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TALLINN, ESTONIA – Old Town Days Festival
Tallinn is attractive enough at any time... ...so not everybody is excited when the annual music festival comes around. But once it gets going... ...it's fun... ...and loud... ...so it's hard to take...
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TALLINN, ESTONIA – city of weather vanes
It rains two out of every three days in Tallinn, and people like to know which direction the rain’s coming from. I was lucky – it was wet on only one of my three days here, so I was able to walk...
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Tour de LatEst – cycling in Latvia and Estonia
Thinking of cycling round northern Latvia and southern Estonia this summer? No, I didn’t think you were, but maybe you should put it on the ‘to-do’ list for another time. A new 1296km cycle route, the...
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TALLINN, ESTONIA – the extraordinary singing revolution
There’s a hint of what is to come at breakfast in the hotel dining room. An older woman is greeted by her companions singing for her. We presume it’s her birthday. What makes the event so electrifying...
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TALLINN, ESTONIA – the Olde Town is Newe agayne
Sprinkled around Tallinn’s Old Town are wooden carts, from which pairs of young Estonians sell packets of sugared almonds. The merchants are dressed in medieval robes and gothic lettering on the...
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