 | Old Town The gleaming, Medieval church that stands at the centre of Toompea hill is best known by locals as the Toomkirik (Dome Church), and it's the main Lutheran church in Estonia. |
 | Old Town On the slopes of Toompea hill between the city wall and Lower Town is an open, garden-like area that happens to be the legendary birthplace of the Danish flag. This relaxing spot is called the Danish King's Garden because it was supposedly ... |
 | Old Town You won't be blamed for imagining you can hear monks chanting as you wander through the corridors of St. Catherine’s Monastery. Established in 1246, this is Tallinn’s oldest intact building. Nowadays it operates as a museum (pre-arranged tours ... |
 | Old Town Housed in the 15th century Great Guild Hall, country's grandest history museum tells Estonia's story from prehistoric times to the present day.
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 | Old Town Standing guard at the north end of Pikk street are two of Tallinn's most impressive defensive structures, the Great Coastal Gate (Suur Rannavärav) and Fat Margaret tower (Paks Margareeta). They were built not only to defend the city from the ... |
 | Old Town Another good opportunity to get a glimpse of the town's Medieval defenses can be found at the Hellemann Tower, which stands adjacent Müürivahe street next to Old Town's knit market. The 3-storey tower dates back to the 14th century and at different ... |
 | Old Town Just off Town Hall Square stands a radiant, white church with an octagonal tower. This is the 14th-century Holy Spirit Church, a spectacular structure both inside and out. The elaborate painted clock on its façade is Tallinn's oldest public ... |
 | Old Town One look at this beautiful, Renaissance-style guild hall with its bright red, green and gold door is enough to explain why it's a regular feature on every Tallinn postcard stand. This was the historic home of the Brotherhood of Black Heads, ... |
 | Old Town St. Catherine's Passage is a narrow walkway that runs between Vene and Müürivahe streets, along the back of what used to be St. Catherine's Church. |
 | Old Town Take a peek into the kitchens from the battlements of this Medieval defensive tower. |
 | Old Town This square tower next to the Danish King's Garden dates to the 14th century. Naming it “Maiden's” or “Virgin's” tower is an example of Medieval irony: it used to house a prison for prostitutes. In the 1990s it was home to a popular tourist ... |
 | Old Town Hidden in a quiet, Old Town courtyard is this site dedicated to the master craftsmen of old. Here visitors can shop for handicrafts and jewellery, view art exhibitions, and sample the heavenly confections created in the popular Chocolaterie ... |
 | Old Town Saints, dancing skeletons and silver – not to mention the occasional organ concert – are the main attractions at this imposing, 13th-century church. Founded by German merchant/settlers from the island of Gotland sometime around 1230, the sturdy ... |
 | Old Town The inner chambers of the Dominican Monastery once included three wings, together called the Claustrum, of which the east wing still remains. It consists of a monks’ dormitory, library, refectory, prior’s living quarters and other rooms, all ... |
 | Old Town Picturesque Town Hall Square has been the undisputed hub of Old Town for the last eight centuries. |
 | Old Town This spectacular, onion-domed structure perched atop Toompea Hill is Estonia's main Russian Orthodox cathedral. |
 | Old Town Find this gorgeous, neoclassical building at the north end of Vene street. The church, with its twin bell towers and copper dome, was designed by St. Petersburg court architect Luigi Rusca and built in 1820-27. The church's history, however, ... |
 | Old Town The 14th century Gothic church that dominates Tallinn's skyline was a skyscraper of it's age and is still a major attraction.
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 | Old Town This historical museum, which tell Estonia's story through the ages, is itself a part of history.
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 | Old Town The Town Hall was the political centre of Tallinn for centuries and is one of the finest original pieces of Gothic architecture in this part of Europe.
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 | Old Town Perched on a limestone cliff and towering over the rest of the city, Toompea Castle has always been the seat of power in Estonia. |
 | Old Town Towers Square gets its name from the Town Wall towers that border one of its sides, and the fact that a number of the church spires can be seen from here. |
 | Old Town Open since as far back as 1422, this curious little shop on the corner of Town Hall Square is in fact the oldest continuously running pharmacy in Europe. Ten generations of the same family, the Burcharts, operated it from1581 to 1911. It was ... |
 | Old Town This pair of picturesque, ivy-covered towers at the beginning of Viru Street – one of the main pedestrian arteries into Old Town – is often the very first glimpse visitors get of historic Tallinn. Anyone passing between them couldn't be blamed ... |
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