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.

Smurfide (Smurfid, pl.)

Smurfs, sing. Smurf. No such place, never was, never will be. Bright-blue Belgian comic characters.

Seltri (Selters)

Seltzer, or just plain soda or carbonated water, named after the German town of Selters known for its mineral water. Calling a street which led directly to the then Härjapea river cum Tallinn waste-disposal duct is as misleading as Icelanders calling their neighbor 'Greenland'. Also spelled Seltersi which was not to Estonian taste, even less so I imagine in its relatively unpronounceable full name of seltersivesi (soda water). In fact, the street was named after a one-time R. Scheibe mineral-water factory located there.

Toodri (Tooder)

Spar buoy. Quite literally that: a buoy with a tall, thin spar sticking up vertically, either affixed to a regular buoy, or anchored to the ocean floor. Street formerly in Paljassaare (1958-1984).