On Monday, 19 June, the youth-oriented summer of festivals will officially begin at Inglirand. Five youth festivals will be taking place throughout the summer.
The Tallinn urban area has dozens of public fountains, where everyone can get free clean drinking water, something especially important in hot weather.
During the past school year, an environmental education programme had been carried out in Tallinn nurseries and schools encouraging children to reuse and recycle things and to develop the habit of sorting waste by type.
Tallinn Deputy Mayor Tiit Terik participated in a digital assembly of mayors as part of the world cities summit held in Brussels. Representing Tallinn, he signed the Living-in.eu declaration, whose purpose is to create successful innovative digital solutions for the advancement of sustainable digital transitioning in European Union cities and communities in cooperation with cities of different sizes.
During the upcoming Victory Day and St John’s Day, people with health concerns can turn to the hospitals’ emergency departments as well as the Tallinn Dental Clinic, on-duty pharmacies and the general practitioner help line.
On Monday, 3 July, work will begin on a new Tondi railway crossing, which, when completed by the end of 2024, will include a new underpass allowing safer passage for both pedestrians, cyclists and motor vehicles.
From Monday, 3 July, the Narva mnt-Hobujaama-Laikmaa intersection will be closed as part of the next stage of the Vanasadam tramway construction. As such, tram lines 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be halted until the end of August. Viru terminal will be temporarily closed and public transport redirected.
The city of Tallinn and OÜ Utilitas have received a merger permit from the competition authority for the formation of district heating company AS Utilitas Tallinna Soojus and have signed contracts for the transfer of shares. The new company will be jointly owned by the city of Tallinn and Utilitas, with the former holding 33.34% ownership and the latter 66.66%.
The Tallinn Strategic Management Office in collaboration with Filaret OÜ has installed 80 special rubbish bins at seaside areas to prevent cigarette butts from ending up in the sea, while simultaneously collecting valuable material for recycling.