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The ORC Offshore Sailing World Championships will bring the world’s top sailors to Estonia this August.
This prestigious regatta takes place in Tallinn at the height of summer, offering exciting spectacles at sea and an exciting program on shore. The competition is part of the international ORC calendar. It brings together several hundred participants from dozens of countries who will test themselves in Tallinn Bay’s tactical and technical waters.
Come and be part of this top sailing event!
Rag’n’Bone Man brings a powerful concert to Tallinn as part of his world tour!
This summer, you can hear British superstar Rag’n’Bone Man in Estonia, who will perform at Haven Kakumäe in Tallinn with his band. The singer conquered the music world in 2016 with the single “Human”, which has been listened to billions of times, and his albums have achieved worldwide success. In addition to solo projects, he has collaborated with top artists such as P!nk, Calvin Harris, and Zucchero.
The concert will be held in a beautiful location with a sea view, offering an unforgettable musical experience. There are no age restrictions — come and enjoy an extraordinary evening!
Free culture events. Last saturday of august. Workshops, exhibitions, concerts, performances, movies, tours and many more.
Once a year, on the Night of Ancient Lights, fires are lit to commemorate the old coastal signal fires that were lit at sunset to guide sailors home. Today, many coastal landmarks and museums, along with additional concert programmes, carry on this tradition. Among the long-standing participants are the Seaplane Harbour, Estonian Open Air Museum and Viimsi Open Air Museum.
The exhibition “The World of Flowers and Nature from the Phoebus Foundation” highlights the naturalistic sensibility and mastery of floral depiction in Dutch art. In addition to the beautiful works of renowned artists Jan Brueghel I, Clara Peeters, Anna Maria Janssens, Jan Davidsz. De Heem and David Teniers II, the exhibition also presents the work of lesser-known artists.
Among the gallery of elegant lilies, delicate roses, and luxurious tulips, you’ll find insects, birds of paradise, and even a mystical mermaid.
The exhibition is held in collaboration with The Phoebus Foundation SON (Antwerp, Belgium).
Anna-Stina Treumund (1982–2017) was the first in Estonia to openly identify as a lesbian artist. In her work, Treumund explored her search for identity as a member of the LGBTQ community and broader issues related to gender and sexuality in the context of post-Soviet society, where expectations for women put them in narrow frames in which Treumund did not feel comfortable.
As her largest solo exhibition to date, this exhibition will engage with Treumund’s works, artists who influenced her, and young artists who continue queer feminist exploration in the field of contemporary art.
In the middle of the harvest time we welcome everybody interested in traditional Estonian food. The hero of the day is home-made rye bread which we can call the king of our food.
At Estonian Bread Day we take a look at how bread is made starting from threshing and grinding grain to the way to eat the bread. Other older Estonian dishes are also introduced. Tasty Estonian food and authentic handicraft can be bought from autumn fair.
The Swedbank Tallinn Marathon is the most popular international sporting event in Estonia.
The event attracts thousands of runners and includes a classic marathon, a relay marathon, a half marathon, the Tallinn Fall Race 10 km, the Nike Youth Run 5 km, a welcome run, and children’s races.
The Swedbank Tallinn Marathon start-finish area is located on the edge of Tallinn’s Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The route, which follows streets and pedestrian paths, provides an overview of the Estonian capital.
Take advantage of the opportunity to be part of Estonia’s most popular sporting event!
The Literary Street Festival is a unique cultural celebration woven into the heart of Tallinn. It brings together lovers of literature, art, and creativity.
Tallinn’s historic streets and houses add an enchanting atmosphere to the festival, where words, art, and music intertwine into one harmonious whole. The focus is on inspiring lectures, engaging conversations, interesting art exhibitions, lively music, and creative activities.
Guests can expect a diverse program and a lively fair, where rare books, unique handicrafts, and exciting encounters with creators await discovery.
Have you ever felt like life is rushing by too quickly? The contemporary art exhibition “The Politics of Slowness” invites you to consider slowing down the pace and finding balance through a more peaceful lifestyle. Unique artworks offer inspiring perspectives on stepping out of the busy world and discovering the beauty of slowness.
Come and discover how art can show the way to inner peace.
For three decades, Tallinn FoodFair has been a promoter of Estonian food culture and a valued industry event among food professionals. Representatives and experts from the Estonian food industry, catering, hotels, trade and related fields are invited to the fair.
A secure place in the international trade fair calendar brings specialists and interested parties from the neighbouring countries and even further afield. More than 5,000 leaders, decision-makers and newcomers to the food industry are expected at Unibet Arena, the venue of the fair. Around two hundred exhibitors present news, trends, and innovation to visitors.
More information available from our website.
The exhibition presents the work of artist and interior designer Mari Kurismaa (1956) from the late 1970s to the early 2000s, revealing the versatility of her work. In addition to paintings, the exhibition includes drawings, photographs, slide installations, carpet designs, and architectural drawings. The various fields and means of expression open up a unique insight into Kurismaa’s work, which, with her characteristic playfulness, analyzes the world around us and makes its different layers visible.
Come to Tallinn in the autumn and celebrate Michaelmas with us at the Estonian Open Air Museum – the end of field work and the beginning of a new season!
Walk through the museum’s historic farms, feel the autumn spirit, and experience the day when people used to enjoy the last butter of the season, slaughter a sheep or ram and distribute wages and fair money to servants. The whole family has the opportunity to participate in Michaelmas activities, enjoy dishes made from autumn produce, and sample traditional beer.
Joyful voices, living history, and the spirit of rural Estonian life await you at the Estonian Open Air Museum.
Tallinn Design Festival (Disainiöö), the largest design festival in the Baltic States, will be held again in September.
The week-long Tallinn Design Festival demonstrates the achievements of Estonian and foreign designers and initiates discussions about the role of design in modern society. In addition to the usual exhibitions and fashion shows, the Design Festival also offers educational seminars, lectures, children’s programs, and workshops. A large design market, called the Design Street (Disainitänav), will open at the weekend.
The festival intends to demonstrate how creativity and design can be applied to create a better physical and social living environment.
Tallinn International Organ Festival is the oldest music festival in Estonia that has taken place without fail, as well as one of the most important and central organ festivals in the entire world.
Almost all leading organ players have played here. The festival includes chamber choir and orchestra concerts and master classes for organ players. Estonia is unique in the world for its priceless organs dating from the Romanticist era.
The main venue of the festival is Niguliste museum and concert hall in Tallinn; however, concerts also take place in other churches of Tallinn, as well as in other historic churches of Estonia.
International Music Day brings a city-wide programme of free performances showcasing live music throughout Estonia on a single day. The concerts offer direct musical experiences and introduce various musicians. The concert programme invites people to notice the role and importance of music in our everyday lives.
Impact Day is the largest sustainability festival in the Baltics and Nordics. Here, you can meet like-minded people, gain fresh knowledge, and learn how to go further with your words and actions. Impact Day is more than just a festival — it is a movement that takes us one step closer to a sustainable world!
The festival will host about 3,000+ participants and 150+ well-known impact speakers from the Baltic/Nordic region and beyond.
Impact Day is where green innovation, social responsibility, and sustainable solutions meet to create a better future!
Tallinn Vegan Fair is the oldest vegan lifestyle fair in the Baltics with the aim of introducing plant-based food and veganism. Those participating in the fair will be introducing and selling a wide range of vegan foods and other vegan products. There will also be lectures and discussions.
An ambitious collaborative exhibition by the Dresden State Art Collection and the Art Museum of Estonia explores the intersections between Estonian and German/Saxon art in the past and present. Visitors can expect an odyssey of artistic journey centered on the dialogue between two great figures, the German painter Gerhard Richter and the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. They are accompanied by insights into Dresden’s Romantic and Baltic German history, 20th-century art, and several contemporary interventions.
St Martin’s Day Fair is the song festival of Estonian handicrafts!
During the St Martin’s Day Fair master craftsmen and women present and sell their best handicrafts, there are master’s workshops for handicraft afficionados and amateurs, as well as workshops for children. There are also presentations of handicrafts and new books. Estonian food is offered and you can listen to folk music. Participants include schools that teach handicrafts, museums and other institutions of the field.
The fair is an excellent event for those who live by the motto “it is better if you make it yourself”!
Restaurant Week is a globally popular campaign that started in New York. It encourages people to eat out and enjoy the experience, like a cultural event.
During Tallinn Restaurant Week, you can enjoy the local food culture and experience the latest cooking trends in town. Meals are offered as set menus inspired by the restaurants’ usual à la carte menu.
Guests can enjoy fixed-menu lunches and dinners by reserving places through the Tallinn Restaurant Week reservation and ticket sales system page.
Mykolas Žilinskas (1904–1992) was one of the most mysterious figures and the most prominent art collector in the cultural history of 20th-century Lithuania. After World War II, Žilinskas lived as an emigrant in West Berlin, and his extensive art collection includes over 1,600 works. By creating this collection and transferring it to his native country between 1974 and 1988, he wanted to support and strengthen the Lithuanian national spirit. A separate gallery is dedicated to his collection in Kaunas as part of the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art.
December 2025 marks 500 years since the death of Michel Sittow (c. 1469–1525). The exhibition presents earlier works (mainly religious pieces created in Spain) of the Tallinn-born artist, who was highly valued in Europe. The centrepieces of the exhibition are selected panel paintings of the monumental altarpiece of the family chapel of the Luna family in Toledo Cathedral, for which Sittow painted several panels with saints as a young artist (1488–1489). This was followed by Sittow’s prominent career as a court artist.
The Estonia Theatre invites you to take part in a magical musical evening in the moonlight on the last day of the year!
Partake in a concert-performance that takes place on the dark side of the moon that no man has set foot on and where no spyglass or telescope can see from Earth. The choir of sleepwalkers will perform, we will see marvellous dancing aliens and listen to the best musical masterpieces from the far side of the moon as performed by the best lunar scholars, enjoying the indelible lunar melodies.
Your tour guides are experienced astronauts Armstrong ja Aldrin. Come and leave your mark on the moon and let us send the old year into outer space like never before!
Check the plan of the event on the website.
