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Tallinn, Climb the Oleviste tower again
Climb the Oleviste tower again
Oleviste Church's Tower is open again from April 1. The church once boasted as tallest spire in the whole world. Nowadays the 124-metre steeple still dwarfs most of Tallinn's buildings.
After a vigorous climb to the top of the stone portion of the tower, visitors are rewarded with a magnificent and dizzying view of all of Old Town as well as Toompea hill and the port.
Opening hours:
April - October, every day, 10.00 - 18.00
Closed on church holidays
Tickets:
Free with Tallinn Card!
Ticket to the tower costs 30 EEK
School children (over the age of 7) 15 EEK
Children under 7 years go free.
April 12, 2010 · tallinn.ee
Tallinn, Kiek in de Kök & Bastion Tunnels open to public
Kiek in de Kök & Bastion Tunnels open to public
The newly opened Kiek in de Kök and Bastion Tunnels with its new exposition “Time travel. Tallinn 1219-2219” offers new knowledge, great entertainment and fresh experience.
The renovated Kiek in de Kök’s first two floors host temporary exhibitions. The third floor's exhibition “Secure city” gives an overview of Tallinn's fortresses through the centuries focusing on crime and punishment in Old Tallinn. Fortresses are layed down on the floor and the younger visitors have the all clear to play around with the exposition.
The fourth floor's exhibition “Tallinn at war” tells the story of how wars, famine and pestilence have beset the city over the centuries. On the fifth floor is unique weapon chamber. An interested crowd can investigate an e...
April 12, 2010 · tallinn.ee
Tallinn, Economy expanded 2.5% for first time in eight quarters
Economy expanded 2.5% for first time in eight quarters
Gross domestic product rose a seasonally adjusted 2.5 percent in the fourth quarter from third quarter, Statistics Office said today.
Output shrank a revised 9.5 percent from a year earlier, compared with a preliminary estimate of a 9.4 percent slump. The economy shrank an annual 14.1 percent last year, the statistics office said.
Neighboring Latvia's GDP plunged 17.7 percent and Lithuania's economy, the biggest of the three Baltic countries, contracted 15 percent, reported Bloomberg.
March 27, 2010 · tallinn.ee
Tallinn, Tallinn TV Tower to become new tourist magnet
Tallinn TV Tower to become new tourist magnet
The modernization of the 314-metre-high Tallinn TV Tower that will start in April will cost over 100 million kroons, according to Aare Siimon, chairman of supervisory board of Teletorn, reported ERR.
A significant amount of the funding will be provided by EU structural funds. As a result of the renovation project that is expected to take one year, the TV tower should become a major tourist magnet in Tallinn.
Among others, it will have a partially open viewing platform and a cafe offering breathtaking views at a height of 170 metres.
Project architect Indrek Peil said that an agreement has been reached with the rescue officials concerning safety requirements. Although current evacuation stairwells cannot be expanded, there will be new elevators, electric system...
March 10, 2010 · tallinn.ee
Tallinn, Estonian economy to grow 2 pct this year
Estonian economy to grow 2 pct this year
If in the fall SEB Pank held out a forecast of 0.3 percent decline in Estonia's gross domestic product (GDP) for 2010, then in an estimate published on Tuesday the bank predicts 2 percent growth for the economy instead.
"If Estonia joins the eurozone, the economy will grow 5 percent next year," SEB analyst Hardo Pajula said when presenting the fresh forecast.
He added that if Estonia fails to adopt the euro, the economy will remain on a downward path.
As the main reason that could prevent the arrival of the euro, Pajula named the ongoing developments with regard to Greece. Pajula said that right now, accession to the eurozone is rather a matter of political choice. Pajula observed that the upgrade in Estonia's economic growth forecast was made at the initiative of Sweden.
February 24, 2010 · tallinn.ee
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