Tallinn

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Quick Facts

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Coordinates

• Latitude: 59.438862
• Longitude: 24.754472

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• 6 Tallinn Guesthouses
• 22 Tallinn Hostels
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Introduction

Tallinn is Estonia's capital and most important city. Bracing the country's northern coast, the city of 400,000 lies alongside the Gulf of Finland.

Tallinn has a colourful Old Town which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Neighbourhoods

• Toompea
• Lower Town
• Kadriorg
• Pirita

Sights and Activities

Events and Festivals

Weather

Summers, though warm, are not particularly inviting. Although temperatures of over 30 degrees are possible, they are around 20 degrees during the day on average. Winters are cold with snowfall. Average maximum temperatures are around -5 degrees Celsius while nights average around -10 degrees. Occasionally, when the winds blow east from Siberia, temperatures can plummit way below -20 degrees. Precipitation is fairly even throughout the year, but winters and spring tend to be a bit drier. On average, there are between 10 and 15 wet days with around 50 mm of rain or snow a month.

Getting There

By Plane

Estonian Air is the national airline of Estonia and operates flights throughout Europe from Talinn with main destinations being Paris, London and Brussels. Other airlines serving Tallinn are Air Baltic, KLM to Amsterdam, Lufthansa to Frankfurt and Berlin, and LOT to Warsaw.

Low-cost airline easyJet flies from Berlin and London to TLL.

Airest and Avies have a limited number of domestic flights, for example between Tallinn and Kuressaare.

By Train

Edelarautee is the national railway of Estonia. It has services between Tallinn and dozens of other cities and towns, including Parnu, Viljandi, Valga, Tapa and Tartu.
International trains serve Russia.

By Car

By Bus

GoBus within Estonia and Eurolines to other countries operate a number of buses to and from Tallinn. Destinations include Riga and Vilnius.

By Boat

Finland and Sweden

• Nordic Jet - Has boats running between Helsinki and Tallinn, 1 about every 2 hours starting at 8 am and ending at 7:30 pm. A one way super economy ticket is 28 € but you have to book your tickets online.
• Tallink Silja - Also has regular service between Helsinki and Tallinn starting at 7:30 am but also has service to several other Scandinavia cities.
• Viking Line - One of this companies larger boats makes its first or last stop in Tallinn before going to Helsinki then on to Sweden.

Germany

• Silja Line has ferries between Tallinn and Rostock.

Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

There are Electric trains in Tallinn to the suburbs.

By Foot

By Bike

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