One of the gates to the old city
A Day Trip to Tallinn, Estonia - 2nd December 1999
Sis and Nosher get the ferry from Helsinki over to Tallinn in Estonia. There was something of an assumption that we would see loads of austere Communist architecture from the 1960s, thanks to Estonia's previous life as a Soviet Bloc country, but instead there's a very pleasant Mediaeval city with hints of Carcassonne, along with the sort of gentle decay that always seems attractive when it's somewhere else.
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Down at street level near the city gates
A Tallinn back-street near the city walls
The candle-lit interior of Old Hansa restaurant
Old Hansa restaurant
The cathedral Nosher and Sis visited
Cobbled streets and steps
Some more decay
It's a bit like Carcassonne
Gentle decay
More cobbles
The Golden Tulip Hotel
A quaint Tallinn street
An old town square
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One of the gates to the old city
One of the gates to the old city
Down at street level near the city gates
A Tallinn back-street near the city walls
The candle-lit interior of Old Hansa restaurant
Old Hansa restaurant
The cathedral Nosher and Sis visited
Cobbled streets and steps
Some more decay
It's a bit like Carcassonne
Gentle decay
More cobbles
The Golden Tulip Hotel
A quaint Tallinn street
An old town square