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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!

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Metsise

Metsise (Metsis)

Usual name for western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus. Breeds in Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Mõtuse.

Metsaveere

Metsaveere (Metsaveere)

Edge of the forest. Initially known as Aleksandrovi / Александровская ул. (1915-1925), then, unusually, Tulika and its German counterpart Hahnenfußstraße (and who else would have come up with the idea of ‘rooster’s foot’ to describe the buttercup?) contemporarily with the street in Kristiine of the same name from 1931 to 1959. Also Halla from 1940-1941.

Metsavahi

Metsavahi (Metsavaht)

Game warden, ranger. One of an occupational street-name group. See Metsniku.

Metsanurga M.

Metsanurga M. (Mait Metsanurk, 1879-1957)

Pseudonym of Eduard Hubel, fairly prolific neo-realist writer with at least 12 novels, plus collections of short stories, histories, and some half a dozen plays. Born in Metsanuka (corner of, or paddock in or near, the woods), Tartumaa. Best known for his historical novel Ümera jõel (On Ümera River, 1934), depicting the battle of 1210, where Estonians fought and defeated the invading Teutonic knights.

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