Purchased a one-day pass on the City Sightseeing Hop-on Hop-off bus, travelled on all three of their routes in and around Tallinn, and spent the time between rides walking through gardens and the Old City. The Old City was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site, largely because it escaped major damage during WW1 and WW2, and some of the larger heritage buildings date back to the 13th century.
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| Old City Gate, Tallinn |
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| overview, Old City, Tallinn |
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| interior gate, Old City |
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| walls, Old City of Tallinn |
One announcement on the bus monologue caught my attention. The narrator noted that Estonia had 1.4 million citizens, however, the Estonian language was only spoken by fewer than 1 million people worldwide. Therefore, there are approximately 400,000 citizens in Estonia that don't speak the national language! Word is that these are probably descendants of the ethnic Russian who immigrated to his territory when it was controlled by the Soviet Union prior to 1991. Sounds a bit ominous, doesn't it...
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| Kadriog Palace, Tallinn |
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| Bike City, Tallinn |
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