I hope you all enjoyed this one! If you're visiting Tallinn, you might be interested in some of the experiences listed below 😊 🌟 TALLINN EXPERIENCES 🌟 🚶♂Old Town Walking tour: gyg.me/xqLNQYBX 🚲 Best of Tallinn Bike Tour: gyg.me/FmDdXDr8 ⛴ Return Ferry Day Trip to Helsinki: gyg.me/jYI9Ksca 🔫 2-Hour Shooting Range Experience: gyg.me/OrBFFoxk 🌳 Day Trip to Lahemaa National Park: gyg.me/zIQqhOFd
Tour videos have a life that draws a solo traveler into his most comfortable recess and wafting about in the secluded hidden gems that couldn't have marveled otherwise .
Hey Ben, merry late christmas. Another great video. I never though Estonia could look so magical and historically pleasant, amazing capital indeed. I really loved this. Saludos amigo😉
Merry late Christmas to you too! Muchas gracias, it is quite surprising isn’t it, even in the UK we likely have quite negative misconceptions about Eastern European countries, but I’ve loved every city I’ve visited so far! Hasta luego!
I would be that local psycho in shorts, except Cumbrian in Latvia. My Latvian wife gives me so much grief when I go out in trackies and a hoodie during winter.🤣
I hope you enjoyed your time in Tallinn. The drones are delivery drones by Starship. This company was founded by a former founder of Skype (which we also claim as made in Estonia) and is a reflection of the high tech focus of Tallinn. If you come back this way you can see the rebirth & the modern side which gives an interesting contrast to the old town. Safe travels to you.
Thanks as always Dan, it’s nice to see! Don’t know if you’re like me.. obsessed with analytics on TH-cam studio 🤣 sure you’ll love it mate, try visit in winter if you can 😁
@@BenRobson123 mate I spend about 2 hours a day on studio! Just wait till you find the “research” tab if you haven’t already! And when you get the revenue one oh my word it sucks up so many hours haha
well once I’m 1,000 subs the revenue should come on which is exciting! and deffos haha I check at least 20 times a day haha it’s an addiction. maybe the research tab will come at 1k too!
@@BenRobson123 mate the research tab is amazing I change titles about 3 times a day because of it check analytics then the top tab left of overview! It’s amazing!
I had a few, very enjoyable, years working in the Baltic countries. This was a wonderful reminder and took me back to happy times. Made it seem like yesterday. Accessible, affordable and always worth a visit. Thank you.
hi friend, I enjoyed watching your docu video.. its so informative my friend.. its like a white christmas.. - new subscriber and friend here from philppines - from Leah is here
I was there last June, loved it! If you ever get the chance to go back, do the Naissaar island trip. It’s a boat that takes you to the island where there’s an abandoned Soviet military base. You can trick all your mates back home into thinking you went urbexing into some top secret Soviet base 😂 I found Tallinn and Riga (and if you ever do Vilnius) have street layouts that mess with your brain compass - just constantly winding and changing direction. You need maps on your phone 😂
Nice vlog Ben. Subed and was your 956th. We are exactly tied. lol. We are planning our first trip to Estonia for April. It looks like a really cool destination. Scouting it for our RTW Drive. What is your favorite thing to see and eat? Cheers to us both getting to 1000 next week brother. - Bear
Woo congrats on hitting 1k too! Thanks Bear, honestly we didn’t have much time there at all. We only explored the Old Town, and you can do all that in a day. Enjoy the trip!
I went lat year mate direct from Liverpool. Its not cheap. The Depeche Mode bar was hilarious and Kalamaja was cool (full of hipsters) and Alexander Netsky Cathedral and Peter The Greats House was really interesting as well. When I went it was nearly summer. Spent a a bit of time in HellHunt pub and that old factory that is now a Brewery in Kalamaja (Spelling) where they done Stout that was like 10% Also as somebody who is very interested in the Soviet Union I couldn't believe the Soviets wanted to knock Alexander Netsky cathedral down.
The Soviets didnt want to knock it down. We, the Estonians did and still do. It is a symbol of occupation, firstly. And secondly, it is so out of context there. In the middle of a medieval nordic city, suddenly a new (1900) orthodox church. It eats up the whole place, and it is the most important place in Estonia, with our parliamentary building and the Hermann Tower where our flag is hoisted every sunrise and lowered every sunset. This church should have been taken down and I am very sad they lacked funds to do it in 1920 (It was the Estonian Republic, not Soviet Union) I have no problem with orthodox churches. We have quite many of them, small and wooden, in places where they fit the context. There is a lovely on, for example, on top a peninsula on the seaside, with a very very nice garden. Nobody wants to take it down. This one on Toompea hill though is just sooo wrong. And how wrong it is is highlihted by the fact that this video comletely misses the Tallinn Dome Church right around the corner, historically the most important church in Estonia, also one of the first ones, one of the first stone buildings in Tallinn, in the 13th century. The video would not have missed it, had the hill not been simply so overpowered by the big orthodox church. As for being interested in the Soviet Union: well, for the people whom it actually concerned, it means nothing but tragedy, death, deportation, loss of property, loss of family members and loss of freedom. The worst thing that ever happened in Estonian history, and one of the worst things in world history. I just see no point in gloryfying it in any way, shape or form. The church, of course, is from before the Soviet union, from an earlier russification wave. But tourists are so fascinated by it, it is crazy. And so weird, because really it is a very typical orthodox church, there are zillions of the like in Russia. If you like them and are interested, I suggest a place called Kizhi Island in Lake Ladoga in Russia. They have somehow transported old, really old, like from the 10 th century etc wooden orthodox churches there. And that is all there is on that island. That is truly amazing. And you can have guided tours there organised from various places around there. It is also in Unesco world heritage list, just like Tallinn. By the way, that crazy monstrous church on Toompea was a reason we were almost taken off the UNESCO list, because it messes with the historic context. It is against the law to build new buildings in Old Town and there are very strict rules if someone wants to renovate or do anything in the old town. It was so already during Soviet occupation. The Soviets did ruin and take down a lot churches because they were against religion as such. Churches were turned into warehouses, gyms, markets etc. It mostly happened in Russia itself during Soviet Union. Russia destroyed loads of Russian orthodox churches and killed off thousands of orthodox priests.
15:20 Estonian National Opera House? And then in 15:50 You actually are showing the ENOH but now words about it! Seems like You had to much of GLÖG last night! ;)
ahh that's a hard choice! Tallinn is definitely more fairytale like in the snow, though the xmas market was small. if it's snowing I'd say Tallinn is more medieval and just has that special feel. but Riga is beautiful too
An Estonian here. That russian church should still be torn town. It is not just a symbol of oppression. Its also a symbol of russification i.e banning everything and anything Estonian and forcing everything to be russian. Its a symbol of executions, deportations, slavery etc. And yeah, we should have it, to remember to always be ready to fight our neighnours... but. Not in the old town. Just somewhere else.
I get you. But as a Tallinner, I guarantee you that when it actually snows, and the Christmas lights are on and the snow is on the tree branches... it is am amazing feeling to just be alive here
No offense but I go to Tallinn twice per year for business. I’ve tried to stay over the weekends in hopes of having some fun. It’s the most boring place I’ve ever been in my life.
Thanks for the comment Mikhel. I read that flights below 150m don’t need permission. The information for drone flying is quite often very contrasting and unclear, which can make it quite difficult to know what is allowed and what isn’t!
@@BenRobson123there are no fly zones (airports and airpaths are rather obvious ones) Some of those are due privacy concerns for example (going to peek through someone's windows is a quite big no-no all on itself) -- as people have had trouble with some who have done that, some purely residential zones which have taken no-fly zone for their specific area against drones exist. There's map at somewhere which displays those restricted zones...
I like your videos, but honestly, this one is pretty bad. Not because Tallinn is bad or boring, but because you seem to have done no research at all before going there. Usually, you show pretty much all the best sightseeing places in the city as well as the best museums. Nothing of that here. You just showed some buildings you stumbled across - and that's it. Tallinn has so much more to offer, even in addition to the old town, out of which you showed like 20% max. Great viewing platforms, churches (one of which used to be the tallest building in the world), the oldest drugstore in Europe that is still open, the thick city wall tower, beautiful tiny passages, extremely nice new neighbourhoods like Rotermanni and Noblessner, awesome museums like seaplane harbor, LvlUp, etc. etc. It's just soooo disappointing.
Have you heard a saying: "When you reach the top of the mountain, all you have there is what you brought with you in your backbag"? Think about what it means. If you are bored, it is because you have nothing in your back bag. And when you are not bored, you have something in your bag, in your soul. And because of that you find things interesting. There has to be something in your should first. If the soul is empty.... everything is boring.
I hope you all enjoyed this one! If you're visiting Tallinn, you might be interested in some of the experiences listed below 😊
🌟 TALLINN EXPERIENCES 🌟
🚶♂Old Town Walking tour: gyg.me/xqLNQYBX
🚲 Best of Tallinn Bike Tour: gyg.me/FmDdXDr8
⛴ Return Ferry Day Trip to Helsinki: gyg.me/jYI9Ksca
🔫 2-Hour Shooting Range Experience: gyg.me/OrBFFoxk
🌳 Day Trip to Lahemaa National Park: gyg.me/zIQqhOFd
Tour videos have a life that draws a solo traveler into his most comfortable recess and wafting about in the secluded hidden gems that couldn't have marveled otherwise .
Haha quite the poet! Glad you enjoyed
glad u enjoyed staying in my country
Very much so, beautiful in the snow!
Love Estonia! 🇪🇪
I need to go back to explore some more!
@Ben Robson I definitely recommend the country side, the islands etc
Nice video, Tallin is a beautiful place
Thank you! Yes it’s lovely 😊
Definitely on my list! Looks like a beautiful place. Especially in the snow.
Hey Ben, merry late christmas. Another great video. I never though Estonia could look so magical and historically pleasant, amazing capital indeed. I really loved this. Saludos amigo😉
Merry late Christmas to you too! Muchas gracias, it is quite surprising isn’t it, even in the UK we likely have quite negative misconceptions about Eastern European countries, but I’ve loved every city I’ve visited so far!
Hasta luego!
I would be that local psycho in shorts, except Cumbrian in Latvia. My Latvian wife gives me so much grief when I go out in trackies and a hoodie during winter.🤣
Beautiful little country and great if you are a snow lover like myself. Guaranteed decent snow every winter. ❄️🥶
I hope you enjoyed your time in Tallinn. The drones are delivery drones by Starship. This company was founded by a former founder of Skype (which we also claim as made in Estonia) and is a reflection of the high tech focus of Tallinn. If you come back this way you can see the rebirth & the modern side which gives an interesting contrast to the old town. Safe travels to you.
Thanks for the comment, very nice to hear about the drones. I did find it very amusing, I'm sure I'll be back to explore again one day :)
Thank you for your video. I’ll be in Tallin on Christmas Day. Hopefully I’ll get a white Christmas then 😊
Amazing. that will be really cool, hopefully you get snow!
Booking a ticket to Tallinn because of your video! A lovely video once again, Ben!
🥳 wooo when are you going?😁
@@BenRobson123 will be there in June 🥰😛
@@the_exiled_soul fantastic, not too long to wait. Have a great time!😄
Another quality video Ben👍🏼
Thank you Marcus, hope to see you again soon. (It would be nice to build a nice little community over time) 😊
👍👍 great video and fun finish, I am glad you like my homeland.
Thank you!
Love seeing the subs climbing up mate you deserve it!
Tallinn looks so nice I can’t wait to visit it!
Thanks as always Dan, it’s nice to see! Don’t know if you’re like me.. obsessed with analytics on TH-cam studio 🤣 sure you’ll love it mate, try visit in winter if you can 😁
@@BenRobson123 mate I spend about 2 hours a day on studio! Just wait till you find the “research” tab if you haven’t already! And when you get the revenue one oh my word it sucks up so many hours haha
well once I’m 1,000 subs the revenue should come on which is exciting! and deffos haha I check at least 20 times a day haha it’s an addiction. maybe the research tab will come at 1k too!
@@BenRobson123 mate the research tab is amazing I change titles about 3 times a day because of it check analytics then the top tab left of overview! It’s amazing!
I had a few, very enjoyable, years working in the Baltic countries. This was a wonderful reminder and took me back to happy times. Made it seem like yesterday. Accessible, affordable and always worth a visit. Thank you.
You’re very welcome. Must’ve been an interesting experience!
hi friend, I enjoyed watching your docu video.. its so informative my friend.. its like a white christmas.. - new subscriber and friend here from philppines - from Leah is here
Thank you so much! Hello from England - thanks Leah 😊👋
Love this vlog and you observations!!!
Thank you!!
I was there last June, loved it! If you ever get the chance to go back, do the Naissaar island trip. It’s a boat that takes you to the island where there’s an abandoned Soviet military base. You can trick all your mates back home into thinking you went urbexing into some top secret Soviet base 😂
I found Tallinn and Riga (and if you ever do Vilnius) have street layouts that mess with your brain compass - just constantly winding and changing direction. You need maps on your phone 😂
Great video 👍
Thank you!
Great video. Was just wondering what are the jackets you and your friend are wearing
amazing!
Beautiful. Thanks of the comment!
i love the place you vlog watching from Dubai
That’s great 👋
a beutifull city indeed - nice video
Very pretty. But unfortunately, many do not travel further than Tallinn. Visit Rakvere, Paide, Võru. Other medieval centres of Estonia
Kuressaare ...
The “local psychopath”. Is probably a Canadian! We see that all the time here 🇨🇦
I bet 😄
Great style of vid / just old school magazine style presenting without the need to try to be trendy or slick like the rest of TH-cam. 🎉
Thanks Dylan. I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm curious to watch back some of my older TH-cam videos now to see the change 😁
Nice vlog Ben. Subed and was your 956th. We are exactly tied. lol. We are planning our first trip to Estonia for April. It looks like a really cool destination. Scouting it for our RTW Drive. What is your favorite thing to see and eat? Cheers to us both getting to 1000 next week brother. - Bear
Woo congrats on hitting 1k too! Thanks Bear, honestly we didn’t have much time there at all. We only explored the Old Town, and you can do all that in a day. Enjoy the trip!
@@BenRobson123 We will. Hope to keep in touch and up to date on your stuff.
I went lat year mate direct from Liverpool. Its not cheap. The Depeche Mode bar was hilarious and Kalamaja was cool (full of hipsters) and Alexander Netsky Cathedral and Peter The Greats House was really interesting as well. When I went it was nearly summer. Spent a a bit of time in HellHunt pub and that old factory that is now a Brewery in Kalamaja (Spelling) where they done Stout that was like 10%
Also as somebody who is very interested in the Soviet Union I couldn't believe the Soviets wanted to knock Alexander Netsky cathedral down.
The Soviets didnt want to knock it down. We, the Estonians did and still do. It is a symbol of occupation, firstly. And secondly, it is so out of context there. In the middle of a medieval nordic city, suddenly a new (1900) orthodox church. It eats up the whole place, and it is the most important place in Estonia, with our parliamentary building and the Hermann Tower where our flag is hoisted every sunrise and lowered every sunset. This church should have been taken down and I am very sad they lacked funds to do it in 1920 (It was the Estonian Republic, not Soviet Union) I have no problem with orthodox churches. We have quite many of them, small and wooden, in places where they fit the context. There is a lovely on, for example, on top a peninsula on the seaside, with a very very nice garden. Nobody wants to take it down. This one on Toompea hill though is just sooo wrong. And how wrong it is is highlihted by the fact that this video comletely misses the Tallinn Dome Church right around the corner, historically the most important church in Estonia, also one of the first ones, one of the first stone buildings in Tallinn, in the 13th century. The video would not have missed it, had the hill not been simply so overpowered by the big orthodox church.
As for being interested in the Soviet Union: well, for the people whom it actually concerned, it means nothing but tragedy, death, deportation, loss of property, loss of family members and loss of freedom. The worst thing that ever happened in Estonian history, and one of the worst things in world history. I just see no point in gloryfying it in any way, shape or form. The church, of course, is from before the Soviet union, from an earlier russification wave. But tourists are so fascinated by it, it is crazy. And so weird, because really it is a very typical orthodox church, there are zillions of the like in Russia. If you like them and are interested, I suggest a place called Kizhi Island in Lake Ladoga in Russia. They have somehow transported old, really old, like from the 10 th century etc wooden orthodox churches there. And that is all there is on that island. That is truly amazing. And you can have guided tours there organised from various places around there. It is also in Unesco world heritage list, just like Tallinn. By the way, that crazy monstrous church on Toompea was a reason we were almost taken off the UNESCO list, because it messes with the historic context. It is against the law to build new buildings in Old Town and there are very strict rules if someone wants to renovate or do anything in the old town. It was so already during Soviet occupation.
The Soviets did ruin and take down a lot churches because they were against religion as such. Churches were turned into warehouses, gyms, markets etc. It mostly happened in Russia itself during Soviet Union. Russia destroyed loads of Russian orthodox churches and killed off thousands of orthodox priests.
Lovely video ☺️
Muchas gracias Rosangela!😇
Hey when did you go like snow happened in afternoon, we went during Christmas and there wasn’t snow happening in noon
With curiosity to look at your city (where you were born) through the eyes of a foreigner.
Looks beautiful. Planning on visiting in November I hope it snows! Is there plenty of nice bars in the evening?
Fantastic, hope I sold it well!😄 I’d say so yes, at night there was nobody in the streets because they were all in bars & restaurants I think!😁
Fun fact the wall next to the artilley tower is the place where Danes got there flag 🇩🇰🇪🇪oldest flag in Europe!
15:20 Estonian National Opera House? And then in 15:50 You actually are showing the ENOH but now words about it! Seems like You had to much of GLÖG last night! ;)
Snowiest? Ever been to Helsinki?
Overall where would you recommend for the Christmas markets for 2 nights tallin or Riga thank you
ahh that's a hard choice! Tallinn is definitely more fairytale like in the snow, though the xmas market was small. if it's snowing I'd say Tallinn is more medieval and just has that special feel. but Riga is beautiful too
Tallinn, not Tallin. It is an important distinction for many reasons
Unlucky you didn't see the unmanned delivery robots driving in traffic. There are bigger AI driven car robots doing deliveries there.
Ooh that sounds cool?
An Estonian here. That russian church should still be torn town. It is not just a symbol of oppression. Its also a symbol of russification i.e banning everything and anything Estonian and forcing everything to be russian. Its a symbol of executions, deportations, slavery etc. And yeah, we should have it, to remember to always be ready to fight our neighnours... but. Not in the old town. Just somewhere else.
Another Estonian here
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Good country🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻
Those anti-war posters were still there outside the Russian embassy when I was in Tallinn last week.
Nice video and glad you enjoyed the city. However, I truly wish people would stop sticking the russian orthodox church in their video thumbnails...
shorts and t-shirt, probably an American tourist then
btw...those psychos can take a lot more...they have been seen outdoors like in -20
Welcome to Estonia!
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Oj nooo, you missed the most beautiful places: 3 viewing points.
What are they? My wife and I arrive on December 1 for a week visit.
Hello sir
Indra here iam looking chef job in Tallinn Estonia
Are you mad?I want Beach and Sun ,not cold,snow and dark days😅😅😅😅
I get you. But as a Tallinner, I guarantee you that when it actually snows, and the Christmas lights are on and the snow is on the tree branches... it is am amazing feeling to just be alive here
No offense but I go to Tallinn twice per year for business. I’ve tried to stay over the weekends in hopes of having some fun. It’s the most boring place I’ve ever been in my life.
Nice video, but u cant use drones in Tallinn. U need special license for that 🙂
Thanks for the comment Mikhel. I read that flights below 150m don’t need permission.
The information for drone flying is quite often very contrasting and unclear, which can make it quite difficult to know what is allowed and what isn’t!
@@BenRobson123there are no fly zones (airports and airpaths are rather obvious ones)
Some of those are due privacy concerns for example (going to peek through someone's windows is a quite big no-no all on itself) -- as people have had trouble with some who have done that, some purely residential zones which have taken no-fly zone for their specific area against drones exist.
There's map at somewhere which displays those restricted zones...
I like your videos, but honestly, this one is pretty bad. Not because Tallinn is bad or boring, but because you seem to have done no research at all before going there. Usually, you show pretty much all the best sightseeing places in the city as well as the best museums. Nothing of that here. You just showed some buildings you stumbled across - and that's it. Tallinn has so much more to offer, even in addition to the old town, out of which you showed like 20% max. Great viewing platforms, churches (one of which used to be the tallest building in the world), the oldest drugstore in Europe that is still open, the thick city wall tower, beautiful tiny passages, extremely nice new neighbourhoods like Rotermanni and Noblessner, awesome museums like seaplane harbor, LvlUp, etc. etc. It's just soooo disappointing.
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скучный город, я люблю хаос Брюсселя и Парижа
Have you heard a saying: "When you reach the top of the mountain, all you have there is what you brought with you in your backbag"? Think about what it means. If you are bored, it is because you have nothing in your back bag. And when you are not bored, you have something in your bag, in your soul. And because of that you find things interesting. There has to be something in your should first. If the soul is empty.... everything is boring.