Maiden Tower Museum-Cafe — Attraction in Tallinn

Neitsitorn at different times throughout history has been an atelier for artists (pictured), used for defense, storage and as a prison. Today it is a museum and part of a well preserved part of the fortification wall accommodating four towers altogether.

The name is a mistranslation of the German word Meghe/Maedge/Magd/Maedchen, after its first tower master Hinse Meghe.

The top hosts a lovely Cafe with 70s type phantastic realist furniture that unfortunately wasn't open much in recent years (when I would have finally had time to...

The cafe on the top floor is only open in spring-summer (closes 1 September) and the exhibit in the basement of this particular tower (Neitsitorn/Maiden Tower) is small - if you have the time/money, get the full Kiel in de Kök/Bastion passages\4 towers pass (€14, about 4 hours), as they are all connected by the medieval town wall. Or if you don't have the time/money, just circle through the Danish King's Garden, Commandant's Garden and Freedom Square to see these towers/wall from...

You need to pay the museum fee if you want to visit the café - it's 3€, but if you have previously visited museum and only want to go there for a coffee and view I think it's kind of greedy. I did make a comment about this, but paid anyway. After paying my fee the lady at the cashier desk told me to go somewhere else if I was not pleased. I can tell you that after that everyone heard what I did think about her - being so rude you should never work in a...