Põhja-Tallinn
Worth seeing in and around Põhja-Tallinn
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Toompea Castle
Toompea castle is a medieval castle on Toompea hill in the central part of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. In modern times, it houses the Parliament of Estonia.
2.7 km · castle in Tallinn, Estonia · Wikipedia - 02A. Le Coq Arena
The Lilleküla Stadium, known as A. Le Coq Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. It is the home ground of football clubs Flora and Levadia, and the Estonia national football team.
3.6 km · football stadium in Tallinn, Estonia · Wikipedia - 03Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral of Tallinn is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in central Tallinn, Estonia. It was built in 1894–1900, when the country was part of the former Russian Empire.
2.8 km · Orthodox church in Tallinn, Estonia · Wikipedia - 04St. Nicholas' Church
St. Nicholas Church is a medieval church building in Tallinn, Estonia.
2.9 km · church in Tallinn, Estonia · Wikipedia - 05
- 06Toompea
Toompea is a hill in the central part of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. The hill has an area of 7 hectares and is about 20–30 metres higher than the surrounding areas.
2.7 km · hill in Tallinn, Estonia · Wikipedia - 07Tallinn Old Town
Tallinn Old Town is the oldest part of Tallinn, Estonia. Old Town of Tallinn has managed to wholly preserve its structure of medieval and Hanseatic origin.
3 km · UNESCO World Heritage site · Wikipedia - 08Kadriorg Palace
Kadriorg Palace is an 18th-century Petrine Baroque palace in Kadriorg, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Both the Estonian and the German names for the palace mean "Catherine's valley".
5.4 km · palace in Tallinn, Estonia · Wikipedia - 09St. Mary's Cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral is a Lutheran cathedral church located on the Toompea hill in the medieval central part of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia.
2.7 km · church building in Tallinn, Estonia · Wikipedia - 10Kumu
The Kumu Art Museum is an art museum in Tallinn, Estonia. It is one of the largest museums in Estonia and one of the largest art museums in Northern Europe.
5.7 km · art museum in Tallinn, Estonia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Põhja-Tallinn
- Airports
- Lennart Meri Tallinn (TLL), 9 km · Helsinki Vantaa (HEL), 98 km · Turku (TKU), 180 km
- Stations
- Tallinn Baltic Station, 2.4 km · Old City Harbour, 3.9 km · Seaplane Harbour, 2.3 km · Tondi railway station, 4.6 km
- Helsinki (Vantaa) → Põhja-Tallinn96 km · quickest by road, 4h · €11–15
- Turku → Põhja-Tallinn175 km · quickest by road, 5h 18m · €26–36
- Tampere / Pirkkala → Põhja-Tallinn227 km · quickest by road, 5h 42m · €28–39
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No local-transport research exists yet for Põhja-Tallinn
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 Põhja-Tallinn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Põhja-Tallinn
Põhja-Tallinn is 3 km from Tallinn, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.