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Work in progress

A pile of ro ad signs half-trashed and piled up on a building-site, to indicate the site is in construction.

Website under construction, many entries missing, no photos with the streets yet, layout not finalized...

This started with a book (last few pages under review) and so far 1750 of the 1884 articles (A to most of T & Vs included) entered so far, so some 10% of the links go nowhere.

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The Book

All author earnings of A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names to be donated to the foundation or donate here.

If anyone could help or advise as to the legal mechanism, it would be appreciated, thanks!

The Website

Not intended at the beginning, the present website is taking on a life of its own, with plans for relevant discussion forums, picture galleries and, over time, more non-streetname entries.

In theory, it will be funded by advertising relevant to people in Tallinn, to be determined.

A percentage of profits (also to be determined) to be donated to the foundation. 

Contact

Photograph of Simon Hamilton in Pikk street, Tallinn.

Apparently, a company that uses its owner's name is considered more trustworthy because they put themselves on the line.

This is me, in Tallinn this spring (2025), on a 3-month spree to check details, take photos (about 12K), explore (ave. 15K/day), and so on. I think I covered every street in Kesklinn (apart from Mõigu), most of Põhja-Tallinn and some Kristiine.

For information, please contact Simon at this address dot com, thanks!

Home

Teivi

Teivi (Teib)

Common dace (fish), Leuciscus leuciscus. Part of a fish group. See also Tindi.

Teisepere

Teisepere (Teisepere)

Neighbours / Next-door neighbours, lit. second or other family. May also be spelled teise pere or teispere aka teistre (although most people say naaber these days: Idanaaber, for example, ‘Eastern neighbor’, is another way of saying ‘Russian’). Former farm / family name. Farm group. See also Toomapere.

Tehnika

Tehnika (Tehnika)

Technical science, technology, engineering; technique, equipment. Named after nearby Raudtee Tehnikakool, railway technical college.

Vana-Viru

Vana-Viru (Vana-Viru)

Old Viru. Previously Alte Lehmstraße / Старая Глиняная ул (Staraya Glinyanaya), old clay street (1889, etc.) and Narvsche Straße / Нарвский выезд (Narvskiy vyyez), Narva road / ‘exit’ / egress or just ‘Road to Narva’ (1889, etc.). ‘Выезд’ raises an interesting point: as well as used for things like ‘away’ matches, it was also used for the side-hustle of decking out a horse and carriage for rent as pin money. Would have been a good place for it, so possible, but don’t quote me. See Viru tänav.

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