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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 1681 of the 1884 articles (A to S included) entered so far, so some 20% 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!

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Lehise

Lehise (Lehis)

Larch. Two species introduced to Estonia: Euroopa lehis, the European larch, Larix decidua; and Vene lehis, the Siberian or Russian larch, Larix sibirica syn. L. russica. Popular source of food for the famous processionary caterpillar, Thaumetopoea pityocampa, so lovingly described by brilliant French entomologist and polymath Jean-Henri Fabre*: since each individual processionary follows the animal in front, Fabre led a column to the top of a flower pot, and once the circle was complete, removed the extras. The ones in the now circle followed each other round and round for a week. Popular food with humming-birds (larches, not processionaries), though relatively rare in the subarctic distropics of Estonia.

* His Souvenirs Entomologiques are jewels of “scientific literature”, a term I use advisedly, and it’s hard to imagine a life more full or more fulfilled than his.

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Your business, store or consultancy next to your street address and a percentage of your fee (to be determined) goes the the Children's Hospital fund.

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Wanted!

Beautiful photos of your street or Tallinn! Send them in! No remuneration planned for now, but will be attributed according to your preferences.