Pärnu (Pärnu)

Estonia’s ‘summer capital’, coastal town in the south-west, with beaches, hydrotherapy, mud baths and spas. Known as Pernau during its time as Hanseatic town, providing ice-free access to the then Livonia. Pärnu maantee may not be the longest street in Tallinn, but it crosses the greatest number of Sub-districts (asumid): 15 – Hiiu, Järve, Kitseküla, Kivimäe, Liiva, Nõmme, Pääsküla, Rahumäe, Südalinn, Tatari, Tõnismäe, Uus Maailm, Vanalinn and Veerenni. Other than its regular Rus. and Ger. translations, also formerly known as Riia mnt or Rigische Straße, Pärnu being about halfway to the Latvian capital. One of Tallinn’s former (need I say) execution sites was at No.7, see Vana-Veerenni. The road is part of the E67 from Helsinki to Prague.