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Day 1 – Early Start and Contrasts The train to Tallinn departs at 7:26 AM. On the opposite platform, the last partygoers are still staggering back into the weekend. Most...
As the weather forecast predicted, it had already rained in the morning. So, I first went for a leisurely breakfast and enjoyed the excellent offerings. Since Tallinn is an...
After a 2-hour flight, we arrived in Estonia, the northernmost country of the Baltic States, although Estonia itself sees itself more as a Scandinavian country. Estonia...
Ach Tallinn. I had such high expectations. Maybe that was the problem. Ronja and I were here ages ago and had a lot of fun. Great food, great weather, beautiful atmosphere in...
Tuesday, December 5th, 23rd Yes, what's going on in Helsinki? Helsinki is right on the water and there are a few ferries running here. For example to Tallinn / Estonia. Off to...
Day 23: From Viinistu to Tallinn
After the white night, unfortunately, a gray day followed. With significantly cooler temperatures, I immediately set off to explore the third Baltic gem after breakfast. And...
Again today, a day with many highlights, two small mishaps, and a happy ending. I finally arrived in Tallinn in a good place. But let's start from the beginning. I had a good...
Day 24: Tallinn
[English version below] Tallinn and Helsinki, a wonderful pair! These two cities are only about 70 km apart and can be easily connected with a two-hour ferry ride. We are not...
Dear friends, half of our travel time is now over and we can say that we enjoyed looking back on the first half and are very excited about the second half! By chance, we arrived...
Tallinn is a beautiful city, that's for sure. We'll be coming back! To capture everything accurately, we would need so many pictures, which wouldn't work here. We had a...
I dedicate a full day to Tallinn, the third capital of the Baltics. Of course, one day is not enough to fully explore such cities, but on one hand, this trip is meant to give me...
Today I'm going to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. I need to be at the ferry terminal at 7:30 am for check-in. The ferry takes two and a half hours to cover the 85 km between...
Four friends, autumn, and off we go on a flight. Just like in the past three years, my three friends and I set off for Eastern Europe. Well, more like the Baltic region, to be...
'Visitors from all over the world come to admire the beauty of Tallinn - the best-preserved medieval city in Northern Europe with Gothic tower spires, winding cobblestone...
Day 13 - 'The times we had...' ... were really great!👌 Today we explored every corner of Tallinn's Old Town.🤓 Climbed the city wall.🧱 Visited the castle hill - it has a lot...
Day 12 - What luck..., ... that we finally managed to take a picture of a stork's nest.😊 We have been seeing storks in various forms for days - walking by the roadside,...
We reached the Baltics after midnight - in pitch darkness and heavy rain.
2.8.2024 Tallinn TV Tower with Lunch Old Town
On Friday morning, we left for Helsinki by train, and from there we took a ferry for 2.5 hours to Tallinn. We arrived in the late afternoon and after checking in at the hostel,...
Estonia has been ruled by Germans and Russians in the past, so the country is now proud of its independence and relies on NATO to preserve it. In the capital city of Tallinn...
Today Tallinn's Old Town was on the itinerary. We had chosen three sights in the Upper Cathedral City. After a turbulent search for parking in the narrow streets of the city, we...
Today, let's take a quick look back at the past few weeks. Tallinn for connoisseurs Here, you take a bus into the city and then go on a guided tour of the upper town....
On the ferry, just before Tallinn
Tallinn's Old Town, the capital of Estonia, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site with its well-preserved historical fortifications. The quiet medieval streets do not...
The EU has us back. In Narva, we crossed the border between Russia and Estonia. The border crossing was done in record time (1h 45 min). We owe this mainly to our bus driver...
After a slightly longer night in the old town of Riga, we started towards Tallinn at 10:00. We had expected more from the coastal road, it was not particularly spectacular. But...
Due to a lack of motivation, I'm summarizing Saturday and Sunday today. I currently think that the first half of my trip was the better one. I've now gained experience in cities...
And at 11:35 p.m. a plane from Tallinn actually landed, which was supposed to take us back there. As soon as it touched the ground in Vilnius, the boarding call came and we were...