"Reval" redirects here. For other uses, see Reval (disambiguation).
Capital city in Harju, Estonia
Tallinn
Capital city
Left to right, from top: Panorama of the Old Town around St. Olaf's Church, Tallinn; medieval Town Hall and skyline of the city centre; Estonian Song Festival grounds; Old Town's Coastal Gate (Rannavärav); St. Nicholas Church; defensive towers of medieval Walls of Tallinn; Kumu Art Museum; official Residence of the President of Estonia in the Kadriorg Park.
Tallinn (/ˈtælɪn,ˈtɑːlɪn/)[a][6] is the capital and most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of about 461,000 (as of 2024)[3] and administratively lies in the Harju maakond (county). Tallinn is the main governmental, financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located 187 km (116 mi) northwest of the country's second largest city, Tartu; however, only 80 km (50 mi) south of Helsinki, Finland, also 320 km (200 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, 300 km (190 mi) north of Riga, Latvia, and 380 km (240 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval.[7]
Tallinn received Lübeck city rights in 1248;[8] however, the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years.[9] The medieval indigenous population of what is now Tallinn and north Estonia was one of the last "pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Papal-sanctioned Livonian Crusade in the 13th century.[10][7] The first recorded claim over the place was laid by Denmark after a successful raid in 1219 led by King Valdemar II, followed by a period of alternating Scandinavian and Teutonic rulers. Due to the strategic location by the sea, its medieval port became a significant trade hub, especially in the 14–16th centuries, when Tallinn grew in importance as the northernmost member city of the Hanseatic League.[7] Tallinn Old Town is one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[11]
Tallinn has the highest number of startup companies per person among all capitals and larger cities in Europe[12] and is the birthplace of many international high-technology companies, including Skype and Wise.[13][7] The city is home to the headquarters of the European Union's IT agency,[14] and to the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence.
In 2007, Tallinn was listed among the top-10 digital cities in the world,[15] and in 2022, Tallinn was listed among the top-10 "medium-sized European cities of the future".[16]
^"Tallinna tunnusmuusika". tallinn.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^"Eurostat". eurostat.ec.europa.eu.
^ ab"Population by sex, age and place of residence after the 2017 administrative reform, 1 January". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^"GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT BY COUNTY". stat.ee.
^"Tallinn's 2024 social sector budget focuses on strengthening social protection". www.tallinn.ee.
^"Tal•linn". Dictionary.infoplease.com. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^ abcdSpray, Aaron (30 January 2023). "Why Estonia's Historic Capital City Of Tallinn Is Worth Visiting". Thetravel.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^"Tallinn on noorem, kui õpikus kirjas!". Delfi. 28 October 2003. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^"Villu Kadakas: pringlikütid Vabaduse väljakul". 25 April 2009.
^"Country Profile – LegaCarta". Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^"Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 7 December 1997. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^Rooney, Ben (14 June 2012). "The Many Reasons Estonia Is a Tech Start-Up Nation". The Wall Street Journal.
^Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg (14 March 2015). "Start-ups in Tallinn: Estland, das Silicon Valley Europas? – SPIEGEL ONLINE – Netzwelt". Der Spiegel.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Ingrid Teesalu (9 June 2011). "It's Official: Tallinn To Become EU's IT Headquarters". ERR. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
^"Tech capitals of the world". The Age. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^Hankewitz, Sten (17 March 2022). "Tallinn in the top ten of the "Europe's cities of the future" ranking". Estonian World. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
Tallinn (/ˈtælɪn, ˈtɑːlɪn/) is the capital and most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland...
Tallinn Airport (Estonian: Tallinna lennujaam, IATA: TLL, ICAO: EETN) or Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (Estonian: Lennart Meri Tallinna lennujaam) is the...
Vana Tallinn Cream liqueurs: Vana Tallinn Original Cream Vana Tallinn Chocolate Cream Vana Tallinn Ice Cream Vana Tallinn Marzipan Cream Vana Tallinn Coconut...
Infonet Levadia Tallinn, commonly known as FCI Levadia, or simply as Levadia, is an Estonian professional football club based in Tallinn that competes in...
Battle of Tallinn may refer to: Battle at the Iron Gate, a possible 1032 Novgorod failed naval attack near the Estonian stronghold. Battle of Lindanise...
The Tallinn Manual, originally entitled, Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, is an academic, non-binding study on how...
The Walls of Tallinn are the medieval defensive walls constructed around the city of Tallinn in Estonia. The first wall around Tallinn was ordered to...
The Nasdaq Tallinn AS, formerly known as the Tallinn Stock Exchange, is a stock exchange operating in Tallinn, Estonia. Nasdaq Tallinn is the only regulated...
Jaan Tallinn (born 14 February 1972) is an Estonian billionaire computer programmer and investor known for his participation in the development of Skype...
Sea, covering a total area of 45,335 square kilometres (17,504 sq mi). Tallinn, the capital city, and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country...
The Tallinn tram network (Trammiliiklus Tallinnas) is the only tram network in Estonia. Together with the four-route trolleybus network (et), the four...
Tallinn University (TLU; Estonian: Tallinna Ülikool, TLÜ) is a public research university in Estonia. Located in the centre of Tallinn, the capital city...
Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; Estonian: Tallinna Tehnikaülikool) is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech...
Tallinn Prison (Estonian: Tallinna vangla) is an Estonian prison, which is located at Soodevahe, Rae Parish, Harju County. Previously the prison was located...
Tallinn Bay (Estonian: Tallinna laht) is a bay in Estonia on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. The Estonian capital city Tallinn is located on...
Screwed in Tallinn (Swedish: Torsk på Tallinn) is a 1999 Swedish comedy-drama film written by and starring the comedy group Killinggänget, and directed...
Tallinn Cathedral may refer to: St. Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn, (also known as "Dome Church"), Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Alexander Nevsky Cathedral...
This is the overview article of the history of Tallinn, Estonia. For the timeline, see Timeline of Tallinn Historical affiliations Revala (county) pre-1219...
59°26′N 24°44′E / 59.433°N 24.733°E / 59.433; 24.733 The Tallinn offensive (Russian: Таллинская наступательная операция) was a strategic offensive...
Kalev or simply Kalev, is an Estonian professional football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football...
Tallinn English College (Estonian: Tallinna Inglise Kolledž) is a co-educational general education school in Tallinn, Estonia with in depth education in...
Tallinn Old Town (Estonian: Tallinna vanalinn) is the oldest part of Tallinn, Estonia. Old Town of Tallinn has managed to wholly preserve its structure...
Coat of arms of Tallinn represents Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. The full, or greater, coat of arms of Tallinn depicts three blue marching, forward-facing...
Public transport in Tallinn consists of bus, tram, trolleybus, train and ferry services. Tallinna Linnatranspordi mainly operates bus, tram and trolleybus...
owned by the city of Tallinn, Estonia. TLT is a result of the merger of Tallinn Bus Company (Tallinna Autobussikoondis) and Tallinn Tram and Trolleybus...
Global Information
Estonia
