History & Culture

Hotel Viru and KGB Museum

There once was a hotel that came to be named the Viru. The year was 1972, and there were still two decades or so until the fall of Communism and the collapse of the Soviet…

Amandus Adamson Studio Museum

Studio Museum is situated in the summer studio of sculptor Amandus Adamson (12 November 1855 – 26 June 1929) in Paldiski. It showcases Adamson’s life and work, exhibiting his furniture, and photos of and documents about…

Tallinn City Tour Hop On Hop Off. Green line – Pirita

The Tallinn City Tour Hop On Hop Off buses are a great way for exploring Tallinn. You will see the city with the help of audioguides (10 different languages) in London-style doubledeckers. Between stops, you can…

Tallinn City Tour Hop On Hop Off. Red Line – city centre

Tallinn City Tour Hop On Hop Off is the perfect way to explore Tallinn. The double-decker buses are fitted with audio guides in 10 languages.The Red Line, which focuses on the history of the city centre,…

Building of the Estonian Drama Theatre

The building of Estonian Drama Theatre is the oldest theatre in Estonia (1910) that has been preserved in its original form. The Nordic Art Nouveau building was designed by architects Nikolai Vassilyev and Aleksei Bubyr from…

Estonian National Opera – opera house

Designed by A. Lindgren and W. Lönn and completed in 1913, the art nouveau/classicist Estonia theatre and opera house was the largest building of its kind in Tallinn at the time. One of its two…

Museums of the Prangli Islands

The museums showcase the history, nature and way of life of Suur-Prangli and Väike-Prangli (Aksi). Museum of Farm Folk of Prangli Islands has a permanent exhibition on the everyday lives of the coastal folk of…

Naissaar War Museum

Naissaar Museum is located in Männiku village, in a Soviet house of an extended service man. It introduces the island’s military history. Visitors will get an overview of the origins and evolution of sea fortresses,…

Museum of Puppetry Arts

The museum aims to introduce the history and current developments of the art of puppet theatre for adults and children alike.The beginning of the permanent exhibition of the Puppet theatre museum dates back to the…

Anton Hansen Tammsaare Apartment-Museum

In a historicist summer dwelling type of house in the Tallinn district of Kadriorg, there is the apartment-museum of the classic Estonian author Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878–1940). The writer lived in this building from 1932…

The Russalka Memorial

The Russalka Memorial was built in 1902 by Amandus Adamson in memorial to those who lost their lives at the Gulf of Finland on the Russian navy vessel called Russalka.  The 16-metre sculpture was placed by the…

Monument of Amandus Adamson

The monument erected in honour of Amandus Adamson (1855–1929), a famous Estonian sculptor, is located in Kadriorg Park in Tallinn. The bust was installed in 1962 and its authors are the sculptor Albert Eskel and…