Tallinn Airport 19 min
Tallinn Town Hall (14 min) Gothic town hall built in 13th century on center square in medieval Old Town, with concerts & tours. Toompea Castle (15 min) Baroque castle built over a 9th century citadel & the present seat of the Parliament of Estonia. St Olaf's church (13 min) Baptist church built in 12th century with a 405-foot tower surviving several lightning strikes. Tallinn TV Tower (10 min) Soaring, 314-m. communications tower with a glass-floored viewing platform on the 21st level. Town Hall Pharmacy (14 min) Pharmacy dating to 1422 & still in use, with a small museum of medicinal remedies. Eesti Kunstimuuseum (9 min) Award-winning 7-story museum completed in 2006 & showcasing some two centuries of Estonian art. Toompea (17 min) A castle, a tower & government buildings sit atop this limestone hill in the city's old town. Pirita Convent Ruins (8 min) Preserved ruins of a 15th century monastery managed by Birgitine nuns also used for outdoor events. Estonian Maritime Museum (12 min) Exhibits on Estonia's seafaring history in a 16th-century tower with city views from the rooftop. St. Nicholas' Church and Museum (15 min) Museum of ecclesiastical art in a landmark 13th-century church building restored after WWII bombing. Lennusadam (13 min) Maritime museum in a 500-year-old tower with a submarine & a sunken ship from the 1560s. Kadriorg Art Museum (13 min) Foreign art museum in a baroque palace erected in the 18th century by Tsar Peter the Great. St Mary's Cathedral (16 min) Originally dating from the 13th century, this medieval church has a Baroque bell tower. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (15 min) Designed by Mikhail Preobrazhensky, this soaring edifice was funded by public donations. Kumu (8 min) State-of-the-art exhibition space for Estonian artworks & travelling exhibits of international work. |