Tallinn Day celebrated for the 21st time this year
Tallinn Day will be celebrated for the 21st time on Sunday 15 May, but the first events to mark the city's birthday will take place on Friday 13 May.
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Tenth Tallinn Day dictation to take place in Town Hall Square
The traditional Tallinn Day dictation will take place this Friday, 13 May, starting at 12 noon on Town Hall Square. Everyone interested in the Estonian language, students and adults alike, is welcome to test their language skills.
Activities of music cities in refugee crisis were discussed at Tallinn Music Week
At the international music and city festival Tallinn Music Week (TMW) last week, representatives from the UNESCO Cities of Music - Tallinn, Norrköping, Katowice and Veszprém - discussed the role of culture and music in addressing the refugee crisis.
Tallinn Mayor took part in political debate with European Mayors
Last week, Tallinn Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart participated in the political debate on cohesion policy and innovation as part of the European political summit „State of the Union 2022“ in Florence, Italy, to discuss the current and future needs of cities.
Tallinn holds nine youth festivals this summer
A total of nine youth festivals will take place across Tallinn during the summer, focusing on extreme sports, street art and dance, and music. The summer of festivals kicks off on 14 May in Männi Park as part of Tallinn Day.
Tallinn and Helsinki mayors renew twin city cooperation agreement
Tallinn Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart is in Helsinki today to meet Mayor Juhana Vartiainen on the issue of twin-city cooperation. The two mayors will sign a new Tallinn-Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding and agree on joint priorities for action.
Tallinn participates in EU project for healthier school meals
Tallinn City and Viimsi Parish, together with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Tallinn Centre, are participating in a project involving partners from 12 countries to make school meals healthier and more environmentally friendly for children in Europe.
Mother's Day celebrated in Tallinn with various family concerts
The upcoming Sunday is International Mothers' Day and to celebrate, people can visit a series of concerts in the open air and in concert halls, as well as workshops and fairs taking place in Tallinn.
Tallinn’s international guests were impressed with our smart city solutions and the Pollinator Highway
This week Tallinn hosted the European Green Capital (EGC) Troika network meeting. 14 guests from Lahti and Grenoble visited Tallinn to learn about our plans for the European Green Capital year 2023. There have been regular meetings online, but this was the first time the three cities network met in real life.
Birgitta Festival builds a musical bridge between Estonia and Finland
The organisers of the Birgitta Festival presented the highlights of the festival, which will take place from 6 to 14 August. Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni" and Sibelius's music for the play "Tempest" will be staged in the ruins of Pirita Convent, Finnish productions of "Black Monk" and "Uniko", and a new work, the opera "Lalli", begun by Veljo Tormis and completed by Rasmus Puur.