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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!

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Septembri (September)

Short (±100 m) and short-lived (1885-1954) street running between today’s Liivamäe and Keldrimäe, and named after local house-owner Tõnis September. And there we were, thinking of world events.

Polgu (Polk)

Regiment (see Pusta A.), a relatively muddled term as to its current meaning (grouping of brigades or battalions, or battalion), and equally to eeseestlased (Estonians of yesteryear), spelling it Rügemendi, Rügementi (from the German Regimentsstraße) but also Riigemendi, where the first part, accidental switch of ‘ii’ for ‘ü’ or not, adopts a nationalistic tone (riik:riigi = state or country).

Siini (Siin)

Today, bus or data highway, a communication system for data transfer within or between computers. Yesterday, one of Estonia’s various parings of Ger. Schiene: rail. Until 1922, the road used to run through Nõmme’s Sub-districts of Rahumäe, Nõmme, Hiiu, Kivimäe and Pääsküla. Oddly, in 1922, a new road called Raudtee followed the railway line through exactly the same Sub-districts with no connection between the two in KNAB. I’m just saying...

Kloostrivärav (0)

Monastery Gate. At the Junction of Suur-Kloostri and Väike-Kloostri, One of Tallinns many historic gates. Oddly, while much information is available on the towers, threis very little on this... To be continued.

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