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27 Jan 2012, 12:43
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Hi all,
Booked a trip to Tallinn in a few weeks. Can Estonians or people who visited tell me what cultural things are worth a visite besides the prison and the old town?
Also, what's the weather like early March? Snow, freezing, lot of rain?
I'll be staying in the Tallinn Backpacker Hostel, anyone with experience there?
About what time do pubs/clubs close on saturday/sunday/monday?
What clubs/pubs should I visit, what should I stay away from?
Last but not least, what to expect about prices for beer in the pubs/clubs and food in the shops?
Thank you, kind people of crossfire.
Booked a trip to Tallinn in a few weeks. Can Estonians or people who visited tell me what cultural things are worth a visite besides the prison and the old town?
Also, what's the weather like early March? Snow, freezing, lot of rain?
I'll be staying in the Tallinn Backpacker Hostel, anyone with experience there?
About what time do pubs/clubs close on saturday/sunday/monday?
What clubs/pubs should I visit, what should I stay away from?
Last but not least, what to expect about prices for beer in the pubs/clubs and food in the shops?
Thank you, kind people of crossfire.
COLD AS FUCK.
Buy Vergi-packs, they are cheap as hell. 40% or 80%.
also, how did you consider Raekoja Plats to be round?!?!
The weather - can be very different in every march. It seems like this march it can snow again, since the snow came down just barely in January. It gets very windy in Tallinn, so bare this in mind.
The pubs - On sunday, normally the pubs close around 11-12. Saturday - most of them i guess around 3. Monday- i don't really know, but i think around 1-2.
Pubs/clubs - Well, it depends what your taste is. For instance - http://www.clubprive.ee/?en . This is the one I liked. There are many more but yea, it's all about your taste.
Prices - Well, In pubs/clubs, Beer should be around 1-2.-euros. In the shop beer prices go from 0.50-1.70.- euros. The food in the shops is really cheap. Food is cheap. Again, it depends what you need. Allrdy cooked food from the shops - Mashed potatoes for instance are like 300g / ~1.- euro.
Tourism - The cross(statue) of liberty -
If you like outside tourism - Kadrioru Park. If you like museums - Kumu.
About clubs, I prefer EDM (Electronic Dance Music), not R&B clubs. club privee seems one of the latter if I read correctly.
Could help much more if you came to Tartu :PPP
So, just to be safe, got any info about Tartu? :-)
On Saturday in Tallinn pubs/clubs close 5 or later usually. The best club in Tallinn is Überblingen in my opinion. Just dont go to Hollywood, which is in the old city. Underaged girls and a lot of retards. For a pub, go to a place called "Nimetu" or "Toonik", both are on the same street. ( You can call it the main street with pubs in the old town, I guess )
In Tartu the clubs/pubs close around 3-4.
For sightseeing, than there's the old town basically. Nothing really more to see there :D You could also visit Lasnamäe to see what it was like in the USSR. The building blocks will give you the feeling which could be useful for a western European person who really doesnt understand what it was like living in the USSR.
No point to buy beer in a club, minimum is 3 if even not 4 €. In pubs it depends on your taste. Alecoq can be bought starting from 2€ everything imported starts from ~3€.
About pubs for the weekend. On saturday most of pubs in Tallinn close at 5am, on sunday at 10 or 11 and on monday they close around the same time.
About the weather - just prepare for the worst, you can't expect anything good from Estonian weather.
The cross is not worth the time, just a piece of shit put together by some random engineers.
An other great place is Ambasy (not far from shooters aswell, great to chill out in the basement and watch all kind of sports there)
can't remember any other names :DD
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Kompressor, greate place to eat small things like pancakes and stuff
it's all very close to each other, it's suprising how small the old part actually is :P
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Ow yeah btw, you can't bring any peepz that aren't "subscribed" to your hostel, atleast not the period we were there (september), but overall a great hostel, with lots of (drinking) activities :D
superalko
awesome adventure
do you mean the 'Patarei Vangla???
anyway if you're looking for cultural adventures then you might want to take a peak in KUMU(aka the estonian art museum) if you're into art, could also go see the Museum of Occupations or the Estonian History Museum if you like(or would like to know about our) history.
basically if you walk around in the old city you'll spot a few smaller museums anyway(not sure if they're all worth the visit though).
weatherwise can't really predict cause it could be either cold as fuck or mildly warm. You'll have to see the weather forecast before you come.
Anyway, thanks for the useful information :-)
Von Krahl "Bar" is worth a visit, if you've previously checked their schedule ofcourse cause their music varies from smooth jazz to the hardest funeral metal :DD though the alcohol is expensive in the pubs/clubs around here, i still find this to be my favorite.
what time are you coming roughly? cause 29th to 31st of march is the Tallinn Music Week 2012 during which period there will be LOADS of artists playing in LOADS of different pubs/clubs.
Once again, thank for the useful information!