The Tammsaare statue
A known meeting point — "meet me at the statue" is a Tallinn phrase.
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A small public park between the old town and modern central Tallinn, named after Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonia's foremost novelist. Its position is its function: it is the green break between walled old Tallinn and the commercial city of glass buildings and shopping centres. Walking through it, you move between two entirely different cities in a few minutes. At its centre is a statue of the novelist seated, a known meeting point among people in Tallinn — one of those places where they say "meet me at the statue". The park itself is simple: trees, paths, benches and a fountain, with summer events and small markets, and a Christmas market in winter. It is not a destination in itself, and that should be clear. But you will inevitably pass through it moving between the old town and the modern centre, and it is a good place to sit for a few minutes between the two. Free and always open.
A known meeting point — "meet me at the statue" is a Tallinn phrase.
A few steps take you from medieval walls to glass façades.
In winter the area transforms with stalls and lights.
Between the old town and modern central Tallinn
Anton Hansen Tammsaare was an early twentieth-century Estonian novelist, best known for the five-volume Truth and Justice, regarded as Estonia's most important literary work. He is taught in schools and known to every Estonian, and his statue in this park is among Tallinn's best known.
The main one is in the town hall square inside the old town, among Europe's oldest and finest with its tree and wooden stalls. Smaller markets appear in the surrounding squares including this park. The season runs from late November to early January.
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