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Work in progress

A pile of ro ad signs half-trashed and piled up on a building-site, to indicate the site is in construction.

Website under construction, many entries missing, no photos with the streets yet, layout not finalized...

This started with a book (last few pages under review) and so far 1814 of the 1884 articles (A to Z, with 50-odd Ts remaining) entered so far, so some 5% of the links go nowhere.

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The Book

All author earnings of A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names to be donated to the foundation or donate here.

If anyone could help or advise as to the legal mechanism, it would be appreciated, thanks!

The Website

Not intended at the beginning, the present website is taking on a life of its own, with plans for relevant discussion forums, picture galleries and, over time, more non-streetname entries.

In theory, it will be funded by advertising relevant to people in Tallinn, to be determined.

A percentage of profits (also to be determined) to be donated to the foundation. 

Contact

Photograph of Simon Hamilton in Pikk street, Tallinn.

Apparently, a company that uses its owner's name is considered more trustworthy because they put themselves on the line.

This is me, in Tallinn this spring (2025), on a 3-month spree to check details, take photos (about 12K), explore (ave. 15K/day), and so on. I think I covered every street in Kesklinn (apart from Mõigu), most of Põhja-Tallinn and some Kristiine.

For information, please contact Simon at this address dot com, thanks!

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Auli

Auli (Aul)

Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis. Breeds in Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Haigru.

Bastioni aed

Bastioni aed (0)

Bastion. Not a street, but a garden/park named in 1989 for its proximity to the Tallinn defensive walls, and no longer a garden, but a terrace?... Located at ///fidget.slightly.below, which is not much help. In fact, you need to go through the current (2025) occupants of Viru värav 23, the Tai Boh restaurant, up the stairs, and through the back to discover a faux grass floor of outdoor dining. What lies beneath, we know not.

Auru poik

Auru põik (Aur)

Steam, vapor, as per its daddy post Auru. While the average põik is sensible enough and does what it says on the tin, this one rambled off into the sleepy timberlands of Tallinn-Väike station, never knowing when or where to stop. As punishment it was terminated in the KNAB database in 2010. Let damnatio memoriae do its damndest, computers don’t forget...

Bensiini

Bensiini (Bensiin)

Petrol, gas, gasoline. Part of an oil street-name group. See also Filmi.

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Beautiful photos of your street or Tallinn! Send them in! No remuneration planned for now, but will be attributed according to your preferences.