People living in Tallinn according to the population register will be able to dispose of bulky waste such as furniture, bicycles and prams free of charge at the city's waste stations.
The parade of the Defence Forces on the occasion of the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia and the rehearsal of the parade on Vabaduse Square will cause changes to public transport routes in Tallinn city centre on Wednesday 23 February from 19:00 and Thursday 24 February from 8-16:30.
The City of Tallinn, in cooperation with the Uuskasutuskeskus/Reuse Centre, has opened a recycling room at the Paljassaare waste station, where people can bring items that have become redundant at home, but are in good working order and fit for use.
Tallinn is a UNESCO City of Music from October 2021, and in this context the city has opened a call for applications to support music events taking place in Tallinn. In the first music grant round of the year, Tallinn awarded a total of €53,584 to 11 music projects.
A system of free distribution of clothes and other necessary items to Ukrainian war refugees was launched today in cooperation between the city and the Reuse Centre in Lasnamäe Uuskasuteskeskus shop at Punane Street 50. To receive the items free of charge, a war refugee needs to validate the Tallinn smartcard at the shop's cash desk together with an identity document.
As of 4 pm yesterday, 10,026 Ukrainian war refugees, 42% of whom are minors, have been registered at the Tallinn reception centre opened on 2 March at Niine Street.
From 4 April, a free online Estonian language course "Learn and speak with me" will be launched by Multikey Online School with the support of the City of Tallinn.
With the arrival of spring, this year's season at Tallinn's ice skating rinks are coming to an end, only to start again at the beginning of next winter. By the end of the season, the city's ice rinks will have been visited around 110 000 times.
During the snowiest winter in a decade, nearly 595,200 cubic metres or 39,680 truckloads of snow were removed from Tallinn. The city spent a total of nearly €4.3 million to remove snow from roads and streets in the 2021/22 season.