Riga, Latvia – the biggest of the three Baltic capitals lures travellers in with its magnificent Old Town, beautiful and sometimes terrifying Art Nouveau buildings, vibrant nightlife and cheap yet excellent and abundant flight connections to the rest... Read more

If you are visiting Estonia for more than a few days chances are you will find some free time and want to get out of Tallinn.  When you’ve already gone to museums, walked the through the old town... Read more

Kalamaja is the quickest changing, most talked about area of Tallinn. By the time you have finished reading this, a new cafe or a craft beer pub has probably opened its doors.  If you are looking for a... Read more

Kadriorg is considered the most beautiful area of Tallinn. This picturesque district is in the city center, yet feels secluded as it is surrounded by trees creating a small town feel. Whether you go there to admire the... Read more

You’ve had it with your regular Irish bar or the slightly more exciting option of drinking five shots in a row?  There are certain types of bars that exist everywhere. Most of the time, the local and hipster,... Read more

Kopli – a vision of smelly trams, deteriorated wooden houses and not so well-off life pops into the heads of Tallinn locals when someone mentions this area. If it were Hunger Games and the city center of Tallinn... Read more

There have been plenty of guide books written about Estonia over time, yet nothing compares to „Extreme Estonia“ by Terhi Pääskylä-Malmström. In Your Pocket and visitestonia.com offer rather good introductions to the country, but this guide book is... Read more

Estonian property laws changed heavily at least five times in the 20th century. As a result, many buildings were demolished or simply forgotten, making Estonia a gold mine for people looking for things left behind. Over the last... Read more

Most of Estonian food originate from anywhere else. Estonia has adapted foods from Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Russia and god knows where else, maybe even Narnia. The issue is, the process of adaption usually stopped after acquiring potatoes... Read more

For the past week or so, Estonia has been hit by a heatwave. There are many different things to do in such a situation, one could enjoy it and spend time outdoors, make smoothies and have a cold... Read more

It is the evening of 23rd of June. Tallinn is empty. The streets look like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie. The only thing missing is tumbleweed or Nicolas Cage. Or both. And this repeats every year. Tallinn... Read more

European capital cities during summertime tend to get filled with cliché imitation medievalness, flyers of Italian restaurants and those house-shaped kitchen magnets… a lot of kitchen magnets. The same does happen in Tallinn. Sure, I do think Tallinn... Read more

Ten minutes from the Old Town, between fixed geared bicycles, weird beards and modern art, you’ll stumble upon beautiful wooden houses and odd restaurants in abandoned factories. The Kalamaja area has turned into the humble home of Tallinn’s... Read more

Want to know how trams are made? Or marzipan? Or climb into a submarine to make your friends jealous? Most of these examples are a bit eccentric, but that just proves the fact Tallinn has some awesomely weird... Read more

Almost daily, Tallinn is visited by thousands of people coming here with a cruise. If you are on a cruise you only have about six hours all together in the capital of Estonia. This post is aimed at... Read more