THE BEST Sights and Attractions in Tallinn
From iconic landmarks to hidden gems — explore the best sights and attractions in Tallinn with curated picks, local tips, and free itinerary planning tools.
🏛️ Sights and Attractions in Tallinn
- Tallinn Town Hall Square — The medieval heart of Tallinn's UNESCO-listed old town, surrounded by the Gothic Town Hall, the Town Hall Pharmacy (Europe's oldest), and pastel merchant houses.
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral — An ornate Russian Orthodox cathedral on Toompea Hill in Tallinn, built between 1894 and 1900 during the Russian Empire, with distinctive onion domes and mosaics.
- Kumu Art Museum — The Kumu Art Museum is an art museum in Tallinn, Estonia. It is one of the largest museums in Estonia and one of the largest art museums in Northern Europe. It is one of the five branches of the Art Museum of Estonia, housing its main offices.
- Toompea Castle — is a medieval castle on Toompea hill in the central part of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. In modern times, it houses the Parliament of Estonia (Riigikogu).
- Town Hall Square Tallinn — The Tallinn Town Hall is a building in the Old Town (Vanalinn) of Tallinn (Reval), Estonia, next to the Town Hall Square. The building is located in the south side of the medieval market square and is 36.8 metres (121 ft) long. The west wall is 14.5 metres (48 ft) in length, and
- St. Olaf's Church — St. Olaf's, or St. Olav's Church, is a Baptist church in Tallinn, Estonia; originally a Roman Catholic Church, after the Reformation it is a Lutheran church. It is the tallest church building in Estonia – 123.7 meters above ground level, with an observation platform in the church
- Kadriorg Palace — is an 18th-century Petrine Baroque palace in Kadriorg, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Both the Estonian and the German names for the palace mean "Catherine's valley". It was built in 1718–1725 to Nicola Michetti's designs by Gaetano Chiaveri and Mikhail Zemtsov.
- Telliskivi Creative City — is creative center located on Telliskivi Street in the northern part of Tallinn, Estonia. The center serves as a platform for the Estonian creative community and is situated on the former site of the Baltic Railway Company factory.
- Estonian Open Air Museum — The Estonian Open Air Museum is a life-sized reconstruction of an 18th-19th century rural/fishing village, which includes church, tavern, schoolhouse, several mills, a fire station, twelve farmyards and net sheds. Furthermore, it includes a recently opened 20th century Soviet kol
- Jaan Anvelt — , was an Estonian Bolshevik revolutionary and writer. He served the Russian SFSR, was a leader of the Communist Party of Estonia, the first premier of the Soviet Executive Committee of Estonia, and the chairman of the Council of the Commune of the Working People of Est
- Najaden — Several ships of the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy (1509–1814) and the Royal Danish Navy have borne the name Najaden, after the mythological water spirit, including:HDMS Najaden (1796), a frigate (1796–1807) HDMS Najaden (1811), a frigate (1811–1812) HDMS Najaden (1820), a corvette
- Georg Lurich — was an Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century. Lurich was also the trainer of Estonian wrestlers and weightlifters Georg Hackenschmidt and Aleksander Aberg.