Postcard Perfect 007: Tallin, Capital City of Estonia
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tomorrow, TALLINN will be celebrating its Victory Day so, thought of sharing something about the capital city of Estonia...
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of 159.2 km2 (61.5 sq mi) with a population of 413,290. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, 80 km (50 mi) south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Tallinn is ranked as a global city and has been listed among the top 10 digital cities in the world. Tallinn is a European Capital of Culture for 2011, along with Turku, Finland.
Victory Day is a public holiday in Estonia, which has been celebrated on 23 June every year since 1934. The date recalls the victory in the 1919 Battle of Võnnu (near Cēsis, Latvia) of the Estonian military forces and their allies over German forces (Baltische Landeswehr) who sought to re-assert Baltic-German control over the region. The battle was part of the 1918-1920 Estonian War of Independence, where the main adversary of the newly independent Estonia was the Communist Russia. Today, Võidupüha also marks the contributions of all Estonian nations in their fight to regain and retain their independence.
The main attractions are in the two old towns (Lower Town and Toompea) which are both easily explored on foot. Eastern districts around Pirita and Kadriorg are also worth visiting and the Estonian Open Air Museum (Eesti Vabaõhumuuseum) in Rocca al Mare, west of the city, preserves aspects of Estonian rural culture and architecture.
And this lovely postcard of Tallinn comes with an interesting stamp...that was issued last year! Lastly, thanks to Nadya of Postcrossing for sending me this lovely card...
Also, thanks to all who've visited my entry last week and my apology for visiting late! Linking this again with Postcard Perfect hosted by Mommy Willa...and wishing everyone a great week! Happy Postcrossing...
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Source: Wikipedia and you can check Tallinn's official website at Tallin Tourism.
I have one postcard from this place and all along I thought Estonia is somewhre in Africa, lol!
very informative! :D nice place too!
Wow Estonia card! I think i haven't received one from that country yet. Hopefully soon.
Very informative post, Sis!
Arlene
http://www.ilovepostcrossing.info/2011/06/22/postcard-perfect-16-orta-san-giulio-italy/
lovely postcard. now i know what the capital of Estonia is. :)
I love world history. With the postcards and their history, I would say, it is really interesting. The reason why I dream to travel someday. I may not be able to travel all over the world but I would be lucky to be able to see and explore Asia and Europe.
Europe pala ang Estonia, I thought it's in Africa! Well something new to learn uhm remind me today.
Visiting via Postcard Perfect. Here's my entry this week: Filipino Folk Dance
Nice photoblog. :)
The spices in my eggtoast you can choose. I use indian herbs like coriander, cumin and cumin. LG Tina
talagang there's a lot to learn from just a single postcard...
visiting via Postcard Perfect...
here's my entry : Dubai, UAE
ay ang ganda! wish to go there someday...day dreaming nalng sa ngayon...lol!
Hi!I've just come over because I spotted a comment you made on another blog, but I see I missed your PFF entry! What a lovely card. I haven't had anything from Estonia for ages.
I saw your comment on Hazelicious blog where you asked about exchanging postcards from Kent. I live there and have all those cards if you'd like to do a swap? Next week though, because I'm away from home at the moment. If you want to, there's a contact form on my blog.
nice place loaded with information..thanks for sharing...Hope I could have postcards from countries I haven't heard before:)