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Toompea
The limestone hill above the Lower Town, with Parliament's castle, an onion-domed cathedral and viewpoints over the red roofs.
- Open
- Always; the cathedrals close in the evening
- Price
- Free; paid for the Dome Church tower
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Lossi plats, 10130 TallinnDirections
- Getting There
- Climb Pikk jalg or Lühike jalg, the 'long leg' and 'short leg' streets, from the Lower Town.
Why Go
Toompea was the seat of the rulers, and its castle, with the Tall Hermann tower flying Estonia's flag, holds the Parliament in a pink baroque wing. Facing it, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in 1900, when Estonia was part of the Russian Empire.
St. Mary's Cathedral, the Dome Church, is Tallinn's oldest church, hung with the coats of arms of the old nobility. The Kohtuotsa and Patkuli viewpoints look over the Lower Town to the sea.
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