old?) sitting under an umbrella which also acts a fountain sheltering them from the resultling rain.
#Kanuti aed (Kanut)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
Canute’s garden (see Kanuti). On or by a one-time moat until 19th C. Land leased to #KanutiGild (Canute’s guild) in 1866 to create a...
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#Trepi (Trepp)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #VanaMustamäe
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Staircase, flight of stairs, doorsteps. Two versions: town-center version once known as...
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View 1 (from Komandandi tee or Commandant Road) of the Tallinn city wall's defensive tower known in Estonian as Kiek in de Kök and in English, traditionally, as Peek in the Kitchen. The tower reveals the perhaps dozen small windows indicating a possible alternative meaning.
Close-up view 2 of the Tallinn city wall's defensive tower known in Estonian as Kiek in de Kök and in English, traditionally, as Peek in the Kitchen. The tower reveals the perhaps dozen small windows indicating a possible alternative meaning.
View 3 (from Harju Mägi or Harju Hill) of the Tallinn city wall's defensive tower known in Estonian as Kiek in de Kök and in English, traditionally, as Peek in the Kitchen. The tower reveals the perhaps dozen small windows indicating a possible alternative meaning.
View 4 (from Komandandi tee or Commandant Road) of the Tallinn city wall's defensive tower known in Estonian as Kiek in de Kök and in English, traditionally, as Peek in the Kitchen. The tower reveals the perhaps dozen small windows indicating a possible alternative meaning.
#Kiek in de Kök (#Monument
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
Usually translated as #PeepInTheKitchen, although ‘look’, cf. #German #gucken or #kucken, might be more...
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View of Pikk Hermann (Tall Hermann tower) in Tallinn old town from the Šnelli Park below.
Another, more close-up view of Pikk Hermann (Tall Hermann tower) in Tallinn old town from the Šnelli Park below.
View of Pikk Hermann (Tall Hermann tower) in Tallinn old town from the Kuberneri Aed (Governor's garden).
Another, more close-up view of Pikk Hermann (Tall Hermann tower) in Tallinn old town from the Kuberneri Aed (Governor's garden).
#Pikk Hermann (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Toompea
Tall Hermann. The first part was built from 1360-70, then completed in the 16th C. Why it earned its...
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View from the southern fork of n Suur-Karja towards Karjavärava plats, Tallinn.
Sculpture of the Happy Chimneysweep (2010) by Tauno Kangro in the center or Karjavärava plats, Tallinn. The sculpture shows a chubby, top-hatted sweep carrying his paraphernalia across the square.
The Sõprus Cinema between Müürivahe and Vana-Posti on the north side of Karjavärava plats, Tallinn.
View of Karjavärava plats, Tallinn, from the eastern stretch of Müürivahe.
#Karjavärava plats (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
The 1989 naming of the expanded(?) crossroads between #SuurKarja, #Müürivahe and #VanaPosti, some ...
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Wikipedia photo by Wikipedian Jeremykemp of the rude or offensive "mano fico" or fig gesture, i.e. the thumb stuck between the first and middle finger.
The Rataskaev monument above the actual well in Rataskaevu tänav (wheel-well street), Tallinn. A roofed, hexagonal colonnade type structure.
View of old buildings east along Rataskaevu tänav (wheel-well street), Tallinn.
View of late-medieval/early rennaisance buildings on the north side of Rataskaevu tänav (wheel-well street), Tallinn.
#Rataskaevu (Rataskaev)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
See #Rataskaev for the meaning of the well itself. As to the...
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Photograph of a rooftop and old(school chimney in Tolli tänav (meaning customs street), Tallinn, Estonia.
Photograph along Tolli tänav (meaning customs street), Tallinn, Estonia, showing old buildings and doorways.
Photograph along Tolli tänav (meaning customs street), Tallinn, Estonia, with buildings tarped for renovation.
Photograph of a doorway in Tolli tänav (meaning customs street), Tallinn, Estonia, made up of old planks and in need of repair.
#Tolli (Toll)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
1) #Customs, #duty; 2) Inch. Clearly the former, named after the #TallinnaTollimaja...
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#Raekoja tänav (Raekoda)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Town hall street. Earliest recorded name was #budel or #BodelStrate (1371). Understood or #misunderstood in the 1st edition of the present dictionary as...
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#Mere (Meri)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Sadama
#Sea, #ocean. Some linguists have suggested that mere could be a loan word belonging to speakers of a #preFinnoUgric and #preIndoEuropean language of the #KundaCulture, hunter-gatherers of the period 8000-5000 BCE. Others, less, say,
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#KanutiAed (Kanut)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn Allasum #KolmasLinn
#Canute’s garden (see #Kanuti). On or by a one-time moat until 19th C. Land leased to #KanutiGild (Canute’s guild) in 1866 to create a public garden. Used by travelling #circuses and evolving into an amusement part.
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#Meistrite hoov (Meistrid [pl.])
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
#Masters’ courtyard (see #Meistri). Cobbled passageway off #Vene 6, dating back to pre-13th C, but first recorded 1371. Nice café.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#History #Ajalugu
#Lippe torn (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
One-time tower between #Kõismäe and #Loewenschede towers. Built similarly and possibly at the same time as #Nunnadetagune (and #Saunatorn?). Fallen into disrepair and demolished by 1842 at the latest, only traces remain.
#CityWall #Linnamüür
#Piiskopi (Piiskop)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Toompea
#Bishop. First known as Douglase (Duglase (1920) after the infamous Swedish mercenary Count Gustaf Otto Douglas (1687-1771), Governor of Estonia (1738-1740) and responsible for extensive burning and brutality in Finland during the
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Saunatagunetorn (0) #Monument
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Tower behind the baths. See also #Stoltingi torn.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#CityWall #Linnamüür
#CityDefense #Linnakaitse
#TallinnHistory #TallinnaAjalugu
#TallinnTowers #TallinnTornid
#Kuninga (Kuningas)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
#King. But #NoKings. Possibly named after a certain Lambert Konnigisbergh, recorded 1436, or even after a surname, #Koning, used for/by citizens of the then #King. As a side note, the term may also have been used for ‘county elders’,
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#Suur-Kloostri (Suur-Klooster)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn #KolmasLinn
Running from #Lai to #Nunne, hence the name. Earliest records (<1732) give #KloostriMüriTagga, Ger. hinter der Kloster-Mauer (behind the convent walls), later, under the SovietOccupaton (1950-87), #Nooruse.
#Toompark (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
Cathedral park, sometimes known as #Šnelli park.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
#Suurgildi (Suurgild)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Square (#plats), not street. #MerchantsGuild (lit. big guild). Named in 1989 after the #Suurgild building at #Pikk 17.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#History #Ajalugu
#Seegihoov (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
#Almshouse / Hospital / Leprosarium / Poorhouse courtyard. Plot of land surrounding #JaaniSeek, the St-John’s Almshouse.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Religion #Religioon
#Health #Tervis
#Lindamägi (Lindamägi)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
Linda’s mountain or hill. Often called #LindamäePark. Built on top of the former #Swedish bastion, or #RootsiKants (?-1939, etc.), and known variously in the past as #Schwedenbastion (1907), etc.
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
#Uuslinn (0) #Asum
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe
#Newtown. See #Vanalinn. Note nominative form for District name as opposed to street, below. But see #Tõnismäe / #Tõnismägi.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Municipality #Omavalitsus
#Karjavärava (Karjavärav)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
#CattleGate. Various permutations. Today a square, Karjavärava plats, the original cattle gate was some 50-100 m further south and recorded in various languages, first (1365) as #PortaPecorum (Lat.) or #veporte (MLG vē and its
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New blogpost!
An extended weekend in Tallinn with @pita-oli.bsky.social
#Tallinn #VisitTallinn #Estonia #Vanalinn #TallinnOldTown #Telliskivi
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#Virumägi (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
Viru Hill. Formerly known as #ViruväravaMägi (1938-2001), #Lehmpfortenanlage (clay-gate recreational area, 1942), and affectionately as #Musimägi or #Musumägi.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Kohtuotsa vaateplats (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Toompea
Lit.: Viewing platform at the end of #Kohtu. Place-name, not street-name.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Infrastructure #Taristu
