Tallinn Old Town
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Estonia
Inscribed
1997
List reference
822
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Tallinn Old Town is in Tallinn. The nearest other World Heritage site is Suomenlinna, about 80 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Tallinn · about 394,000 peopleat the site
- Helsinki · about 1,115,000 peopleabout 85 km north
- Pärnu · about 44,000 peopleabout 120 km south
- Viljandi · about 20,000 peopleabout 130 km south
- Kohtla-Järve · about 46,000 peopleabout 140 km east
- Tartu · about 101,000 peopleabout 160 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
FinlandCultural80 km away
FinlandCultural160 km away
FinlandCultural209 km away
FinlandCultural248 km away
FinlandCultural259 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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