Tallinn’s Rotermann Quarter

The. Next. Big. Thing. For the last dozen or so years, Rotermann has been marketed as The. Next. Big. Thing. Rotermann was supposed to become…

Aspirational Tallinn Street Food

Tallinn needs more cool eating places like Barrel Street Food. I say this for three reasons. First, Barrel is off the beaten path. To find…

Going to the Flea: A Saturday Tallinn Tradition

Over the past decade, the fortunes of the Flea have ebbed and flowed in keeping with the wax and wane of the crowds. Regardless, the…

Tallinn’s Gotsu’s Got It!

Although you might be tempted to ignore this small Korean restaurant half-hidden in the basement of a gray Soviet-era building based only on its surface…

Getting Closer Still … Three Greater Tallinn Burgers

You’ve got to respect the Jahu crew. First, they’ve taken over an eatery which – despite its ideal location – has had a questionable reputation…

BJT: Tallinn’s Great Market

A good market is something like Heraclitus’ river – you can’t step in it twice. By the time you come back the next day, it…

A Tale of Two Tallinn Markets

Remember the heyday of Mustamäe’s Kadaka Turg (Juniper Market)? Those crazy days in the 1990s after the free-market had returned to Estonia? It almost seemed…

Tallinn’s Black Hill Trolleybus

Whenever I get on a Tallinn trolleybus, the lyrics of Viktor Tsoi’s wonderful song “Троллейбус –Trolleybus” run through my head no matter which direction I’m…