23 Facts About Tallinn Estonia

Tallinn Estonia received Lubeck city rights in 1248, however the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years.

Tallinn Estonia has the highest number of start-ups per person among European countries and is the birthplace of many international high-technology companies, including Skype, Bolt and Wise.

In 2007, Tallinn Estonia was listed among the top-10 digital cities in the world, and in 2022, Tallinn Estonia was listed among the top-10 "medium-sized European cities of the future".

Tallinn Estonia became the capital of a de facto independent country on 20 August 1991.

Tallinn Estonia was the 2011 European Capital of Culture, and will be the 2023 European Green Capital Award.

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The only significant river in Tallinn Estonia nowadays is the Pirita River, in the eponymous Pirita city district.

Geology under the city of Tallinn Estonia is made up of rocks and sediments of different composition and age.

The buried valleys of Tallinn Estonia are carved into older rock likely by ancient rivers to be later modified by glaciers.

Tallinn Estonia has a humid continental climate with mild, rainy summers and cold, snowy winters.

In recent years, Tallinn Estonia has gradually been becoming one of the main IT centres of Europe, with the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence of NATO, eu-LISA, the EU Digital Agency and the IT development centres of large corporations, such as TeliaSonera and Kuehne + Nagel being based in the city.

Port of Tallinn is one of the biggest ports in the Baltic sea region, and the largest cargo port of Estonia, the Port of Muuga, which belongs to the same entity, is located in the neighboring town of Maardu.

Tallinn Estonia's industries include shipbuilding, machine building, metal processing, electronics, textile manufacturing.

Air Maintenance Estonia and AS Panaviatic Maintenance, both based in Tallinn Airport, provide MRO services for aircraft, largely expanding their operations in recent years.

Tallinn Estonia is ranked third in Europe in terms of shopping centre space per inhabitant, ahead of Sweden and being surpassed only by Norway and Luxembourg.

Tallinn Estonia was a European Capital of Culture for 2011, along with Turku, Finland.

One of the most visited historical museums in Tallinn is the Estonian History Museum, located in Great Guild Hall at Vanalinn, the old part of the city.

Traditional cuisine of Tallinn reflects culinary traditions of north Estonia, the role of the city as a fishing port, and historical German influences.

The modern era of marzipan in Tallinn Estonia began in 1806, when the Swiss confectioner Lorenz Caviezel set up his confectionery on Pikk Street.

In 1826 Tallinn Estonia merchants exported nearly 40,000 cans of vurtsikilu to Saint Petersburg, then the capital of the Russian Empire.

In January 2013, Tallinn Estonia became the first European capital to offer a fare-free service on buses, trams and trolleybuses within the city limits.

Lennart Meri Tallinn Estonia Airport is about 4 kilometres from Town Hall square .

Tallinn Estonia has a commuter rail service running from Tallinn Estonia's main rail station in two main directions: east and to several western destinations .

The first electrified train service in Tallinn Estonia was opened in 1924 from Tallinn Estonia to Paaskula, a distance of 11.