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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!

Home

Täi (Täi)

Louse, but often used for flea, etc. Various locations, see also Viru väljak. There used to be a flea market on the corner of Uus and Väike Rannavärav, south of the Katkenud liin (the broken line) monument commemorating the Estonia Ferry disaster of 1994. It was also known as Trödelmarkt, junk/jumble market in 1913, indicated as still there on the Tallinna Linna Plaan 1922 (Tallinn street map) then moved to the location of the current bus terminal between Juhkentali, Odra and Lastekodu, mutating into Vanakraamiturg (lit. old stuff / junk market) until 1939, temporarily Uus Turg, new market (1939), then gracefully segueing into Laadaplats (fairground, 1939-60).

Tallinn-Viljandi

Railway line now running from Tallinn’s Balti Jaam to Viljandi via the following stations:

See Elron map for details.

Tallinn-Türi (0)

Now largely merged with the Tallinn-Pärnu and Tallinn-Viljandi lines, the one-time narrow-gauge (see Kitsarööpa) railway line was started in 1901. It ran from the Felliner Bahnhof II aka Willjandi Waksal II (Viljandi Station II, demolished 1979) within the Petrooleumi, Tuukri, Narva triangle, via a temporary station at Odra from 1941-44, to Veski Post on Tehnika and then to what used to be called Tallinna Peajaam (Tallinn Main Station), now Tallinn-Väike, connecting the narrow-gauge to the broader track running to either Peterburi or Paldiski. From here, the line* continued through:

See Elron map for details.

* Stations printed in green indicate new stops on today's same route.

** List of stations may not be complete. I'm not a booking-agent. Try trainline dot com.

Tallinn-Paldiski (0)

Two lines, high-speed and local. Trains run from Balti Jaam to Paldiski vias the following stations:

Only high-speed stop shown (for now). See Elron map for details.

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