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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

Seegitagune torn (0) Symbol designating a Point of Interest.

Tower behind the almshouse. One of Tallinn’s former defensive towers, built 1450(ish), demolished 19th C. Located on the city side of the Metskits statue, see Kitseaed.

Vana-Pääsküla (0): Symbol designating a Tallinn "Allasum", or Ward.

The oldest part of Pääsküla, a Ward consisting of, apparently, 6 streets; 3 harvesty ones: Külvi, Lõikuse and Saagi, and 3 bordery ones: Piiri, Raja, and Veere, the latter of which, despite all 3 being created the same day in 1970, does not exist...

Kose-Kallaste (Kose-Kaldad [pl.]): Symbol designating a Tallinn "Allasum", or Ward.

Waterfall by the shores, banks, riversides, etc. An odd sub-district (allasum) containing only 3 streets, each one of a different type: Kallaste tänav, Kose tee and Särgava E. allee. 

Laagri (Laager) Symbol designating a Tallinn "Asum", or Sub-district.

Camp. Laagri is both a town outside Tallinn and, due to growth, a Sub-district of Nõmme, and hence part of Tallinn (see Kaali). After the one-time POW camps set up during WWI and the Eesti Vabadussöja, or Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920), although a village already existed on the site. As the old Soviet-epoch joke went: Vabaduse puiestee viib L/laagrisse: Freedom avenue leads straight to the camp... Laagri has the highest proportion of avenues in town: 3/4 of its roads and 1/4 of all Tallinn’s, clarifying the underlying meaning of puiestee: (from, probably) puine:puise (wooden) + tee (way) where the genitive ‑se ending switched to -es out of laziness (compare Eng. curate for create and aks for ask).

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