Tallinn
A day trip across the Gulf of Finland
Tallinn was a day trip from Helsinki, a short ferry ride to a city that feels centuries older. Its medieval Old Town still has its walls and towers, St. Catherine's Passage and Town Hall Square, while Toompea hill looks out over red roofs to St. Olaf's spire. After an afternoon in Kadriorg Park, the ferry home gave me the view I'd waited for all day: the skyline glowing at sunset.
Slot machines aboard the ferry from Helsinki
Lounge deck on the ferry across the Gulf of Finland
Inside St. Olaf's Church
Stone archway through the medieval town wall
Vene Street, with the City Museum and St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
Pastel facades on an Old Town street
St. Catherine's Passage, with old gravestones set into the wall
Quiet cobbled lane in the Old Town
St. Catherine's Passage
Stone arch over a narrow Old Town lane
Town Hall Square
Tallinn Town Hall
Near Town Hall Square, with the Town Hall spire rising behind
Short Leg stairs (Lühike jalg) climbing to Toompea
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Onion domes of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Details of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral from the square
Vintage Volvo outside Mathilda on the Hill, a lovely little restaurant
Red vintage Volvo parked by Mathilda on the Hill
Old Town rooftops and St. Olaf's Church from Toompea
Towers of the town wall under stormy skies
View over the Old Town to St. Olaf's spire
Viru Street toward Viru Gate
Viru Gate
Flower stalls by the Old Town walls
Bouquets at the flower market
Swan Pond in Kadriorg Park
Tree-lined avenue in Kadriorg Park
Kadriorg Park avenue in early autumn
Kadriorg Palace
Water canal in the Kadriorg Palace garden
Kadriorg Palace and its garden
Red pavilion beside the flower garden, Kadriorg
Kochi Aidad and the port, from the ferry
Tallinn's business district from the harbour
St. Nicholas Church and Alexander Nevsky Cathedral from the harbour
Tallinn harbour and skyline
Old Town skyline at sunset, leaving Tallinn