Murals
On factory walls.
Ivo Kruusamägi — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ivo Kruusamägi — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tibukonn — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mliist — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bengt Oberger — CC BY-SA 4.0
Telliskivi Creative City is a creative centre on Telliskivi Street in the Põhja-Tallinn district of Tallinn, the Estonian capital, about 1.4 km in a straight line west of the Old Town and close to the main railway station. It occupies the former site of a Baltic Railway Company factory, with its industrial buildings of brick and stone. It was founded by Jaanus Juss in 2007, and its first tenant moved in in 2009: the headquarters of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. A weekly flea market and a skate park followed. Today it has ten buildings with more than 25,000 square metres of space, home to over 300 companies, most of them creative businesses, along with nearly 30 shops, a dozen restaurants, two theatres and seven galleries. Colourful murals cover the building walls, and in summer cafés and restaurants spill out onto the courtyards. Since 2019 the quarter has housed Fotografiska Tallinn, a photography centre with changing exhibitions, whose restaurant won a green Michelin star in 2022. Its courtyards host around a thousand cultural events a year. Walking around the quarter is free, while exhibitions and events have their own prices. The flea market is usually held on Saturday mornings, and the quarter is an easy walk from the Old Town.
On factory walls.
A photography centre.
Second-hand goods.
Telliskivi Street, Põhja-Tallinn, Estonia
Landskrone TowerA tower of the Toompea hill fortifications in Tallinn, part of a defensive syste8 minutes walk4.5
St Mary's Cathedral (Dome Church)Mainland Estonia's oldest church: the Dome Church on Toompea hill was founded in8 minutes walk4.6
Toompea Castle and HillThe hill that ruled Estonia for eight centuries: Toompea is a limestone plateau 8 minutes walk4.5
Alexander Nevsky CathedralFive black-and-gold onion domes directly facing parliament: the Russian Orthodox9 minutes walk4.7
Sauna TowerA tower in the northern sector of the Tallinn town wall, connected to the Tower 9 minutes walk4.6Walking around is free; exhibitions are paid.
Usually on Saturday mornings.