Category Archives: Estonia

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn

In the beginning of September 2023 we took the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn to walk on the medieval streets. Tallinn in Estonia is a Unesco World Heritage Site. On Toompea Hill we saw an orthodox cathedral, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, It was built in 1894–1900, when Estonia was a part of the Russian Empire.


St. Mary’s Cathedral, Tallinn

In the beginning of September 2023 we took the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn to walk on the medieval streets. Tallinn in Estonia is a Unesco World Heritage Site. On  Toompea Hill we saw  St. Mary’s Cathedral , that was originally established by Danes in the 13th century.  It is the oldest church in Tallinn and mainland Estonia and is  the only building in Toompea which survived a 17th-century fire.


A view of  Tallinn


A view of Tallinn in Estonia in the beginning of september 2023.  The medieval town of Tallinn in Estonia is  an UNESCO World Heritage Site . We went around on the medieval streets on Toompea and looked at the old buildings.

By the walls to medieval Tallinn

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By one of the gates in the walls surrounding the medieval town of Tallinn in Estonia in June 2019. The medieval town of Tallinn in Estonia is an UNESCO World Heritage Site – . We went around on the medieval streets and looked at the old buildings.


At the gates between upper and lower medieval Tallinn


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At the gates to the medieval town of Tallinn in Estonia in december 2019.  This is one of the gates between the old upper town and the lower town. The medieval town of Tallinn in Estonia is  an UNESCO World Heritage Site . We went around on the medieval streets and looked at the old buildings and visited the Christmas market.

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Christmas in Tallinn

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In december 2019 we went to Tallinn to visit an UNESCO World Heritage Site – the medieval town of Tallinn in Estonia. We went around on the medieval streets in old town and looked at the old buildings and visited the Christmas market. This food stand is in the upper part of medieval Tallinn.


Christmas Market in Tallinn 2019

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In december 2019 we went to Tallinn to visit an UNESCO World Heritage Site – the medieval town of Tallinn in Estonia. We went around on the medieval streets in old town and looked at the old buildings and visited the Christmas market.