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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!

Names

Nirgi

Nirgi (Nirk)

Weasel. As they say: Eagles soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines. See Kitzbergi A.

Nisu

Nisu (Nisu)

Wheat. TT puts this in the teraviljanimeliste, grain-cereal street-name group, but could probably also go in his kõrsviljanimeliste, or cereal-name street zone. See also Rukki.

Noblessneri

Noblessneri (Noblessner)

Port named after Noblessner, the name of the company created when Alfred Nobel’s nephew Emanuel, director of Branobel (see Petrooleumi), and a torpedo manufacturer by the name of Lessner merged to build submarines for the Russian navy after the 1905 Battle-of-Tsushima débâcle (see Peetri). Founded around 1912, the shipyard operated from 1913-1916 until the дерьмо hit the fan, while Lessner’s St-Petersburg plant would later become known as the Karl Marx Machine-Building Association, which must have made him a very happy chappy. One of a group of five ports/harbors in Kalamaja. See Patareisadam.

  1. Nõelasilm
  2. Nõeliku
  3. Nõgikikka
  4. Nõlva

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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.