Nordic Travel - Tallinn Old Town Through My Eyes

✅The afternoon sun brought crowds to Tallinn's medieval streets - Helsinki day-trippers mingling with independent travelers like ourselves, all exploring at leisure.✅ 🗿 Stone Sentinels of History ✅Bronze memorials dot the walls, like the bust of Voldemar Panso (1920-1977), ✅first rector of Estonia's Music & Theatre Academy, mounted on his former home Impeccably preserved facade sculptures whisper tales of Hanseatic glory🌅 🐇 Whimsical Encounters 🌅At Olde Hansa, a costumed boy sells caramel/sea salt almonds (€5) - "Too sweet for my taste, but his medieval smile was priceless!"🌅 📷Their terrace features a trumpet-playing rabbit statue, blissfully unaware of tourists 🎭 Street Theater 📷Girl Scouts performed fundraising acts, drawing camera-wielding crowds 🏰 Walk the Walls 📷The 2km medieval fortifications connect Nunna, Sauna and Kuldjala towers. Best views from: 📷Patkuli Viewing Platform (Toompea) 📒Tornide väljak (near train station) 📒Missed the Danish King's Garden due to tight timing! 📒*Opening hours: Thu 11-18; Other days 11-16* ⏳ Katariina Käik - The Time Tunnel 🔔This passage to St. Catherine's Alley (named after the monastery ruins) leads to: 🔔Artisan shops selling traditional crafts 🔔A stained-glass workshop revealing how church windows come to life ☕ Slow Travel Moment 🎨Spent the golden hour at a cobblestone café, watching shadows stretch across Gothic facades #NordicWanderlust #TallinnOldTown #MedievalMagic