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The Institute for Quality of Life, located in London, awarded Tallinn with a bronze award, placing Tallinn at 130th place in the 200 Happiest Cities ranking.

Residents’ satisfaction with the selection of cultural events taking place in Tallinn has returned to a level as high as it was before Covid-19 but the opportunities to visit these events as much as wanted is in a downward trend. The most popular cultural events organised by the city are Tallinn Old Town Days and Tallinn Maritime Days.

Today, 2 November at 4pm in Jaan Poska House, Deputy Mayor Tanel Kiik will acknowledge and thank active leaders of apartment associations who have renewed the appearance and security of the courtyards of their apartment buildings or increased the energy efficiency and improved the exterior appearance of their apartment buildings in 2021.

Tallinn’s ice-skating rinks will open on November 19. All townspeople are welcome to join the winter fun. The capital's schools have the opportunity to organize free physical education classes on the ice rinks and there will also be free access to all senior citizens.

Today, the cornerstone was officially laid for the extension of the Tallinn Sports Hall, which will be completed next autumn as an important preparation for 2025, when Tallinn will be the European Capital of Sport.

Tallinn's third draft supplementary budget, which has been sent to the City Council for approval, includes €38 000 to cover the operating costs of the Food Bank, to cover the increased costs of the food distribution points and to provide additional support for the purchase of basic food items in food parcels.

Tallinn City Government today proposed to the City Council to transfer two city-owned ambulances free of charge to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for humanitarian aid to Ukraine and two more ambulances to Tallinn's partner city Lviv.

This Sunday, 6 November, admission to museums affiliated to Tallinn Museum is free of charge. The next and last Museum Sunday in which the entry is free will take place on 4 December.

On Friday, 18 November, a construction contract was signed at the Children's Museum Miiamilla (L. Koidula 21c) for the creation of the main project of the indoor and outdoor exhibition of the new permanent exhibition "Children's World Spaces". The activities of the new permanent exhibition are designed for the whole family to discover and will cost about €766 000.

In the coming week, from 21 to 27 November, residents of Tallinn will once again dispose of bulky waste at waste collection points free of charge.