Tallinn’s Picture-Perfect Market

Lovely Nõmme Turg (Heath Market) should remind you of a town within a town. While Nõmme itself is more of a garden suburb – or…

Riding Around on Tallinn’s Trams

There is something both relaxing and hypnotic about riding on a tram. Perhaps it’s the slight rocking motion which reminds you of being back in…

Kalamaja’s coolest store – Majatohter (House Doctor) – may also be its most important. Hidden away at no. 5 Väike Paterei, you could almost walk…

As soon as they heard I was moving back to Tallinn, those who know what I love to eat asked me: “so, will you get…

While it may be hard for some to be believe, there once was a time – not all that long ago – when pizza simply…

Even here in Tallinn – almost 20 years after it last vanished from the shores of Estonia forever, I still dream of Orissaare leib. In case…

For as long as it’s been around, Tallinn’s Flower Market (Viru lilleturg) has been a splash of color against a gray limestone wall. Or at…

If you think that the Legend of the Kalamaja Flatfish is only that – a tale – then you haven’t fully grasped your fish anatomy.…

Ever since my first visit to Valencia’s amazing Art Nouveau Mercat Cental, I’ve been enthralled by markets. Of course, as I was only seven years…

Sometimes I feel just like a flatfish must feel – hidden away in the sand at the bottom of the sea as I look out…

This is the story of how St. Olaf’s Church was built and became one of the wonders of the world. Once long ago, back when…