Tallinn December 2014

Pictures taken in Tallinn, December 2014
Lennusadam Seaplane harbour museum. Opened in 2012. : 2014, Nokia Pureview 808, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Lennusadam Meremuseum Life-buoy at Lennusadam : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Seaplane Short 184 Technical indicators: Maiden flight: 1915 Built in: United Kingdom Length: 13.54 yd Wingspan: 21.17 yd Wing area: 76.42 yd² Empty weight: 3,703.77 lb Powerplant: Sunbeam Maori III, 260 hp Maximum speed: 142 km/h Crew: 2 Armament: 1 x 7.7 mm Lewis gun, up to 4 x 45 kg of bombs. Short Brothers, the first company in the world to make production aircraft, designed the seaplane Short 184 during World War I at the order of the British Royal Navy. The maiden flight of the Short 184 took place in April 1915. A month later, the prototype and the first production aircraft were sent to the Mediterranean aboard a ship. In August, the Short 184 conducted the first successful aerial torpedo attack in history, hitting a Turkish supply ship. : 2014, EOS 5D, Short 184, Tallinna, Viro, lentokone, matkailu Lembit EML Lembit is one of two Kalev class mine-laying submarines built for the Republic of Estonia before World War II and now a museum ship in Tallinn. She was launched in 1936 at Vickers and Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness in England and served in the Estonian Navy and the Soviet Navy. Until she was hauled out 21 May 2011, Lembit was the oldest submarine still afloat in the world. Her sister ship, Kalev, was sunk in October 1941. Class & type: Kalev class submarine Tonnage: 570 (in its current condition) Displacement: 665 tons surfaced 853 tons submerged Beam: 7.5 m Draught: 3.6 m Propulsion: two diesel Vickers and Armstrongs Ltd. 1,200 hp two Metropolitan-Vickers electric motors 790 hp Speed: surfaced - 13.5 kn submerged - 8.5 kn Test depth: 120 m Complement: 4 officers + 28 sailors (Estonian Navy) 7 officers + 31 sailors (Soviet Navy) Armament: 4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes) 1 × 40mm Bofors AA gun 1 × 7.7 mm Lewis AA machine gun 24 mines : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu
Lembit EML Lembit is one of two Kalev class mine-laying submarines built for the Republic of Estonia before World War II and now a museum ship in Tallinn. She was launched in 1936 at Vickers and Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness in England and served in the Estonian Navy and the Soviet Navy. Until she was hauled out 21 May 2011, Lembit was the oldest submarine still afloat in the world. Her sister ship, Kalev, was sunk in October 1941. Class & type: Kalev class submarine Tonnage: 570 (in its current condition) Displacement: 665 tons surfaced 853 tons submerged Beam: 7.5 m Draught: 3.6 m Propulsion: two diesel Vickers and Armstrongs Ltd. 1,200 hp two Metropolitan-Vickers electric motors 790 hp Speed: surfaced - 13.5 kn submerged - 8.5 kn Test depth: 120 m Complement: 4 officers + 28 sailors (Estonian Navy) 7 officers + 31 sailors (Soviet Navy) Armament: 4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes) 1 × 40mm Bofors AA gun 1 × 7.7 mm Lewis AA machine gun 24 mines : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Lembit EML Lembit is one of two Kalev class mine-laying submarines built for the Republic of Estonia before World War II and now a museum ship in Tallinn. She was launched in 1936 at Vickers and Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness in England and served in the Estonian Navy and the Soviet Navy. Until she was hauled out 21 May 2011, Lembit was the oldest submarine still afloat in the world. Her sister ship, Kalev, was sunk in October 1941. Class & type: Kalev class submarine Tonnage: 570 (in its current condition) Displacement: 665 tons surfaced 853 tons submerged Beam: 7.5 m Draught: 3.6 m Propulsion: two diesel Vickers and Armstrongs Ltd. 1,200 hp two Metropolitan-Vickers electric motors 790 hp Speed: surfaced - 13.5 kn submerged - 8.5 kn Test depth: 120 m Complement: 4 officers + 28 sailors (Estonian Navy) 7 officers + 31 sailors (Soviet Navy) Armament: 4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes) 1 × 40mm Bofors AA gun 1 × 7.7 mm Lewis AA machine gun 24 mines : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Lembit EML Lembit is one of two Kalev class mine-laying submarines built for the Republic of Estonia before World War II and now a museum ship in Tallinn. She was launched in 1936 at Vickers and Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness in England and served in the Estonian Navy and the Soviet Navy. Until she was hauled out 21 May 2011, Lembit was the oldest submarine still afloat in the world. Her sister ship, Kalev, was sunk in October 1941. Class & type: Kalev class submarine Tonnage: 570 (in its current condition) Displacement: 665 tons surfaced 853 tons submerged Beam: 7.5 m Draught: 3.6 m Propulsion: two diesel Vickers and Armstrongs Ltd. 1,200 hp two Metropolitan-Vickers electric motors 790 hp Speed: surfaced - 13.5 kn submerged - 8.5 kn Test depth: 120 m Complement: 4 officers + 28 sailors (Estonian Navy) 7 officers + 31 sailors (Soviet Navy) Armament: 4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes) 1 × 40mm Bofors AA gun 1 × 7.7 mm Lewis AA machine gun 24 mines : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Lembit EML Lembit is one of two Kalev class mine-laying submarines built for the Republic of Estonia before World War II and now a museum ship in Tallinn. She was launched in 1936 at Vickers and Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness in England and served in the Estonian Navy and the Soviet Navy. Until she was hauled out 21 May 2011, Lembit was the oldest submarine still afloat in the world. Her sister ship, Kalev, was sunk in October 1941. Class & type: Kalev class submarine Tonnage: 570 (in its current condition) Displacement: 665 tons surfaced 853 tons submerged Beam: 7.5 m Draught: 3.6 m Propulsion: two diesel Vickers and Armstrongs Ltd. 1,200 hp two Metropolitan-Vickers electric motors 790 hp Speed: surfaced - 13.5 kn submerged - 8.5 kn Test depth: 120 m Complement: 4 officers + 28 sailors (Estonian Navy) 7 officers + 31 sailors (Soviet Navy) Armament: 4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (bow, 8 torpedoes) 1 × 40mm Bofors AA gun 1 × 7.7 mm Lewis AA machine gun 24 mines : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu
Officer's mess room Officer's mess room : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Mess Very sparse cooking facilities : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Steering and navigation room Steering and navigation room : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Engine room Main engine : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu
Torpedo room Lembit had four torpedo tubes, visible in the center : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Suur-Töll : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Suur-Töll : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Kalamaja house and graffiti Old houses in Kalamaja area, some decoration on the wall : 2014, Nokia Pureview 808, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu
Paks Margareeta Great Coastal Gate and Fat Margaret's Tower were built to protect the city from the seaside, but also to impress quests arriving by sea. The Great Coastal Gate (built at the same time with the city wall) is located in the northern part of the Old Town of Tallinn near the port. In the 16th century, during the reconstruction of the gate, the Fat Margaret's artillery tower was built nearby. This is the daylight picture of the tower and gate. : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Roheline Turg Green Market. This used to be a built-up area in the medieval times but already in the mid 19th century this was used as a market place. The chapel seen here was finished by 1909, for the 15th anniversary of the Tsar Nicholas II reign. : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Mustpeade Maja Tallinn’s Brotherhood of the Blackheads was guild for unmarried merchants and shipowners. There is no clear answer as to the founding of the brotherhood. The oldest original document mentioning the Blackheads is the brotherhood’s contract with the Tallinn Dominican monastery from March 28, 1400. This contract affirms the Blackheads’ right to the religious paraphernalia they had deposited at the Dominican St. Catherine’s Church. It is surmised, that the contract, an important occasion for the Brotherhood, must have been entered into shortly after the brotherhood was formed. Therefore the founding date of the brotherhood has been set a few months earlier, in the year 1399. : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Mustpeade Maja Tallinn’s Brotherhood of the Blackheads was guild for unmarried merchants and shipowners. There is no clear answer as to the founding of the brotherhood. The oldest original document mentioning the Blackheads is the brotherhood’s contract with the Tallinn Dominican monastery from March 28, 1400. This contract affirms the Blackheads’ right to the religious paraphernalia they had deposited at the Dominican St. Catherine’s Church. It is surmised, that the contract, an important occasion for the Brotherhood, must have been entered into shortly after the brotherhood was formed. Therefore the founding date of the brotherhood has been set a few months earlier, in the year 1399. : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu
Mustpeade Maja uks Tallinn’s Brotherhood of the Blackheads was guild for unmarried merchants and shipowners. There is no clear answer as to the founding of the brotherhood. The oldest original document mentioning the Blackheads is the brotherhood’s contract with the Tallinn Dominican monastery from March 28, 1400. This contract affirms the Blackheads’ right to the religious paraphernalia they had deposited at the Dominican St. Catherine’s Church. It is surmised, that the contract, an important occasion for the Brotherhood, must have been entered into shortly after the brotherhood was formed. Therefore the founding date of the brotherhood has been set a few months earlier, in the year 1399. : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Pikk street In 1908, Jacques Rosenbaum completed a project for one Reinhold Reichmann on the corner of the two streets Pikk and Hobuspea in old town, Tallinn. In this, the first building by Rosenbaum that was actually built, his eclectic style and love of ornamentation is already apparent. The building is not easily classified aesthetically into either of the then-popular architectural styles. It shows influences of Art Nouveau, German neo-Renaissance and neo-Mannerism, all of which is expressed in the wealth of ornamentation. Among the details, a comical sculpture of an old man gazing across the street through his pince-nez has given rise to plenty of local stories. This and the other ornamentation was executed by the renowned Riga-based sculptor August Volz. The building on Pikk 23/25 also displays Rosenbaum's ideas on town planning, in that the architect has tried to enliven the urban space through the use of a corner tower with a twisting dome, balconies and other architectural ornamentation. It has been suggested that he was inspired by the theoretical works of Camillo Sitte in this and other projects. : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Olde Hansa A restaurant built in a medieval building. Have had lousy reviews lately. : 2014, EOS 5D, Olde Hansa, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Tallinna Jouluturg Christmas market sign on Town Hall Square : 2014, Christmas market, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu
Merry-Go-Round Merry-Go-Round at Christmas Market : 2014, Christmas market, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Dragon Water drainage on Town Hall : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Christmas Market stalls Various stalls at Tallinn's Christmas Market : 2014, Christmas market, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Christmas Market stalls Various stalls at Tallinn's Christmas Market : 2014, Christmas market, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu
Christmas Market stalls Various stalls at Tallinn's Christmas Market : 2014, Christmas market, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Christmas Market stalls Various stalls at Tallinn's Christmas Market : 2014, Christmas market, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Raekoja Plats Christmas Market on Town Hall square : 2014, Christmas market, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Raekoja Plats Christmas Market on Town Hall square : 2014, Christmas market, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu
Nativity Scene Nativity Scene built on top of a doorway at Town Hall. : 2014, Christmas market, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Bear Troika restaurant bear holding a menu : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Look at those bears in the window... Polar bears bringing beauty on a window decoration : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Katariina Käik Katariina Käik (Katariina Lane) awakened to its new life in the summer of 1995. On this short street, named for the Katariina church which borders one side of it, there are various open studios which function as everyday workrooms for the artists. Seen here with Christmas lights. : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu
Katariina Kirik Old medieval church/monastery : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Katariina Kirik Old medieval church/monastery : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Meistrite Hoov Masters´Courtyard offers in its small shops and studio-galleries large variety of Estonian artists and craftsmen works. : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Viru Viru street with Christmas lights : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu
Black Angus Bronze sculpture of a bull sitting on a wooden bench by Tauno Kangro, 2011. : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Baltic Amber sign Nice cat sign of Baltic Amber : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Viru Gate Viru Gates were built in the 14thC, and the towers still standing today are only a part of the original structure. Viru Gates are located in the eastern section of the town wall. The main tower of the gates was built in its initial form in 1345-1355. Today, Viru Gates are one of the entrances into the Old Town : 2014, EOS 5D, Tallinna, Viro, matkailu Paks Margareeta Great Coastal Gate and Fat Margaret's Tower were built to protect the city from the seaside, but also to impress quests arriving by sea. The Great Coastal Gate (built at the same time with the city wall) is located in the northern part of the Old Town of Tallinn near the port. In the 16th century, during the reconstruction of the gate, the Fat Margaret's artillery tower was built nearby. This is the nighttime picture of the tower and gate with Christmas lights. : 2014, EOS 5D, Paks Margareeta, Tallinna, Viro, historia, matkailu, rakennus