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Five Minute Tallinn Tour Guide

Five Minute Tallinn Tour Guide

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A few things to remember when you get around Tallinn:   Bargaining   Bargaining is expected when dealing with street vendors or in markets. Tipping Services charges are not usually added to restaurant bills, however, a small gratuity is appreciated. Local Cuisine   Hors d’oeuvres are usually the best part of the meal, soups can also be quite good. Estonia is known for its local specialties of jellied veal (sult), and roast stuffed breast of veal, served with herring and beets in…

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Five Tourist Places in Tallinn, Estonia

Five Tourist Places in Tallinn, Estonia

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As the capital city of Estonia, Tallinn has become the center of culture and business. It can be proud of its landmark, St. Nicholas’ Church,  which was built in the thirteenth century. As a business and industry center, this city produces a lot of machinery, consumer goods, shipbuilding elements. As a cultural center, this beautiful capital city has an academy of sciences, polytechnic, fine-arts, teacher-training institutes, theatres and museums. This city has been regularly visited by a lot of American…

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The Location and History of Tallinn, Estonia

The Location and History of Tallinn, Estonia

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Estonian Independence Estonia, the northern most and smallest of the Baltic States, is also the most westernized and lies on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, between Russia in the east and Latvia in the south. Some 18,000 square miles in are, with a population of about 1.5 million people, it is a country of plains, marshes and forests, with as many as 1,500 lakes and 500 islands. The language is Finno-Ugric which is closely tied to that of Finland. On…

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