Names
Via Baltica (Via Baltica)
Lit. the Baltic Way, or E67, a 1505-km highway originally running from Tallinn to Warsaw, now from Prague to Helsinki, not to be confused with the Baltic Way / Chain (‘way’ in Lithuanian [kelias] and Latvian [ceļš], ‘chain’ in Estonian [kett]), the demonstration of 1989-08-23 when some 2 million people from the above 3 countries formed a 690-km human chain from Tallinn to Vilnius on the 50th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, leading to their independence. August 23rd is now Black Ribbon Day, or European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism.
Viadukti (Viadukt)
Viaduct. Carrying the Tallinn-Väike narrow-gauge railway line.
Vibu (Vibu)
Bow. A new and appropriately bow-shaped street leading onto Küti. One of a mini target-practice group.
Videviku (Videvik)
1) Twilight, gloaming, dusk, owllight; 2) According to Kreutzwald, the Moon’s spouse; 3) One of the world’s creator’s three servants, a cowmaid, with whom the moon fell in love and lay, “mouth to mouth and lip to lip”, as a result of which, one of her oxen was eaten by a wolf, as these things happen. Celestial street-name group. See also Virmalise.
Vigla (Vigel)
1) Pitchfork; 2) Primitive gimlet. Part of a harvest street-name group. See Vihu.
