Tallinn - Attractions

1. St. Olav’s Church
The church was named after the Norwegian king Olav II Haraldsson, canonised as a saint. St. Olav was considered to be the protector of seafarers. It was the highest building in the world until late 1800.
www.oleviste.ee

2. Town Hall
Tallinn’s late Gothic Town Hall building is one of the most famed symbols of the city. The Town Hall Square is the very place from where the worldwide tradition of a public Christmas tree originates.
www.tallinn.ee/raekoda

3. Town Hall Pharmacy
The oldest continuously running pharmacy in Europe is on Town Hall Square. The pharmacy, which stands on the corner of the Town Hall Square, was first mentioned in historical documents in 1422 but by some accounts, it may be older still. Over the centuries, it has changed slightly, but it still retains the flavour of bygone days.

4. Kadriorg Palace – The Kadriorg Art Museum
This Baroque palace was built by Peter the Great in honour of his wife Catherine. It is housing the foreign art collection of the Estonian Art Museum. The upper flower garden, behind the palace, has been reconstructed in 18th century style and is open to visitors in the summer.
www.ekm.ee

5. Dominican Monastery
One of the best-kept secrets of Tallinn is to be found in the very centre of the city. It is a medieval Dominican monastery and Tallinn’s oldest, intact building. The monastery is from 1246 or even earlier. Constructed in gothic style, it exhibits a number of interesting architectural features, and contains the largest collection of carved stones in Estonia.
www.hot.ee/kloostri

6. St. Nicholas Church – Museum-Concert Hall
The impressive 13th century church houses Tallinn’s most famous painting Dance Macabre (Dance with Death), a museum and a concert hall.
www.ekm.ee

7. Estonian Open Air Museum
In Open Air Museum, you can see Estonian vernacular architecture and village milieu from the 18th-20th centuries, 72 furnished buildings in a beautiful 80 ha forest park.
www.evm.ee

8. Tallinn City Museum
Tallinn’s most modern and best -presented historical museum. History of the city from the 13th century till today. www.linnamuuseum.ee

9. Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin
The Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin is the main Lutheran church in Estonia and one of three functioning medieval churches. The original temporary wooden church is thought to have been built on Toompea Hill in 1219. The spire dates to the baroque period and several chapels from even later periods. Notable items in the church’s interior include numerous gravestones from the 13th to the 18th centuries and numerous nobles’ shield epitaphs from the 17th to the 20th centuries.
www.eelk.ee/tallinna.toom/

10. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is Tallinn’s largest and grandest cupola cathedral. The large, richly decorated orthodox church, in mixed historicist style, was built on Toompea Hill in 1900.