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  • Latitude: 59.438862
  • Longitude: 24.754472

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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.

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Neighbourhoods

  • Toompea
  • Lower Town
  • Kadriorg
  • Pirita

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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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.

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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.

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

There are Electric trains in Tallinn to the suburbs.

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Budget

PropertyAddressTypePopularity
16EUR HostelRoseni 9Hostel78
Academic HostelAkadeemia Tee 11 12611 TallinnHostel73
Allee GuesthouseTedre 51Guesthouse-
Apartment.eePilve 4 aasa 2Apartment88
Baltic Guest HouseUue Maailma 19-22Guesthouse73
Barons HotelSuur-Karja 7/ Väike-Karja 2Hotel-
City Bike HostelUus Street 33Hostel64
City Bike Nunne HostelNunne 1Hostel80
City Guesthouse TallinnParnu mnt. 10 Parnu mnt. 10Guesthouse68
City Hotel PortusUus-Sadama 23Hotel90
City Hotel Tallinn by UniquestayPaldiski Mount 3Hotel93
EstinnNarva mnt 5Apartment97
EuphoriaRoosikrantsi 4Hostel85
Euro HostelNunne 2Hostel47
EuropeHostelKroodi 6, Maardu HarjumaaHostel72
GIDIC Hostel31 Tartu Mnt, TalinnHostel89
Guesthouse NanoSulevimagi 5Guesthouse-
Hollywood ApartmentsHarju 5Apartment-
Hotel Bern TallinnAia 10Hotel83
Hotel BraavoAia 20, 10111 Tallinn Suur-Karja 7/ Väike-Karja 2Hotel88
Hotel NepiNepi 10Hotel80
Kadriorg Penthouse54 Joa TnApartment88
Kaupmehe 8Kaupmehe 8Guesthouse-
Mahtra HostelMahtra 44 13812Hostel72
Marina KeskusPaadi 14aHostel63
Metropol HotelRoseni 13Hotel-
Nord Hostel TallinRistiku põik 8Hostel74
Old Town - Suur Karja16 Suur-KarjaApartment20
Old Town Alur HostelLai 20 TallinnHostel80
Old Town BackpackersUus 14Hostel82
Old Town Skyview HostelPikk 36Hostel72
OldHouseUus Street 22Hostel80
Pardi GuesthousePardi 7Guesthouse91
Raekoja Reisdence apartmentsRaekoja 8Apartment-
RED Group ApartmentsValli 4Apartment83
Residence ApartmentsSuur-Karja 23 Pärnu mnt. 10Apartment-
Romeo Family Apartments18-38 Suur-Karja apt 38Hotel93
Sakala ResidenceSakala 16Apartment-
Savoy Boutique HotelSuur-Karja 17/19Hotel-
Skane HotelKopli 2c 10412Hotel97
Summer SchoolhouseUus 22Hostel72
Taanilinna HotelUus 6Hotel-
Tahetorni HotelTahetorni 16Hotel73
Tallinn BackpackersOlevimägi 11Hostel89
Tallinn School of Service HostelLastekodu Street 13Hostel76
Tatari 53Tatari 53Hotel79
The Monk's BunkMüürivahe 33-15Hostel81
Tihase Bed&BreakfastTihase 6a 13426 TallinnGuesthouse88
Ulemiste HotelLennujaama tee 2Hotel-
Vabriku HostelTallinn Vabriku 24Hostel86
Vana TomVaike Karja 1Hostel84
Videviku Breakfast in Bed30 Videviku StreetGuesthouse-
Viru BackpackersViru 5Hostel88
White Villa LtdKännu 26/2 Tallinn, EstoniaGuesthouse-

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