Linnahall - it was built for the sailing event of the 1980 Olympics, hosted by Russia

Walk by the sea; a tourist boat in the small harbour

View back to the Energy Discovery Centre / Typical apartment block in Kalaranna

Patarei; it was originally a sea fortress and then repurposed as a prison

Patarei; view from the sea path / view from the rear, on the way back

Seaplane Harbour - the museum is behind the boat

Tallinn 4; Linnahall / Walk by the sea

Jun 2–4, 2024 in Estonia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

From the Old Town, I walk past the Energy Discovery Centre and up to Linnahall. Linnahall is a relic of Estonia's Soviet occupation and was built for the 1980 Olympics for the sailing event; it was originally called the V. I. Lenin Palave of Culture and Sports, and is built in the brutalist architecture of the time - it is still used as a heliport.

From there, I walk around the harbour area and join the path at Kalaranna in the Kalamaja District of Tallinn. The path passes by Patarei; this was originally built as a sea fortres to provide defence against the Russians, but was then used as a prison. The path goes through the Seaplane Harbour, a maritime museum, and on to the Noblessner sea front quarter; this was originally a submarine shipyard, but it is now a nicely developed area. I walk back through Kalamaja to the walls and towers of the Old Town.Read more