SECRETS OF TALLINN - Our Favourite Places Outside of The Old Town! TELLISKIVI, ROTERMANN & KALAMAJA!

In this video we take you on a tour of our top places of Tallinn outside of the Old Town. We start by heading over to Rotermann City within the Rotermann quarter, which until just a few years ago, was just a factory area between Old Town and the Passenger Port and was little more than a collection of dilapidated buildings, discarded leftovers of late 19th and early 20th-century industry. Now the area has been magnificently-restored and serves as home to a number of shops and restaurants, as well as an active cultural scene. The quarter's main square is often used for festivals and outdoor performances.
After eating lunch in Rotermann city we then make our way over to the Kalamaja district with our first stop being the Linnahall which upon initial sight doesn’t look very aesthetically pleasing but what lies beneath it is a huge amphitheatre designed to hold 4500 people. It was originally named the V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport, and was built by the Soviets for the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics when the sailing events were hosted in Estonia. Now it is a vast, dilapidated building that although is in need of some serious renovation is still nonetheless fascinating to see up close and offers stunning views over the bay of Tallinn once you reach the top.
From the Linnahall we continue walking through Kalamaja along the bay and over to Patarei prison which was originally built in 1828 as a sea fortress and later turned into a prison where crimes of Communism and Nazism took place between 1940-1991. For 8€ you can visit the exhibition, ‘Communism is Prison’ in the eastern wing of the prison, where you can see the original interior and prison yard.
From there we take a quick look at the historical Seaplane harbour museum which is 15€ per adult and looks fascinating. We also take a walk around Suur Tõll, the largest preserved pre-war icebreaker in the world. Suur Tõll has had a colourful past of ownership between the Russian Empire (1914-1917), The Soviet Union (1917-1918), Finland (1918-1922), Estonia (1922-1940), Soviet Union again (1940-1988), before finally being sold back to Estonia in 1988.
After following the arrows which take you on a full tour of Suur Tõll we head over to Port Noblessener which is a newly and very artistically renovated port area with beautiful apartment blocks, filled with restaurants and great places to sit back and have a drink watching the sun over the bay of Tallinn.
Then we walk through Kalamaja Cemetery Park which links Port Noblessner to the leafy green residential area of Kalamaja and onto our final stop: Telliskivi Creative City which since 2007 has developed from old soviet factories into a vibrant, artist-friendly complex that has spaces for businesses, restaurants, shops and organising events. It is located between the city centre and Kalamaja and Pelgulinn districts in North Tallinn. It is currently Estonia's biggest creative economy enterprise centre bringing together a variety of activities - acting as a community platform for the creatives.
We both love Telliskivi and have spent most of our time in Tallinn living in an apartment building right opposite Depoo which is an area in Telliskivi where old shipping containers and an old train have all been converted into different restaurants with foods from around the world, it’s a really cool place to visit and we walk through it to get to the famous Balti Jaama Turg (Baltic Station Market) which is a place worth visiting in itself!
Travel vlog 28 | Tallinn, Estonia | Country #4 | Filmed July 2020
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[@TideKnotTravellers]

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[@lagritsalammas]

One can really see in this video how much you two like the city! Thanks for the tour! I took the liberty of sharing it on Skyscrapercity for the stunning drone shots of Linnahall, so special thanks for that, too!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thanks for sharing! We absolutely loved exploring Tallinn. We can’t wait to come back one day!

[@cs2181]

You made my day! I lived in Tallinn in 2015 for about 10 months, and now I just got a job offer and I'm going back! It's impressive to see how much has changed. Looking forward to explore then city again!!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Ahh congratulations on the new job! You’re so very lucky to be going there to live. You’ll have a fantastic time, so much has changed in the last few years there, you’ll have a great time exploring it all! 🤩

[@Rebasepoiss]

The rooftop of Linnahall is a great place to sit with a friend or two on a nice summer day, watch the view and have a few beers. Used to do that quite a few times when I was younger :) The heliport is actually a later addition. In the early 2000s there was a helicopter line to Helsinki called Copterline which enabled one to get from city centre to city centre in 18 minutes. However, following a deadly crash in 2005 and the following economic crisis, the service was halted. In February this year Patarei prison was sold to a company owned by the same man who redeveloped the Rotermanni district and hopefully by 2026 Pateri will be redeveloped as well. You can already see some demolishing works happening - they are removing the later Soviet additions that weren't part of the original sea fortress. The courtyard will be opened to the public hopefully by the end of this month which will enable to host different exhibitions and events there. The architecural competition is yet to be held so it is still unclear how the area will look like in the future.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Yes, we've gone up to the Linnahall a few times to contemplate these crazy times whilst enjoying the view, can imagine it would be a good place to have a few beers with friends.☺️ That's cool that it was possible to get from Tallinn to Helsinki in 18 minutes, shame about the crash though. So fascinating to hear that about Patarei, we thought it looked like renovations were taking place when we filmed this, good to know it's in good hands seeing how well the Rotermanni district looks! Also really love how when areas are renovated here, there seems to always be a competition held for the archictecture, what a brilliant way to allow creativity and genius suggestions for the future of the city!

[@davidsenior3216]

The one thing i did not see in your video of Tallinn was litter on the streets what a beautiful town Tallinn is.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

That is something we really love about Tallinn, in all our videos of Estonia the streets are so clean ☺️

[@Innerrelief]

⏹ Amazing experience! thank you for sharing, it was really special time! greetings from NYC! ✌😉

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you! 😊

[@reetturner6193]

Yes.. the SEAPLANE MUSEUM is a MUST..abs fascinating ..food in their cafe v.good too.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It looked like a great cafe, we will go back when we have the time to enjoy the museum and the cafe too😊

[@spooksmysteries4971]

Towers of Tallinn, and the flag of The Tall Herman; I always have shed a tear while approaching from the sea

[@tommyedodson2412]

Glad to hear you'll be going inside the Seaplane Harbour museum. One of the best maritime museums we've visited. You'll love it I'm sure.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

tommye dodson yes it was really hard to leave and finish the video tour after stepping inside and seeing the entrance and the time lapse video in the foyer. We will go back when we have the full day to explore😊

[@sandrasorrell5225]

Lovely videos from a lovely couple. They are very informative and i love the way everything is filmed. They are even able to show us aerial shots, amazing! Thanks and keep on going. X

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@navneetsingh5591]

Never knew tallinn had so much history!!!! Amazing drone shots... Editing level 101!!!Beautiful video

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@TheJaina16]

Hello guys, looking so beautiful

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you 😊

[@AprilChu]

You must know Tallinn so well by now! Thank you for showing us around all these amazing places. Rotermann city is so cool with all the shops and restaurants. The prison has such an interesting history and those homes are so beautiful. Love it all! 🥰

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Yes we’re getting to know it pretty well, it’s going to take some adjustment when we eventually move on again😅

[@TravelKiwi]

Wicked drone shots there guys!!!! Really great footage !! Great info I love learning history!! :)

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you! 😊

[@hangryabroad7780]

Awesome drone shots! Loved learning about Tallin since we've never really heard much about it. Thank you for sharing :)

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thanks 😊

[@joelandbecca6851]

Love how informative this is and great shots! 😊

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you 😊

[@bolaogunjobi6009]

You guys are such good bloggers. Thankyou for the video

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you so much for watching and for the lovely words. ☺️

[@DjusLife]

So cool to see a completely different area, loved seeing around where you have called home and where they had some of the olympics. Great video friends!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

DjusLife thank you! It’s been a really cool place to live and has actually taught us a lot about ourselves and the way we want to travel after Covid19. We feel very lucky to have been able to stay😊

[@princesdoreen]

So pretty. Thank you for taking us here!! 😍 I just joined your family and hopefully we can connect 😍

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you! 😊

[@unmeshchougule5666]

Awesome video guys 😍

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you so much 😊

[@pretravels]

Wow, that's quite a wonderful adventure. The places you showed feature great architectural wonders, arts, and stunning views. Thanks and please, keep making these kinds of video.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Pre Travels we’re glad you think so 😊 thank you so much for your kind comments it really helps us to keep going! ☺️

[@NehaRai15]

Glad to see different parts of Tallinn in your vlogs

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It’s been great exploring all over Tallinn! ☺️

[@TravelTop10]

Tallin looks beautiful...great description...love to be there ..good to hear few historical details

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It is awesome, glad you liked it, thanks for watching😊

[@BeingBedingfield]

Awesome video, your drone shots were really great! Very interesting history, especially about the prison. The shipping container restaurant area looks like a place that we’ll really enjoy!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Being Bedingfield pleased you guys liked it. We love the street food in Depoo, we will miss grabbing food from there on our way home from days out😋

[@BeingBedingfield]

Tide Knot Travellers I can imagine...you’re going to miss Tallinn so much!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Being Bedingfield we left Tallinn to explore Estonia, had a nightmare with accommodation and felt like driving straight back😅

[@BeingBedingfield]

Tide Knot Travellers ah no 🤣 hope everything worked out in the end?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Luckily we are now in a beautiful airbnb with a lovely host that makes her own jam and gave us a jar as a gift tonight😊 kindness can fix anything!

[@MattWhitingsEurope]

Cool video - the Linnahall has to be my favourite! Mysterious and very unusual. That curry at the end has made me feel hungry!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Matt Whiting Travel thank you, the Linnahall is a really cool bit of architecture, yes watching it back made us hungry again too! 😅

[@borissshelajev]

You can see Linnahall inside in the Tenet movie. Right in the beginning, when the guys are in the theatre or opera. It is shot perfectly - concert hall itself, corridors, stairs, checking room, etc

[@DjusLife]

Also those drinks and food at the end look delicious 😋

[@TideKnotTravellers]

DjusLife it was a well earned meal after a long day of walking and talking😅

[@jve89]

Actually, the linnahall was already in development before plans were made for the olympic sailing event. The sailing took place in pirita, couple of km further down the shore.

[@TheMapPinners]

So true about having your first meal out since lockdown: the food tasted extra good after months of rice, beans, and chicken haha. Thanks for the fun tour outside of the old town!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Yes that feeling of not having to cook and plan a meal for once was such a treat! 😅

[@larshansson9814]

Love your channel. This reminds me a lot of when me and my girlfriend traveled around in Estonia a couple of years ago. We did similar stuff as you are doing. Such a nice week. Impressive what they accomplished in only 30 years.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It is impressive how far they have come in such a short time. It’s a beautiful place!

[@smtss]

my brother lives in kalamaja, beautiful place

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It really is, we have enjoyed running through the leafy streets each day. We may not be able to live there but luckily it’s free to exercise there! 😅

[@AdventureswithCheryl]

I love Tallinn...the old town section is my favorite. (Mc Donalds too) Was only able to spend a few afternoons there on my break from working on a cruise ship a few years back. But it was one of my favorite ports. I am fairly new to YT and also have a travel channel. But instead of talking about travel & cruising I am visiting local places and videoing them. Having so much fun. I have subscribed to you and will follow you! All the best!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you! I (Kirsty) also used to work on cruise ships so fully understand that feeling of hopping off the ship to enjoy your favourite port for a few hours! 😊

[@TravelInteresante]

Really enjoy a spot like Rotermann in cities, keeping the old beautiful elements and infusing it with the new in a way which keeps the charm of a city like Tallinn. Kalamaja and Telliskivi really has that old school European charm with a clear Russian influence, the art work on the side of the buildings and restaurants within shipping containers make for such a unique atmosphere, hopefully we can make it to Tallinn and try it out one day.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It's such a diverse place with so many areas recently renovated or being renovated, it'll be awesome for us to see it again in a few years seeing how different it is from now😊

[@TheAverageTourist]

Love seeing all of the history and less visited places in Talinn. Seems a shame that the Olympic building was abandoned. Very informative, as always!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you 😊

[@lindae5937]

Very interesting, thankyou. Hope they do renovate the stadium it looks vast, such a waste! Those drone shots give a great Perspective & are fab as usual! Prison looked eerie, interesting history though & ship tour good too. Port Noblessner ...an upgrade on Plymouth! Huh?! fab!! Places look great ! Really Look forward to seeing more!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you! 😊

[@TheWanderingHermit]

The rotterman square and the linnahaul drone shots were amazing !! Prison area looked a bit spooky 💀 .. !! Now we know so much about Tallinn

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you😊 Yes, believe it or not there is actually still so much more to Tallinn that we haven’t even seen yet😅

[@xanperia]

I'm learning so much from your videos although I'm Estonian 😄

[@TideKnotTravellers]

🤗

[@CarlCOts]

Me and my Norwegian girlfriend love Balti jaam! Just a cool place and the food!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We miss Balti Jaam and talk about it all the time (especially when we arrive in a new place and can't find good food, which happens a lot!) Enjoy it for us until we return one day! 😋

[@davidgoggins20005]

You'd should definitely vist places outside Tallinn. One place that I'm in love is Otepää. If you'd like more information about that place you can ask.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you, we have just hired a car to start touring😊 yes please, would love any recommendations you have☺️

[@nahidakter6173]

Lovely couple 💞 stay safe

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Nahid Akter thank you so much, stay safe too☺️

[@lembuarni7336]

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[@sebastianwalker2200]

Well, I’m subscribing. This has promise

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Sebastian Walker thank you for saying so ☺️

[@PaleTyche]

Thank you for the video. It is nice to see you're not exactly bored in Tallinn. :) I hope you do not mind; a few remarks. 1) Rotermanni dates back to 1849 when the department store was built (completed in 1850 and still standing at the corner). Then they started to build mills in the 1860s-1870s. The starch mill was destroyed in the fire in 1880. We still have the spirit distillery constructed in 1875, the steam-powered sawmill was completed in 1879, in 1887 a pasta factory was built followed by storage buildings and a flour mill that was the largest in Reval. Back in the 1890s three huge limestone/brick buildings were constructed -- for the sawmill, wool mill, and heavy industrial machinery. In 1902 the tall landmark chimney was erected, in 1904 the new flour mill and grain elevator, in 1905 a modern five-storey pearl barley mill (you saw the sign Kruubiveski), and in 1908 the salt storage (where the museum of architecture is) was built. So, the place was thriving long before 1909. :) When you'll go over there next time, try Röst (cafe) -- the pastries are to die for. Unless you are watching weight. Then I would not recommend it. There is also a street named Stalker alley. If you'd watch Tarkovsky's 1979 cult movie Stalker kzbin.info/www/bejne/ini1dYymeNKAma8, you'd recognise it as one of the alleys they drive through trying to enter the Zone. The film is a chance to see Rotermanni like it was at the end of the 1970s, an area of dilapidated buildings. Another Stalker location nearby is the Culture Kilometre at the Tallinn Cultural Hub, a former narrow-gauge railroad. The tall chimney still has the pale letters UN Tarkovsky had painted on it. 2) Linnahall. Many sources (and journalists) give incorrect information. The truth is, Linnahall was not built for the Olympics. The architect keeps reminding about it but in Estonian collective consciousness, it is inevitably tied to the Olympic buildings. The project started earlier. Sadly, the construction suffered greatly due to all the Olympic buildings, leaving Linnahall with sub-par builders and materials. Eventually, they rushed it without completing it properly. The superstructures crumble while the substructures get stronger by each year. It is a brilliant building and sadly its potential was never allowed to shine. It is a shame you could not get inside (there are rare tours; one has to ask the museum of architecture). If the walls are lifted, you'll have an amphitheatre surrounded by an agora surrounded by a glass wall (the large windows) behind which you'll have the sea and the Old Town. There is also an underground ice/hockey rink with seats for about 2,000. There may be an option to see it briefly (the amphitheatre walls down I'd presume) in Tenet as Christopher Nolan used it as one of the locations. It briefly flashes in the trailer and then Linnahall is blown up. In the film, it stands in for the Kyiv Opera Theatre.

[@PaleTyche]

3) Many sources mention that Patarei was built as a "sea fortress" which is incorrect (the historians who are fortification experts get all riled up whenever someone calls Patarei a "merekindlus"). Patarei was built as a fort. One of several according to the grand plan. However, eventually, only one fort was built and it happened to be this one. From the beginning, it was inhabitable, overcrowded. Many people died. Even after the cannons were removed, windows built enlarging the embrasures and furnaces installed when it became an army barracks, the soldiers and officers alike kept suffering, dying of tuberculosis, complaining about this human-unfriendly place. They switched out the troops in every two years. During the War of Estonian Independence, the Estonian Army took over the building. They did not deem it to be suitable for human beings. So no troops were stationed there and army used it as huge munition storage. Strangely enough, when the government decided that such a deadly place should be a prison, the army did not want to release it and kept fighting for it in courts up until 1926! Yet the first prisoners arrived in 1919, working as blacksmiths, builders, making and installing metal bars, special doors. In spring 1920 Patarei became the city detention house and as of autumn 1920, it was officially the central prison. It was closed as a prison on 18 December 2002, yet some of the prisoners and tuberculosis patients remained there until 2005. The new wing where the entrance to the museum is was constructed in 1932 and was intended for the political prisoners. During the Soviet era, it was the death row. In the re-independent Estonia, the death sentence was abolished in 1998, and so two floors of that wing had lifers who had a milder regime and more privileges compared to the other prisoners in the overcrowded prison. The wing cutting through the courtyard of the original fort was completed in 1934. Back then the 13.4 sq m cells were intended to house 10 inmates. That was the standard. Of course, during the Nazis and the Soviets, there were much more. All in all, prisoners did not have enough floor space to simultaneously lie down to sleep. The prison had several functions and regimes during the Soviet era. It was a detention house (usually 15 days), it was an investigation prison (depending on the time period, up to 6 months or more), it was a transit prison -- prisoners who received their sentence were brought back to Patarei and the ones whose sentence was longer than 2-3 years were sent as part of the convoy to some other prison or camp in the huge Soviet Union. The lucky ones among the ones who remained could work. It was an immense privilege as, despite the inhumane conditions, violence, death, malnutrition, cold etc. the biggest problem according to the prisoners was acute boredom. Then there were the central hospital of all the Estonian prisons and a tuberculosis hospital, also cells for forensic evaluation and a psych ward. And part of the prison was ruled by the KGB as well (until 1953 named NKVD); the KGB was handling the political prisoners and back in the 1940s they were the majority but not all. The NKVD/KGB never run the whole prison. Many atrocities were committed by Nazis during 1941-1944. The last warden during the Nazi regime, Aleksander Laak, escaped to the West, was sentenced to death behind his back as a war criminal -- before Patarei he was the head of a notorious triangle of concentration camps Jägala -- Raasiku -- Kalevi-Liiva and personally responsible for the death of thousands. Nazi hunters found him in Winnipeg, Canada, and he was found in his garage hanged on 6 September 1960. Interestingly, when Nazis left in September 1944, the guards opened up the cell doors and let the prisoners walk away. Whereas Soviets murdered many prisoners in 1941 before the Nazis arrived. At present, several Soviet-era auxiliary buildings have been demolished and the place will be renovated and turned into offices, flats, art galleries, restaurants, cafes. The museum has only a small part of the former prison. Patarei virtual tour (as of October 2016): www.tuur.ee/tuurid/09-patarei/patarei-virtuaaltuur/ Hopefully, there will be more points in the future and the information will be in English as well. Now you'll have to resort to google translate or ask any of your Estonian friends to give you the gist of it.

[@PaleTyche]

4) I do agree, Seaplane Harbour is a must! They have a British-built submarine hanging from the ceiling. It's your chance to go inside a submarine and experience how it feels. There are many more interesting exhibits and also games. And the building is unique. It was the first time in the world where such reinforced concrete domes were made. Back in 1916! The domes are just 8 cm thick. A few years back they found the original calculations from the archives on huge sheets of paper, it was an enormous amount of work to get these right. The engineering firm from Denmark, Christiani&Nielsen was behind it. Ove Arup worked for Christiani&Nielsen from 1922 and became their chief engineer in 1923. It is claimed he learnt a lot from them and later when he was the structural engineer for the Sydney Opera House, he used similar engineering for the domes. You know, the places you visited today are usually on the map of architects or architecture tourists visiting Tallinn. :) 5) Suur Tõll. Back in the day, Finns were rather upset about Estonians being so devious and claiming the ice breaker from Soviet Russia for themselves. Estonians just took advantage of signing the peace treaty with Russians before Finns. To be quite honest, Finns deserved to have it. 6) Noblessner is a great place for sunsets and sunrises as well. 7) The story of the cemetery is that back in 1561 about 2,000 Swedish troops were buried over there. Later it was used for the burials of local Estonians, Swedes, Germans, predominantly belonging to the congregations of the Holy Ghost, St. John's, and Swedish St. Michel's churches. Like Kopli cemetery (demolished in 1953), it had chapels, celtic crosses (if you visit Western Estonia or islands, the old cemeteries have centuries worth of celtic crosses). In 1964 the labourers of the Volta factory (back then named Kalinin's) were ordered to go to the cemetery and tear it all down and flatten it. Some of the gravestones were used to fill up coastal areas, for example, near Russalka statue. The dead were not exhumed, so they are still resting underneath the lawns and old trees. Back in the Soviet era, Estonians did not like to go to that park, did not like children to play there. Even now, there are old people in Kalamaja, whose parents were buried there back in the 1930s. However, the time has passed and it is a beautiful park now and more people have accepted it as such. Besides, in the Old Town, passing by churches or crossing the Dominican or St. Michael's convent grounds or entering any churches, you'll tread on graves anyway. Can't be avoided. I am so sorry, I totally got carried away. You just happened to visit the places I know thoroughly and am "somewhat" passionate about. Will stop now.

[@PaleTyche]

Or not. ;D 8) At Balti Jaama Turg, look for the Taste of Italy, they have amazing burrata from Murgia. 9) I want to tell you a story about the very place where the Balti Jaama Turg now stands. Once upon a time, in 19th century Reval (Tallinn) lived a rich Doctor Heinrichsen. Among other things, the dear doctor was obsessed with accidental vivisepulture (premature burial). It had been an ongoing fear for a multitude of people for centuries but this fear truly peaked in the 18th and 19th centuries. You have perhaps heard of the safety coffin? Popular in Victorian England. It is claimed that the expressions "saved by the bell", "dead ringers" originate from there. ;) There were also urban legends in Reval back then how a beautiful girl woke up in the chapel at the Kopli cemetery and started to walk back to the city. The road was long, the night was chilly, and she only had a shroud. She got tired, sat down to the roadside, and this time died for real freezing to death. A sad legend. Anyhow, our rich Reval doctor died and left his legacy to the city, yet his will stipulated that the money cannot be used before some of it have been spent to build and maintain a shelter for the prematurely buried or people incorrectly pronounced dead. (Estonian word is "varjusurnud", literally: the shadow dead). For many years the city did nothing. However, when the Russian Empire lost the Crimean War, and someone high up in St. Petersburg decided that Reval is no longer a fortress city, gradually the plots of land surrounding the Old Town became available. So, the city decided to take the plot at Nunnevärav 3 and build a shelter for the dead. (Historically all the area belonged to the St. Michael's nunnery, hence the gate names and street names). In 1865, there are advertisements in the newspapers for the Shelter for the Dead inviting people to bring their dead to them. The house was located where the Balti Jaama Market is at present. It had many rooms like hospital wards. The purpose was twofold. Firstly, when someone wakes up in the cemetery and returns to the city, they would have a place to rest and get warm or even live temporarily if their heirs have already taken over their house and disposed of their possessions. Secondly, if you have a death in your family, you'll bring your dear departed to them and they will observe the corpse for a few days and if the dead does not come back to life, it will be safe to bury them. What happened, was that no-one woke up in the cemeteries to make their way back. And also no-one brought their dear departed to be monitored. The nice rooms with lovely beds remained empty. What a waste! So, the lady looking after this shelter was a very pragmatic woman. She started to rent out the rooms for couples at hourly rates. And the Shelter for the Dead became very quickly a house of ill repute. It was not allowed to be a brothel for long. In 1870, a railroad was built to St. Petersburg and following, several plants and factories were built to now Telliskivi and Kalamaja (the Main Factories of the Baltic Railway covered the area from the market over Depoo all the way to Telliskivi, they started to construct the buildings in 1869, officially the Factories were established in 1870). So, you can imagine how the land became much needed. So in 1874 three big limestone warehouses, named the Werner warehouses, were built to the very plot. You can still see the limestone walls of these three parallel warehouses incorporated into the market building. No tangible sign of the Shelter for the Dead remains... However, now you know. :)

[@TideKnotTravellers]

PaleTyche wow! Had no idea the Balti Jaam area had such a sordid past!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

PaleTyche thank you for all this information, we are limited on characters for our descriptions, otherwise I would be writing so much more detail as Tallinn is full of history!

[@gbrdhvndi]

Just returned from a day trip to London... The new fancy area behind the King's Cross station (the Granary Square and the Coal Drops Yard) reminded me of the Rotterman City, just on a much larger scale :-)

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Al Ex yes can see the similarities in those buildings, the style and way they’re converted🙂

[@LucasWorldTravel]

Rotermann City looked really inviting. The former Russian building with the Helo Pad should definitely be renovated. It' has an amazing location. I can see restaurants and shops there. Perhaps even condos. I have one word for the prison, "SCARY." I wouldn't want to go in there. Again the location would be great for something better. Port Noblessner was beautiful. I think Telliskivi would be my hang out spot. I love the shipping containers. They make great business spots and rooms for rent. Live radio station. Nice. Thank you Kirsti for saving the world! Cheers mate! :)

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We can't wait to see it when it's renovated! We love that whole coastal area, Port Noblessner is just lovely and all walking distance to Telliskivi and the Old Town. Yeh Telliskivi is a great place to hang out, have food and drinks and watch the sunsets over the railway tracks it's pretty cool😎 Yeh you're right, shipping containers are great for all kinds of things. Always happy to save the world! 😆

[@filterfreetour4216]

Absolutely stunning 😍. Great music and drone shots😄. How long did it take for you to make this amazing video? Very informative video thank you!😊🙌

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you, it did take us a long time we were both working on it simultaneously most of the week (including late into the night😴) couldn’t tell you how many hours but a lot! 😅 shorter videos are much easier but this city has so much to offer and we wanted to do it justice!

[@filterfreetour4216]

@@TideKnotTravellers haha well done😄👍🏻

[@mirjamleesalu5188]

As an Estonian, I loved this video! The pronouciations of some place names were wild tho 😂 like Aegna, Patarei, Suur Tõll, Depoo and Loomelinnak.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you! It's a beautiful but tricky language to master! 😄

[@birajghimire9585]

Would have wanted to see more of Rotterman :) Nevertheless, the video is a good package

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you😊 keeping the video under 30 mins was tricky!

[@annaberg6205]

Great volg! PS For Indian style food, I'd recommend restaurant Elevant (elephant). Elevant is in old town, Vene street 5.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Anna Berg Thank you!😊 we saw Elevant a few times walking through the Old Town and it smelt and looked amazing!

[@olegmatvejev9834]

If you ll come back to Estonia, I advise you also to visit Rakvere and Viljandi town + Kihnu island

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you, we'll definitely be back 😊

[@popeofdope6468]

She would be good narrator for some BBC broadcast. Relaxing voice🙂

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you ☺️

[@georgewanderer]

Awesome video guys ....well done....i will visit Estonia in the next days and your videos are very helpfull....can i ask you if there any restrictions for flying drones??cause as i saw you have many captures by drone and i am going to take also my drone with me....

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Estonia is one of the best countries we’ve found so far for drone flying. They’re very technologically advanced but without too much red tape. The public tend to leave you alone while flying which is great as allows you to concentrate and is the very reason we were able to capture so many shots. Enjoy your trip it’s a beautiful country! 💙🖤🤍

[@georgewanderer]

@@TideKnotTravellers Thank u very much for the reply....

[@zi224a]

Linnahall is mostly spoken as a amfitheater shaped concerthall but theres more to it than that. Lower part (after the first steps from a city side) of Linnahall has a full icehokey stadium underneafth it. Althought it was the first part of the building that was closed due to poor building quality. Nowadays nobody seems to remember that.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

That's really cool that there was an ice hockey rink hidden somewhere in there too!

[@GeorgiZanev]

👍

[@timectrl]

This was filmed just as I arrived in Estonia.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

What a beautiful time of year to arrive in Estonia! 😍🇪🇪

[@SorgiStories]

A bit warmer than when you did the dip in the water!!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Sorgi Stories yes thankfully it’s warmed up a fair bit since those early days😅

[@Explorcation]

You two covered so much history in this episode! It was interesting and sad to see the are used for the Olympics in the 80s. I hope they do redevelop the area in the future!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Yes it will awesome to see it re developed especially seeing how well they’ve redeveloped other areas, this should look awesome when it’s done!

[@Explorcation]

@@TideKnotTravellers something to look forward to!

[@eestimees2]

If you wanna see inside linnahall then the movie Tenet helps you out!

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We watched Tenet at the imax in Tallinn, was really cool but very difficult to try and pretend the scene was Ukraine when we knew it was just up the road from us! 😅

[@shedshedneyramos993]

To TALLIN " CHEERS " 🙂❤

[@markus_sinivee]

Did you know that New Christopher Nolan’s movie “Tenet” what comes up at the end of this year was filmed inside Linnahall and on the Tallinn Streets.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Markus Sinivee yes so cool! We even saw his signature in the book when we went to visit the film museum: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2WckpqiqNqKjbM

[@E3CB]

Great place to take drone shots: World's tallest Scots pine tree found in Estonia -- The largest Scots pine tree in the world has been found in Estonia. Found in the Veriora municipality of the Estonia’s southeastern Polva county, the tree measures 46.6 metres in height. According to the Estonian state forest management centre, the RMK, the tree is 1.3 metres taller than the next tallest of its kind, which is in Poland. Recent research carried out by scientists from the Estonian University of Life Sciences shows the tree to be at least 214 years old.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

This sounds really great! Thank you for recommending😊

[@TheJaina16]

I would like to go Estonia

[@TideKnotTravellers]

It’s a really beautiful and underrated country, hope you get to go some day 😊

[@gbrdhvndi]

A little known (or often ignored) fact that the Pirita hotel, built to host the 1980 Olympic sailing event guests, and its surrounding territory resembles a rocket when viewed from above. Check it out for yourselves (you may need to rotate the map to notice) www.google.com/maps/@59.4649255,24.823464,1218a,35y,220.22h,0.12t/data=!3m1!1e3

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We didn’t realise this. That’s pretty cool😊

[@MWR3sh1]

I like estonia estonia, tallinn is my home i am not good english ( mulle meeldib eesti, eesti, tallinn on mu kodumaa )

[@TideKnotTravellers]

D3 Gaming Estonia is a cool place to live 😎

[@tsvlogs6968]

Which month it was when you were there..

[@TideKnotTravellers]

March to September we were there. This video was filmed in July this year 😊

[@xwiirastusx]

Linnahall is a complete and utter blemish on the face of Tallinn. Moreover, it's one of the first things people see when they arrive to the city via sea. I really hope it will be restored or if nothing else works, demolished instead of being left festering like some kind of Post-Soviet fistula for sensation-hungry tourists to gawk at, Tenet or no Tenet.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We really hope they can turn it into something positive for good use🤞🏼seems such a waste to have it sat there wasting away😕

[@xwiirastusx]

@@TideKnotTravellers The problem is that the City Council lack the political will to do something about the situation - there are no votes in it for them. Sometimes they claim that funds have been allocated to restore the building, and then everybody suddenly loses interest again. The architect with his nonchalant attitude towards his legacy doesn't help either - he said something along the lines "do with it what you will, see if I care". Still, demolishing of the Linnahall would be a tremendeous shame. It may not look much on the outside, but the interiors and furnishings are a grand example of Postmodernist design.

[@kulnokaiklem]

Tallinna Linnahall on old photos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4rYe3mdj5qKf8U and in music video - view from inside concerthall : TOMMY CASH - X-RAY (Official Video) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWbOdZKsjtOVm5Y Alan Walker song Faded video is tooked up in Tallinn and near Paldiski : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGGspXuCr5qKe6M There you can see Linnahall from outside. Almost 2,9 billion watchers on video.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Wow! That was crazy seeing how glamorous the amphitheatre looked inside. Shame it has so quickly gone to ruin😕

[@kulnokaiklem]

@@TideKnotTravellers Thanks for answer! Inside looks Linnahall even huger than from outside. Kalamaja five years ago - Property Prospectus: Kalamaja, Tallinn : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYfGd3aunKydipY

[@kulnokaiklem]

@@TideKnotTravellers Famous arheoligical founds of vikings ship grave came out in Saaremaa Salme village on Sõrve peninsula. novaator.err.ee/1116598/euroopas-ainulaadse-salme-laevamatuse-uuringud-on-tais-musteeriume Viking Archaeology: Boat Burials and Ship Graves : kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4KbZ2V7q8ScnNU in minut 7.05 is Salme ship grave story. Finds from Salme burial ships : kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGWxaoloabFob9E

[@kulnokaiklem]

@@TideKnotTravellers Climbing on top of the Kiipsaare lighthouse - Saaremaa, Estonia : kzbin.info/www/bejne/opXPnYednc5jhbM kzbin.info/www/bejne/bperaaF_dtiYg6s

[@timectrl]

Can you go back to Estonia when the Pandemic is over?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We certainly plan to come back to Estonia, it will forever be a really special place for us, we hope to be able to visit a few other countries first when restrictions ease but we will definitely be back ☺

[@softiasjad1858]

16:50 If I'm right this is a mine hunter. There is no much metal in its body. ;)

[@gbrdhvndi]

Tellis = Brick, Kivi = Stone... Telliskivi = Brixton? 🤔🤔🤔

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Ahh that sounds familiar! 🙂

[@softiasjad1858]

Sry, but you definitely should use rental bikes or Bolt electrical services ;) 30 min for free?

[@TideKnotTravellers]

We use them both all the time (bikes and scooters) we’ve never had 30 mins for free though

[@softiasjad1858]

9:48 Actually majority of the political prisoners had no right to go home. Mainly because their homes were inhabited by soviet officers. .... and there was a policy of re-assimilation of nations in order to get a united non-ethical Russian nation. That is why some Russians in Estonians still protest against losing the power of Russian language in Estonia - they still think that THEY are the privileged nation in this territory. 😊

[@E3CB]

Kirsty is so beautiful.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you, very kind of you to say☺️

[@simjumsores]

I was hoping to listen to this in the background while doing some housework, since the narrative of any video is as important a part, possibly a more important part, than just the visuals. So how dissapointing and intensely irritating that repetitive, monotonous 'music' that ruined for me what would otherwise have been a pleasant video. Please re-record the narrative and re-upload. Or at least please bear this in mind, dear Tide Knot Travellers, with any further videos you produce. Thank you.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Thank you for the feedback. Music is always one of the trickiest parts of creating videos and we have hundreds of different tracks across our videos so it’s impossible for all those tracks to suit everyone’s taste (even between us both we disagree at times with the tracks used). That said we are learning everyday and choose carefully every bit of music. Thank you for watching and hopefully the tracks in our other videos will be more enjoyable for you ☺️

[@karmo0]

Why don't you write a book lace it with black British humour and use Estonia tourist board to plug it shamelessly.

[@TideKnotTravellers]

Not sure our writing skills (or humour😅) would be quite up to scratch for that

[@gbrdhvndi]

@@TideKnotTravellers trust me, Estonian humour is sometimes darker than British. And Russian humour is even darker than Estonian. So you should be alright 😁