When you think of big city fires, the Great Fire of London in 1666 might be the first thing that comes to mind. But did you know that Tallinn had its own massive blaze? more “Hidden History: The Great Toompea Fire (1684)”
Tag: Forgotten Tallinn
2009-Present: a virtual tour and time travel adventure in post-Soviet Tallinn
I’d like to invite you on a post-Soviet Tallinn adventure. Come on an alternative virtual tour through a time of extreme changes, witness the scale of gentrification and re-live a lost world. more “2009-Present: a virtual tour and time travel adventure in post-Soviet Tallinn”
Põhjala Tehas: abandoned rubber factory in Kopli
Something is stirring on the western shore of Kopli peninsula. A dormant industrial complex, left behind by the twenty first century, is beginning to wake up from its thirty-year slumber. more “Põhjala Tehas: abandoned rubber factory in Kopli”
~{Forgotten Tallinn Series, Ep.1}~ What’s the story of Kopli?
Kopli: the forgotten neighbourhood.
Tallinn is in a state of monumental metamorphosis. Apartment blocks rise up from the fertile ashes of a post-industrial wasteland, cafés procreate, shopping malls swell and futuristic trams glide silently across their new domain.
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8 Abandoned Places to explore in and around Tallinn
[Originally posted in 2017. How things have changed. You can see my updated list here]
Estonia is full of secrets.
Museums and history books will tell you the official stories but the real secrets are hidden below this superficial surface.
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