Tallinn- Don’t Rely on RS Guidebook alone- you will miss Telliskivi Creative City!

Its a reference option. Choice is yours to use or ignore.

Glad you found a restaurant to enjoy.

Hi Claudia. I know all guidebooks are reference options, but Rick Steves, who built his name so very many years ago on “back door” trip information, just doesn’t seem to do that anymore. After 25 years of using his books, I think I may be ready to let that go. I find it interesting that a restaurant search led me to a really cool part of Tallinn. (Telliskivi is about so much more than restaurants.) I like Lonely Planet guidebooks, but sometimes they contain so very much information (enough to use as a guide for moving there🤣) that they are hard to lug around on a trip. My search for the guidebook that best fits me continues…

the best way to pass along input to the RS organization is by the buttons at the bottom of the page.

Although very occasionally a staff member may see something and comment (you can tell by the round blue RS icon next to their name where the stars appear for some) that is very unusual indeed.

They are kind to provide these Forums for free and they just let us - all volunteer fellow travellers like you who do our best to help answer questions or comments - loose and moderate with an extremely light touch.

Click the button and let them know what you think. They may put your information on the Updates page.

It's good that your headline grabbed me because otherwise I might have interpreted this as a post about the guidebooks and moved on, missing the message about Telliskivi Creative City.

I will be in Tallinn next month and this sounds like a fun place to visit, so thanks for that information!

A warning for CWSocial and anyone else heading to Tallinn for the next I-don't-know-how-long:

There are short segments of scattered streets blocked off in Tallinn--I think for work on a new tram line, or something like that. As a result, some bus stops have been relocated. I think both Google and Citymapper know what's going on, but they can only take their routing information from the website of the local transportation authority. Bus and tram stops in Tallinn have individual names, as is common in Europe, but the temporary stops haven't been given geographically-descriptive names. It seems that every one of them is called "ajutine peatus", which translates--wait for it--as "temporary stop". Needless to say, you won't find a location by that name on any map. If you have directions to board a bus at "ajutine peatus", you need to look carefully at the map shown by Citymapper, Google, etc., to see exactly where the stop is. If several different buses are suggested as possibilities, your boarding point could be different for each one even if all are called "ajutine peatus".

I managed to get where I wanted to go today, but it took considerable extra time to research the possible routes. The two temporary stops I saw were marked, but the signage didn't list all the buses serving them, so I'd recommend allowing extra travel time as well, in case you aren't initially at the right stop.

I'm staying east of the historic center, between the port and the Rotermann Quarter. I like the location, but it seems that it's the bus stops in this area that are most affected.

Oh my goodness, thanks acraven, really appreciate the heads up!!

Adding "ajutine peatus" to my OneNote page with useful phrases for Estonia.

The guidebooks are pretty well known for focusing on a few places and ignoring many places worth a visit. So don't expect them to cover everything.

That's why the forum is a good place to ask for suggestions, Telliskivi has been mentioned before a couple of times. And there are also other sources you can use.

I'm wandering around Telliskivi Creative City and enjoying this wonderful area of shops and street food trucks and cafes and restaurants. It's fun to just look around at the outside street artwork and the interesting new buildings built atop the framework of older brick, industrial structures.

I'm looking forward to lunch at Kivi Paber Käärid when it opens.

ETA: lunch has been fabulous! Very fresh, beautifully cooked dish that I've had a few times in this trip. This was the best, most flavorful version!