Nord apartments situated in tallinn citycentre district of tallinn, nord apartment is 5 km from ulemiste airport. If you feel like visiting the surroundings, check out. Kgb prison cells tallinn all you need to know before you. Check out where to stay in tallinn and book an accommodation of your choice. If you feel like visiting the surroundings, check out kumu art museum 1100 meters away.
It is truly horrific what people were having to put with just 30 years ago, and having a guide tell you their personal experience of soviet governance makes it all the more powerful. There once was a hotel that came to be named the viru. Book your tickets online for estonian jewish museum, tallinn. Well worth a visit book in advance kgb museum, tallinn. Visit kgb museum on your trip to tallinn or estonia. Book the original sokos hotel viru stay at this 4star businessfriendly hotel in tallinn. Kadriorg art museum is 3900 feet from the accommodation, while kadriorg palace is 3900 feet away.
The viru hotel, open in 1972, is full of various stories stories about the hotel itself, soviet society and the development of estonia. Theres nothing there, and other lies the kgb told us. The tour is a very tongueincheek, even sarcastic, and certainly entertaining affair that tries to provide an insight into the soviet era without making it too gloomy. Estonian jewish museum tallinn updated may 2020 top. The former kgb headquarters on pikk street have welcomed visitors for several years now, and the kgb museum, on the top floor of the hotel viru on viru valjak, opened early in 2011. Copy link the hotel viru 1972 was not only estonias first skyscraper, but literally the only place for tourists to stay in tallinn at the time. Advanced reservation is highly recommended as its very popular. Historians visiting tallinn have several opportunities to catch a glimpse into estonias communist past. The year was 1972, and there were still two decades or so until the fall of communism and the collapse of the soviet union. Original sokos hotel viru in tallinn, estonia expedia. Kgb museum kgb museum 4800 ft sokos hotel viru viru valjak 4 kumu art museum kumu art museum 4800 ft a. The hotel for foreigners also had to suit the national security body kgb. The year was 1972 and a little less than 20 years remained until the end of the soviet era. Viru valjak 4, 10111 tallinn, estonia kgb museum contact number.
If like me you enjoy a good spy novel and lap up history books on the kgb then maybe you will still visit. If you have time to do only one thing in tallinn, visit this museum. Having all the foreigners in one place made it much easier to keep tabs on them and the locals they. The kgb museum tallinn possibly the worst museum in the. Sokos hotel viru viru valjak 4, tallinn 10111, estonia. Great breakfast and superhelpfull staff we have been in many hotels in capital citys but this one was by far the best one. Of course you are its in the top 5 places to go in tallinn according to tripadvisor as of making this video in april. Kgb museum tallinn 2020 all you need to know before. Viru valjak 4, 10111 tallinn, estonia sales service. This museum is a must to understand how awesomely the kgb tried to protect soviet estonia meaning totally oppress its citizens. No longer the plaything of greater powers danish, swedish, polish, german and soviet tallinn is now a proud european capital with an allure all of its own. Located in tallinn, a 9minute walk from toompea castle, centennial hotel tallinn has accommodations with a bar and private parking.
For an interesting and fun history lesson join one of the groups leaving between 10am and 5. The museum, which can only hold 25 people at a time, occupies a hotel room that. Our guide margit was wonderful and stayed back to answer everyones questions she offered a unique perspective of estonias recent history and the struggle. Nov 04, 2018 the hotel viru kgb museum is a fantastic place to visit. Stay in the heart of tallinn excellent location show map. Kgb museum tallinn 2020 all you need to know before you. The museum, which can only hold 25 people at a time, occupies a hotel room that began to be used.
Weizenbergi 34 valge 1 tallinn old town tallinn old town 1. After the soviets built tallinns luxurious, but imposing, hotel viru in the. For 5 its definitely worth a visit if youre in tallinn for even a weekend. Across tammsaare park from tallinns atmospheric old town, you will find a different world. Please mind the hidden bugs what a world when tourism picked up in estonia in the 1970s, the kgb finally had the perfect way to monitor foreigners and locals. The kgb museum is located on the top floor of the hotel viru in midtown tallinn, adjacent to the historic old town, and can only be visited as part of a guided tour. Viru valjak 4, kesklinna linnaosa, tallinn view on map view on map viru valjak 4.
Choose from over 203 hotels backed by travelocitys price match guarantee. Viru kgb museum, tallinn dark tourism the guide to dark. Basrelief of boris yeltsyn is 15 minutes stroll away. This museum tells the story of more than just one hotel and the kgb. Popular attractions port of tallinn and tallinn town hall are located nearby. Administratively a part of harju maakond, tallinn is the main financial, industrial, cultural. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel at least 24 hours before the start date of your tour for a.
Kgb museum tour welcome to the world where an hour spent makes the two parallel worlds of the soviet time understood and tangible. Tallinn song festival grounds tallinn song festival grounds 5300 ft narva mnt 95 kgb museum kgb museum 1. Museum hotel viru and the kgb once upon a time, there was a hotel called viru. Hotel viru kgb museum tallinn, estonia attractions lonely. This is perhaps the smallest kgb museum among ones in lithuania, latvia, and estonia, but you still get to see everything. The country needed hotels suitable for foreigners, and these hotels had to accommodate kgb as well. Back then, the hotel viru was where foreigners stayed and that was just what the kgb wanted. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel at least 24 hours before the start date of your tour for a full refund.
Right from the start youre transported to ussr times, with interesting stories of kgb activities in the hotel and tallinn. Its lively yet peaceful, absurdly photogenic and bursting with wonderful sights ancient churches, medieval streetscapes and noble merchants houses. Of course you are its in the top 5 places to go in tallinn according to. Not so much a museum as such but a guided tour through the somewhat museumized parts of the viru hotel in tallinn where the kgb used to operate its surveillance technology to listen into guests conversations and so on. Choose hotels near kgb museum based on your preferences like cheap, budget, luxury or based on the type of hotels like 3 star, 4 star or 5 star. The kgb museum is a shrine of the stories about two worlds one world, which existed mainly on paper, where all the citizens were happy and friends with each other, and lived without any troubles, being led by the wise and the only party.
During the tour, you will see the main city square and the tallinn town hall, aleksander nevsky cathedral, toompea castle and much more. Its inside of hotel viru which is 5 minute walk outside of viru gate in old town tallinn. Book ahead to ensure a spot on the hourlong tour, which takes place daily from may through to september. Thinking of visiting the kgb museum in the veru hotel in tallinn estonia. Viru kgb museum, tallinn dark tourism the guide to. Top 28 museums in tallinn 2020 best tallinn museums. A selection of a concert hall and a stadium can be found within walking distance. Elizabeth newcamp is a floridabased homeschooling mother of three boys ages 7, 5 and 3. Kgb prison cells tallinn all you need to know before. Apr 30, 2017 thinking of visiting the kgb museum in the veru hotel in tallinn estonia. The hotel viru 1972 was not only estonias first skyscraper, but literally the only place for tourists to stay in tallinn at the time. Visit kgb museum on your trip to tallinn or estonia inspirock. Having all the foreigners in one place made it much easier to keep tabs on them and the locals they had contact with, which is exactly what the kgb did from its 23rdfloor spy base.
Plan to visit kgb museum during your tallinn vacation using our convenient tallinn driving holiday planner. From october to april, the tour is not available on mondays. Bright home located 20 minutes walk from tallinn city center, suda home apartment features a free parking lot, a hairdresser and a designated smoking area. Located in the hotel viru, the kgb museum takes you back only a little way into history to soviet times but it seems like a different world. Kgb used to play a big role in hotel virus and generally estonias history. Enjoy free breakfast, free wifi, and 2 restaurants. The kgb prison cells vibrantly bring the past into focus, and will fascinate visitors with its startlingly corporeal representation on the lives of former prisoners. The kgb museum tallinn possibly the worst museum in. Its attached to the viru centre shopping mall and the popular kgb museum is also there. Hotel viru kgb museum tallinn, estonia attractions.
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