Top attraction · Tallinn, Harju County
Tallinn Old Town
A UNESCO World Heritage medieval Hanseatic town — one of the best-preserved in Northern Europe.
Why visit Tallinn Old Town
Tallinn's Old Town has kept its medieval street plan, city walls and merchant houses almost intact since the 13th–16th centuries, when it was a wealthy Hanseatic League trading post. Listed by UNESCO in 1997, it is split into Toompea (the hilltop Upper Town of nobles and bishops) and the Lower Town of merchants and craftsmen around Town Hall Square. On a cool summer evening, with light lingering past 11 pm, it is simply one of Europe's most atmospheric walks.
Highlights
- Town Hall Square and the Gothic Tallinn Town Hall, the oldest surviving town hall in Northern Europe
- Raeapteek, one of Europe's oldest continuously operating pharmacies
- Walk the city wall towers and the Kiek in de Kök bastion tunnels
- Toompea viewing platforms Kohtuotsa and Patkuli over red rooftops
- St. Olaf's Church tower, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and St. Catherine's Passage crafts
