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To preserve the city's architectural heritage, Tallinn is planning a number of restoration projects this year: the roof of St Catherine's Church of the Dominican Monastery will be restored and restoration will continue on the Skoone bastion and its surroundings as well as on the city wall and the lower walls of the Toompea stronghold and the ruins of the Pirita convent.

For ten more days, you can submit your ideas to Tallinn Strategic Management Office’s installation competition ‘Place Buzz’, which aims to enrich the Pollinator Highway with environmentally conscious urban art.

According to a recent publication by the European Environment Agency, Tallinn ranks in the top ten of European capitals in terms of the extent of green infrastructure. Tallinn is positioned seventh in terms of urban green space and eighth in terms of urban tree cover. The study highlights the Garden for the Senses in Tallinn Botanical Garden as a good example for improving accessibility to urban nature.

The City of Tallinn will support youth sport with €6.6 million this year, nearly half a million more than last year. The amount of participant support for trainees and trainers will increase from €200 to €220.

In the first round of grants for non-profit cultural activities of the year, the City of Tallinn will allocate €108 148 to a total of 18 projects.

From March, visitors will be able to visit Tallinn’s museums for free on the first Sunday of every month. The Museum Sundays with free admission is a practice common to many cities in the world.

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On 1 February, starting at 18:00, there will be Chinese New Year celebrations at Tallinn Town Hall Square and Rotermann Square, with performances by musicians, dancers and fire artists, as well as a virtual programme. From 12 noon, townspeople can witness the crafting of a tiger sculpture on Town Hall Square.

94 per cent of residents are satisfied with Tallinn's living environment, including 34 per cent who are very satisfied.

Tallinn has been consistently replacing sodium street lights with modern LED street lights in recent years, saving hundreds of thousands of euros per year in both maintenance and electricity.