Tallinn - Baltic charm

The jewel in Tallinn’s crown is its medieval city centre, otherwise known as Old Town. This web of winding cobblestone streets and properties, dating mainly from the 11th to 15th centuries, has been preserved nearly in its entirety thanks to a strong defensive wall - much of which is still standing - and a strict ban on the use of combustible building material. That bit of foresight means that 21st Century visitors can still stroll through Old Town’s streets, wandering past the same churches, squares, towers, and rows of peak-roofed houses that their predecessors did centuries ago.

Considering that this is the best-preserved medieval city in Northern Europe, it came as no surprise when, in 1997, UNESCO decided to add Tallinn’s Old Town to its World Heritage list. Simply put, Old Town captures the feeling of the medieval era like no other place in the world!