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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, a couple of entries still pending, no photos with the streets yet, layout not finalized...

This started with a book (last few pages under review) and so far 1889 of the 1891 articles entered, 1 or 2 links may 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

Kohila (Kohila)

Town and manor house (see Mõisa) in Harjumaa. Latter first mentioned 1438 under the German name of Koil, listed in the 1241 Liber Census Daniae as Koil or Koylae. Street running parallel to the railway track at Tallinn-Väike and one of the group of streets named for stations on the Tallinn-Türi Kitsarööpa line. See Hagudi.

Järvevana (Järvevana)

Old man of the lake, Old Man Lake, another nickname for Ülemiste Vanake (the little old man of Ülemiste), a mythological character who lives there. See also Hallivanamehe. This street is part of the E67 from Helsinki to Prague.

Auru (Aur)

Steam, vapor (Auru välja laskma: to let off steam). Named for the nearby steam-engines in the railway shunting-lines. One of a small locomotive-themed group next to Tallinn-Väike station. See Suitsu.

Auru põik (Aur)

Steam, vapor, as per its daddy post Auru. While the average põik is sensible enough and does what it says on the tin, this one rambled off into the sleepy timberlands of Tallinn-Väike station, never knowing when or where to stop. As punishment it was terminated in the KNAB database in 2010. Let damnatio memoriae do its damndest, computers don’t forget...

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