Tallinn · EE

Walking loops in Toompea, Tallinn

The upper town sits on a limestone hill above the lower, connected by short steep streets and a long history of looking down — both geographically and politically. The Estonian Parliament meets in the pink baroque Toompea Castle, and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral's onion domes assert Russian Orthodox presence with deliberate visibility. The viewing platforms along the northern edge offer rooftop panoramas of the lower town, the harbor, and on clear days, Finland across the water, sixty miles of Baltic away.

3 routes from 1.5 to 3.6 km · 9–19 sights per loop