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Black Nights Film Festival |  Tallinn
12 Nov - 6 Dec 2009 (annual)
The Black Nights Film Festival brings the best of world cinema to Estonian audiences at cinemas in Tallinn. The main programme revolves around the EurAsia and Estonian feature film competition. |
Jazkaar in Jazzikuu |  Tallinn
Apr 2010 (annual)
Since 2007 Estonia has chimed with the international designation of April as jazz month (jazzikuu). Within the month there is a more focused festival named after organiser Jazkaar, playing host to many talented musicians and top jazz performers. |
Tallinn Old Town Days |  Old Town
May - Jun 2010 (annual)
Merchants and performers from Estonia's neighbouring countries and beyond bring their treats to the Tallinn Old Town Days, a street market and party lasting a week. An Information Centre provides programme listings, free booklets and help for visitors. |
Õllesummer |  Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
Jul 2010 (annual)
One of the largest festivals in the Baltic region, the Õllesummer (Beer Summer) festival draws thousands of people to the Tallin Song Festival Grounds every year to enjoy live music and lots of beer. |
International Organ Festival |  Tallinn
Jul - Aug 2010 (annual)
The world's top organ soloists perform each year on historic organs in various churches around Tallinn as part of the annual International Organ Festival. First held in 1987, the event continues apace under its founding artistic director, Andres Uibo. |
Museum of Occupations |  Museum of Occupations
Daily; not Mon
The well-designed Museum of Occupations in Tompea offers a moving exhibition of Estonia's struggle under two oppressive regimes, the Nazis and the Soviets. Audio-visual displays and artefacts document the repression, the resistance movements, and how people coped with daily realities. |
Estonian Open-Air Museum |  Estonian Open-Air Museum
Daily
The Estonian Open-Air Museum in Rocca al mare offers a view of what life was like in an 18th-century Estonian village. Set in a lush park, its 72 farmyards, mills, inns and houses give a picture of daily peasant life. |
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral |  Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Daily
Tallinn's largest and grandest cupola cathedral dominates the skyline with its 'onion dome'. Almost demolished in 1924 because of its Tsarist history, the ornate Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Toompea houses 11 bells and was built in 1900. |
Tallinn City Museum |  Tallinn City Museum
Daily; not Tue
Tallinn City Museum, in Old Tallinn's centre, dates back to the 14th century. It showcases Tallinn's history throughout the centuries from the end of prehistoric times up to re-independence in 1991. Temporary exhibitions are also held throughout the year. |
Old Town |  Old Town
Daily
Tallinn's medieval Old Town dates back to the 13th century and is one of the best preserved in Europe. Its maze of cobbled streets is almost entirely in its original form, housing important state buildings and churches from the Middle Ages. |
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