Coastal Chronicles: Tallinn’s Seafront Past & Present

Join this seaside journey and discover how Tallinn’s history and the sea are forever connected. Stroll along the waterfront, explore a route from 40 years ago, and soak in the sun, seagulls, and ocean breeze. Don't miss it!

Things to do Coastal Chronicles: Tallinn’s Seafront Past & Present

We walk along Tallinn’s seafront, from Noblessner to the Cruise Terminal, tracing its long, complicated relationship with the water. Once a military-industrial frontier, closed off and controlled, today it is a city rediscovering its shoreline. We pass Patarei Sea Fortress, which was first built to defend the empire and later used to imprison its own people. We stand atop Linnahall, a Soviet monument to ambition, grand, imposing, and now fading into memory. Moving along the shore, we see how the city is opening itself to the sea once more, replacing old barriers with promenades, harbors, and open horizons. The waterfront is a place of shifting tides, not just of water but of history. Let’s walk through its past, its present, and the future taking shape before us.

Included

Tallinna Linnahall
Port Noblessner
Patarei Merekindlus
Lennusadam
Kruiisiterminali Katusepromenaad
Noblessneri valukoda

Meeting point

Noblessner, on the square next to the Krusenstern memorial

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