This is why you NEED to visit Tallinn | Europe's Snowiest City (VLOG) 

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I need to go back to explore some more!

@Ben Robson I definitely recommend the country side, the islands etc

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Merry late Christmas to you too! Muchas gracias, it is quite surprising isn’t it, even in the UK we likely have quite negative misconceptions about Eastern European countries, but I’ve loved every city I’ve visited so far! Hasta luego!

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Thank you!

Thank you!!

Thank you Marcus, hope to see you again soon. (It would be nice to build a nice little community over time) 😊

Very much so, beautiful in the snow!

Thanks for the comment, very nice to hear about the drones. I did find it very amusing, I'm sure I'll be back to explore again one day :)

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Thank you! Yes it’s lovely 😊

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Thank you so much! Hello from England - thanks Leah 😊👋

You’re very welcome. Must’ve been an interesting experience!

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Thank you!

Thanks as always Dan, it’s nice to see! Don’t know if you’re like me.. obsessed with analytics on RU-vid studio 🤣 sure you’ll love it mate, try visit in winter if you can 😁

@@BenRobson123 mate I spend about 2 hours a day on studio! Just wait till you find the “research” tab if you haven’t already! And when you get the revenue one oh my word it sucks up so many hours haha

well once I’m 1,000 subs the revenue should come on which is exciting! and deffos haha I check at least 20 times a day haha it’s an addiction. maybe the research tab will come at 1k too!

@@BenRobson123 mate the research tab is amazing I change titles about 3 times a day because of it check analytics then the top tab left of overview! It’s amazing!

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That’s great 👋

🥳 wooo when are you going?😁

@@BenRobson123 will be there in June 🥰😛

@@northern_soul fantastic, not too long to wait. Have a great time!😄

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Muchas gracias Rosangela!😇

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The Soviets didnt want to knock it down. We, the Estonians did and still do. It is a symbol of occupation, firstly. And secondly, it is so out of context there. In the middle of a medieval nordic city, suddenly a new (1900) orthodox church. It eats up the whole place, and it is the most important place in Estonia, with our parliamentary building and the Hermann Tower where our flag is hoisted every sunrise and lowered every sunset. This church should have been taken down and I am very sad they lacked funds to do it in 1920 (It was the Estonian Republic, not Soviet Union) I have no problem with orthodox churches. We have quite many of them, small and wooden, in places where they fit the context. There is a lovely on, for example, on top a peninsula on the seaside, with a very very nice garden. Nobody wants to take it down. This one on Toompea hill though is just sooo wrong. And how wrong it is is highlihted by the fact that this video comletely misses the Tallinn Dome Church right around the corner, historically the most important church in Estonia, also one of the first ones, one of the first stone buildings in Tallinn, in the 13th century. The video would not have missed it, had the hill not been simply so overpowered by the big orthodox church. As for being interested in the Soviet Union: well, for the people whom it actually concerned, it means nothing but tragedy, death, deportation, loss of property, loss of family members and loss of freedom. The worst thing that ever happened in Estonian history, and one of the worst things in world history. I just see no point in gloryfying it in any way, shape or form. The church, of course, is from before the Soviet union, from an earlier russification wave. But tourists are so fascinated by it, it is crazy. And so weird, because really it is a very typical orthodox church, there are zillions of the like in Russia. If you like them and are interested, I suggest a place called Kizhi Island in Lake Ladoga in Russia. They have somehow transported old, really old, like from the 10 th century etc wooden orthodox churches there. And that is all there is on that island. That is truly amazing. And you can have guided tours there organised from various places around there. It is also in Unesco world heritage list, just like Tallinn. By the way, that crazy monstrous church on Toompea was a reason we were almost taken off the UNESCO list, because it messes with the historic context. It is against the law to build new buildings in Old Town and there are very strict rules if someone wants to renovate or do anything in the old town. It was so already during Soviet occupation. The Soviets did ruin and take down a lot churches because they were against religion as such. Churches were turned into warehouses, gyms, markets etc. It mostly happened in Russia itself during Soviet Union. Russia destroyed loads of Russian orthodox churches and killed off thousands of orthodox priests.

Woo congrats on hitting 1k too! Thanks Bear, honestly we didn’t have much time there at all. We only explored the Old Town, and you can do all that in a day. Enjoy the trip!

@@BenRobson123 We will. Hope to keep in touch and up to date on your stuff.

Kuressaare ...

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I bet 😄

Fantastic, hope I sold it well!😄 I’d say so yes, at night there was nobody in the streets because they were all in bars & restaurants I think!😁

ahh that's a hard choice! Tallinn is definitely more fairytale like in the snow, though the xmas market was small. if it's snowing I'd say Tallinn is more medieval and just has that special feel. but Riga is beautiful too

Tallinn, not Tallin. It is an important distinction for many reasons

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Ooh that sounds cool?

😆

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What are they? My wife and I arrive on December 1 for a week visit.

Thanks for the comment Mikhel. I read that flights below 150m don’t need permission. The information for drone flying is quite often very contrasting and unclear, which can make it quite difficult to know what is allowed and what isn’t!

​@@BenRobson123there are no fly zones (airports and airpaths are rather obvious ones) Some of those are due privacy concerns for example (going to peek through someone's windows is a quite big no-no all on itself) -- as people have had trouble with some who have done that, some purely residential zones which have taken no-fly zone for their specific area against drones exist. There's map at somewhere which displays those restricted zones...

Another Estonian here www.ra.ee/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LaaneMargus_Aleksander_Nevski_TUNA2009_2.pdf

I get you. But as a Tallinner, I guarantee you that when it actually snows, and the Christmas lights are on and the snow is on the tree branches... it is am amazing feeling to just be alive here

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Have you heard a saying: "When you reach the top of the mountain, all you have there is what you brought with you in your backbag"? Think about what it means. If you are bored, it is because you have nothing in your back bag. And when you are not bored, you have something in your bag, in your soul. And because of that you find things interesting. There has to be something in your should first. If the soul is empty.... everything is boring.