Tallinn It looks like the setting for those fairy and prince movies that Disney has always shown us on screen. Its old town is impressively beautiful. It is completely cobbled, full of castles and towers of majestic churches that make this heterogeneous mix between baroque and medieval architecture stand out. It is the capital of Estonia, and has been named as the "New Prague", Although it is much more compact, so the movements are much easier for visitors.
Until 1991, Tallinn was under the regime SovietBut since it was liberated in a bloodless revolution, it has made the shift from communism to capitalism a much more attractive and modern city. Marx is gone and mobile phones keep ringing throughout the city. The cafes offer Wifi to travelers and the locals are open to the use of any type of modernity that benefits their beautiful city.
At the periphery of the nucleus old we find the new neighborhoods that continue little by little with their expansion. There you will find elegant hotels and a series of buildings that house important Business National and international. Estonia continues to prosper thanks to its accession to the EU in 2004.
Anyone arriving in Tallinn with the anachronistic images of the old Soviet city block will be amazed to see this new skyline with an urban core with so much charm. Russian Orthodox churches and Dominican monasteries share a street with the old merchants' houses and medieval meeting rooms. The best thing is that you go through the center walking.
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