I think all of these are from the old town, so they might in some cases be more for effect than information provision.
Piim is Estonian for milk!
Milk is readily available in Tallinn!
The Pier Tallinn Estonia
The Pier is a concrete area of Tallinn bay which is ‘falling apart’, but rather than condemning the area the broken pieces of concrete have been covered with wooden decking. There is a pebble beach nearby backing onto waste land, and there is a view of the ships in the harbour.
Russian (русский язык) in Estonia
The taxi from the airport to the hotel was good value at 7 Euros. The trip was very short too. But the biggest surprise to me was that the taxi driver was a Russian speaker. He didn’t speak English or German, and I suspect his Estonian wasn’t great either. Before I visited Tallinn I would have thought […]
Doug’s Country Vegetarian Score Card for: Estonia
Context Country: Estonia Language(s): Estonian and, in Tallinn, a lot of Russian Length of stay(s): 4 days July 2011 Main issues Understanding of concept: Not good, and I was told there is no Estonian word for ‘vegan’ Availability: In Tallinn good, to very good. I think because of the combination of Nordic influences, tourist business and Russian influenced […]
Private car number plates in Estonia
I’ve seen private plates in the UK and the US, it seems they also exist in Estonia. In addition to HELENA1, I saw 003 000, 001 SEB, 002 SEB, and 666 WTF.
Linnahall, Tallinn, Estonia: If you can’t say anything nice, say nothing
Apparently Linnahall won a Soviet architectural award, I have nothing else to say … (I didn’t see inside Linnahall, and no I couldn’t be bothered to add descriptive tags to the images)
Von Krahli Aed (Von Krahl`s Garden) café-restaurant excellent vegan and vegetarian food in Tallinn
A Lucky Veggie Find Although not exclusively vegetarian, or vegan, the Von Krahli Aed has many hidden treasures in its menu to gladden the heart of any ‘plant eater’. And most secret of all is a ‘real’ Estonian vegan chef, which, considering I was told there is no word for ‘vegan’ in Estonian, is a very […]
The Magic Buffee Cafe Tallinn Estonia
The Magic Buffee is a good example of the value for money and quality food available in Tallinn. The place was spotless too! Interesting use of ‘Buffee’ which appears to translated phonetically where as in UK EN we use ‘buffet’ but pronounce it ‘buf-fay’. I think in UK EN we’d probably use ‘pasty’ rather than pie. I’m not sure […]
Seen in Estonian Shop: Bust Firming Massage Cream ‘Tester’!
I hope my female readers will forgive me for this entry. I was going to include this image in the Estlish post. But the simple gag was too tempting to resist. So here it, “Bust Firming Massage Cream ‘Tester‘”, despite hanging around near this item in the shop for sometime, there was unfortunately no testing to be […]