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Kesklinn

Kesklinn is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.

Kesklinn
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The place

Kesklinn is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is situated on the Tallinn Bay and bordered to the northwest by the district of Põhja-Tallinn, to the west by Kristiine, to the southwest by Nõmme, to the east by Lasnamäe and Pirita, and to the south by Rae Parish, beyond Lake Ülemiste. The island of Aegna, located in the Tallinn Bay, also falls within this administrative district. Kesklinn has an area of 30.6 km2 (11.8 sq mi) and a population of 57,731 ; population density is 1,886.6/km2 (4,886/sq mi).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Kesklinn

Airports
Lennart Meri Tallinn (TLL), 5 km · Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 99 km · Turku (TKU), 183 km
  • Helsinki (Vantaa) → Kesklinn
    97 km · quickest by road, 3h 52m · €11–15
  • Turku → Kesklinn
    179 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · €25–35
  • Tampere / Pirkkala → Kesklinn
    229 km · quickest by road, 5h 35m · €27–38
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kesklinn

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kesklinn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAll ferries dock at Reisisadam port, to the north of the centre.
  • Get inThe most common ferry route is from Helsinki, Finland to Tallinn Port, which has upwards of 20 departures daily.
  • Get inDepending on the ferry, journey time is 1½–3½ hours.
  • Get inAll ferries also carry cars, from €25 one way.
  • Get inBikes on car ferries must go through vehicle check-in, which closes earlier than passenger check-in, so plan for extra time.

From Wikivoyage: Tallinn, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Turku and the archipelago gatewayFI

    11 ways of moving, 13 sources

    179 km
  2. 02180 km
  3. 03
    Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring roadFI

    9 ways of moving, 30 sources

    216 km
  4. 04
    Kumlinge and the Åland archipelagoFI

    11 ways of moving, 40 sources

    240 km
  5. 05
    Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)FI

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    279 km

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