Danish King's Garden — Attraction in Tallinn

The Danish King's Garden was created on the basis of several legends: according to one, the Danes (Danish crusaders who invaded Estonia in 1219) got their flag on Dannebrog, on the Toompea slope, when an Estonian platoon attacked the Danish Royal Valdemar II military camp and the king turned to heaven in his last trouble. A miracle happened and a red flag with a white cross fell from the sky. Miraculously courageous Danish forces were able to defeat their opponents. The victory of the Danes led to the reign of the Danish king in Tallinn and Northern Estonia for more than a hundred years. On a short section of the city wall bordering the Danish King's Garden, three defensive towers were built inland in the 14th century to protect Toompea Castle, which are exceptional phenomena in the development of the entire city wall. The northernmost of the towers was called the Tall Tower by the courtyard. The top of the tower suffered during the 1577 bombing and collapsed later. The tower was also used as a prison for minor offenses in the 16th century. The other two (the Zeghen Tower and the Virgin Tower), however, were rectangular towers projecting from the wall. One of them, the Zeghen tower, which was destroyed and later demolished during the Livonian War in the 14th century, was built on the former southwest corner of the old city wall, the junction of the old and the new wall. The Kiek in de Kök artillery tower, located just outside the borders, was built only in the 15th century. The Short Foot Gate Tower was built between 1454 and 1456 during the Livonian War, suffered defensive battles, then demolished and converted into...

If you like legendary places with haunting stories, this is the place in Tallinn you shouldn’t miss.

Just behind Neitsitorni Museum, there is this amazing entrance for the “Short Leg Gate Tower”, that is considered one of the most haunted places in Tallinn and which looks like more a magic place that takes you back to Medieval time and according local information “The Gate used to be locked at night to stop the commom people of the lower town from bothering the nobility. Apparently, the gate was also supposed to stop the ghosts who were try to seak up to Toompea Hill from the Danish Kings Garden.

We didn’t go inside of the museum, but we totally recommend you spend a good time over there, because it’s just magic place. You will also find some artists selling their paintings from the gate and their ghosts!

Eli: 5 / Serge: 5

Recommended: Totally recommended!

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While the garden isn't big, there's a few special things of note in this garden. The first thing you'll probably see are the towering and rather ominous looking statues of monks that look down on you from three different points, the second is the Maiden's Tower. The third is this is apparently where the Danish flag was born! You can read more about these from plaques hanging on the walls of the garden.

Apparently this garden is one of the most haunted places in Old Town, and when the sun sets, it's not hard to see why. If you easily get the collywobbles (or have bad eyesight), I suggest you go when the sun is out and high in the sky - there are two different ways that lead to the garden; one is down a rather steep slope from the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, and the other is up from quite a long flight of stairs, but I can see both paths being quite hazardous...