History & Culture

Kurtna Motorcycle Museum

This museum has one of the largest and most valuable collections in the Baltic region with more than 200 motorcycles, over 100 of which, in various states of repair, are on display. The museum includes world-renowned…

Ceramics classes at Studio Asuurkeraamika

Studio Asuurkeraamika is a ceramics centre in the Old Town of Tallinn. Here, you can watch professional ceramic artists at work, buy and order the exclusive ceramics made by them, participate in regular ceramics courses,…

Ellamaa power station

Ellamaa power station has been designed by the architect Aleksandr Wladovsky. The construction works started at the end of September 1922 and in May 1923, the station was already producing energy for starting the machinery…

Riisipere Manor

Built in 1819–1821, the main part of the most outstanding Classicist manor ensemble in Estonia is a large two-storey stone building; on its main façade is an imposing column portico with a truncated ornamental gable…

Masters’ Courtyard

This quiet courtyard in the Old Town is a little piece of Tallinn as it was centuries ago, when people appreciated the work of craftsmen, who put their heart and soul into everything they made….

Anija Manor

Anija Manor enchants you with simplicity! Here, you will feel the passage of time, the diversity of culture, and the charm of tastes and smells.The first records of the manor date back to the fifteenth century,…

St. Nicholas’ Church in Paldiski

St. Nicholas’ Church in Paldiski was built in 1842. This Classicist church, in which the Soviet Army reigned for half a century, has also been used as a culture centre and later, as a warehouse….

St. Olaf´s Church Tower and Observation Platform

St Olaf’s Church is the largest medieval building in Tallinn, offering stunning views of the historic Old Town from its 60-metre-high viewing platform. First mentioned in 1267, the church was named after the sainted Norwegian…

Episcopal Building and Chapel or the Consistory of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (EELC)

The history of the consistory begins at the end of the 17th century when the previous property burned down; however, the new building was completed as late as in the 18th century due to the…

Church of the Holy Cross in Harju-Risti

Built: 14th–17th centuries.This 700-year-old church with massive walls, dedicated to the Holy Cross of Christ, used to belong to the Padise Monastery. The unique semi-circular tower was created by the collapse of the original round tower…

St. Simeon’s and St. Anne’s Church in Tallinn

The church, belonging to Estonian Orthodox Church, was built between 1755 and 1870. This is an “Admiralty church” that is said to have been built by Russian sailors on the wreck of a ship. When Estonian…

Nõmme Rahu Church

In 1901 Nikolai von Glehn established a workshop on the plot of the present-day Nõmme Rahu Kirik.In 1904 Glehn offered the bankrupt foundry building to the fraternity of the Moravians for holding their prayer meetings….