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MY TALLINN
Kadriorg
The emergence and development of Kadriorg was influenced first and foremost by the high society of the tsar’s empire. The streets of Kadriorg are as good as a unique architectural museum, weaving together various centuries and cultures. Noble villas and summer estates, functionalist apartment buildings with stately flats are interspersed with cheaper Estonian rented wooden houses.
Kadriorg is one of the more dignified areas even today, and one of the best loved residential regions of Tallinn. The Estonian president’s residence and many foreign embassies are located here. The park is one of the favourite spots for walking of Tallinners young and old. But Kadriorg is famed mostly for its baroque palace and park ensemble, begun in 1718 as the summer palace for the family of Russian tsar Peter I. In February 2006 the Estonian Art Museum opened in Kadriorg. Kumu is the first purpose-built museum in Estonia – KUMU – where both classical and contemporary Estonian art are displayed and exhibitions on international contemporary art are held.
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L. Koidula 12A Map
Ph: +372 601 3232 · Fax: +372 601 3181
tammsaare@linnamuuseum.ee · Homepage
Anton Hansen-Tammsaare (1878-1940) is considered to be the greatest Estonian writer of the 20th century. His most famous work is the five-part epic, Truth and Justice, which covers all strata of Estonian society. The museum chronicles his life and work, but just as interesting is the apartment, painstakingly restored to its 1930s original, where the writer lived the last eight years of his life.
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One of Estonia’s principle writers, Eduard Vilde (1865-1933), spent his last years living on the ground floor of this grandiose 1850sera baroque house in Kadriorg park. Several of the rooms are dedicated to displays on the writer’s work, while the rest are kept furnished and decorated just as they would have been while the writer lived here from 1927 to 1933. The upper floor houses a gallery with frequently ...
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In 2011 the Kadriorg Park received a truly wonderful addition in form of the Japanese garden. The garden was designed by renowned landscape designer from Japan, Masao Sone. The North-East corner of Kadriorg Park’s natural landscape with tall trees and heavy rocks is well suited for it. Plants have been chosen to suit Estonia's colder climate. In spring, cherry trees and rhododendrons blossom, in summer, ...
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A trip to Tallinn isn’t a trip to Tallinn without a visit to this magnificent northern baroque palace, built by Peter the Great for his wife, Catherine I, in 1718.
Designed by Italian architect Niccolo Michetti, the grandiose palace and surrounding manicured gardens are a humbling example of Tsarist extravagance, but just as important a reason to visit is that this is also home to the foreign art collection ...
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One of the most popular places in the park is the symmetrical Swan Lake and its surroundings. Originally, the park included a dignified formal Italian-French garden on the other side of the Swan Lake.
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A. Weizenbergi 34 Map
Ph: +372 602 6000 · Fax: +372 602 6002
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Opened in 2006, the Kumu is the impressive new main building of the Art Museum of Estonia, and it’s naturally a magnet for every visitor interested Estonian culture. The immense, hightech facility serves as both a national gallery, displaying the classics of Estonian art, and a contemporary art museum, showing off the latest trends.
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Ph: +372 606 6400 · Fax: +372 606 6401
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Anyone visiting the Kadriorg Palace should also consider dropping into the Mikkel Museum, just over the road. Donated by a private collector, Johannes Mikkel, in 1994, the museum’s works now make up one of Tallinn’s most impressive displays of foreign art. Items here include alluring antique Chinese porcelain, Flemish and Dutch paintings and Italian engravings.
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L. Koidula 21C Map
Ph: +372 601 7057
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Those visiting Kadriorg with children in tow will definitely want to put this new museum on their to-do list. Built in a 1930s-era recreational centre, Miia-Milla-Manda offers fun, creative activities for 3- to 11-year-olds. It's first exhibits are based around the theme of friendship.
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Ph: +372 601 3136
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During his visits to Tallinn in the early 18th century, Russian Tsar Peter the Great lived in this humble cottage in Kadriorg Park. The house is now a museum, and its few rooms are furnished with items from that era. Some of the Tsar's own personal belongings are also on display here.
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Russalka located on Kadriorg’s beach, is a monument to the armoured ship Russalka, which headed out from Tallinn to Helsinki in 1893. A storm prevented it from ever reaching its destination, and it took all 177 crewmen to the bottom of the sea. The Russalka sculpture, by A. Adamson, is one of the classics of Estonian art.
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This sprawling event venue in Kadriorg has a special place in the hearts of Estonians. It was here in 1988 that the Singing Revolution, a massive, musical demonstration against Soviet rule, set Estonia on its road towards independence.
The grounds feature an outdoor concert arena, built in 1959, a number of indoor halls, and host a multitude of large concerts and festivals through the year. Most famously ...
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