{"id":1218,"date":"2012-07-01T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2020-06-27T22:50:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T20:50:15","slug":"gruppenkuscheln-in-tallinn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2012\/07\/01\/gruppenkuscheln-in-tallinn\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist Crush in Tallinn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><span  xml:lang=\"et\" lang=\"et\">Tallinn<\/span> can be compared to <a  href=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2010\/09\/11\/bildungsreise-nach-dubrovnik\/\" xml:lang=\"hr\" lang=\"hr\">Dubrovnik<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; as far as the number of tourists is concerned. When I visited the Old Town for the first time three days ago, it was that crowded that I almost turned around again.<!--more--><\/p>\n  <div class=\"breit_re wp-caption alignright single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/eesti\/index_28.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/eesti\/thumb\/28.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Town Hall\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Town Hall\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>In&nbsp;the&nbsp;end, I went on a short stroll through the Old Town, and found some spots that I did indeed like. For example, the view ofOld Town from the top of the tower of <abbr title=\"Saint\">St.<\/abbr>&nbsp;Olaf&#39;s Church is quite nice. Moreover, the views from the viewpoints in <span xml:lang=\"et\" lang=\"et\">Toompea <\/span>, the upper part of Old Town, are enjoyable as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\">\n  <div class=\"breit wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"breit\">\n  <div class=\"breit_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/eesti\/index_31.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/eesti\/thumb\/31.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Tallinn from above\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"breit_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/eesti\/index_33.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/eesti\/thumb\/33.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Tallinn from above\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   <span xml:lang=\"et\" lang=\"et\">Tallinn<\/span> from above\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n  <div class=\"breit_li wp-caption alignleft single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/eesti\/index_27.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/eesti\/thumb\/27.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Viru Gates\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   <span xml:lang=\"et\" lang=\"et\">Viru<\/span> Gates\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>Today, I finally went on the <a class=\"www\" href=\"http:\/\/www.traveller.ee\/tour\/tallinn-free-tour\"><span xml:lang=\"et\" lang=\"et\">Tallinn<\/span> Free Walking Tour<\/a>, and learnt about the history and some legends of the city (and also Estonia). This tour was quite interesting as well.<\/p>\n<p>You were lucky, <span xml:lang=\"et\" lang=\"et\">Tallinn<\/span>, you almost blew it!<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\">\n  <div class=\"breit wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"breit_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/eesti\/index_29.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/eesti\/thumb\/29.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"St.&nbsp;Nicholas&#39; Church\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   <abbr title=\"Saint\">St.<\/abbr>&nbsp;Nicholas&#39; Church\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"breit_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/eesti\/index_30.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/eesti\/thumb\/30.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Pikk Hermann and the Parliament\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   <span xml:lang=\"et\" lang=\"et\">Pikk Hermann<\/span> and the Parliament\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[73,139,60,85],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-diary","tag-baltics","tag-europe","tag-city-sights","tag-unesco-world-heritage","trips-baltics2012","country-ee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}