Lake Ülemiste
Lake Ülemiste is the largest of the lakes surrounding Tallinn, Estonia. Ülemiste is the main part of the Tallinn water supply system, which supplies the city with most of its drinking water.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hannu, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Estonia
- Also known as: “Bumajnoi Lake”, “Ober-See”, “Ozero Yulemiste”, “Ulemiste Jarv”, and “Yulemiste-Yarv”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lilleküla Stadium and Tallinn-Väike railway station.
Lilleküla Stadium
Stadium
Photo: toivo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lilleküla Stadium, known as A. Le Coq Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. It is the home ground of football clubs Flora and Levadia, and the Estonia national football team. Lilleküla Stadium is situated 3 km northwest of Lake Ülemiste.
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
University
The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Music School on November 17, 1918. Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre is situated 4 km north of Lake Ülemiste.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peetri and Kristiine.
Peetri
Village
Photo: Raul1972, Public domain.
Peetri is a small borough in Rae Parish, Harju County, in northern Estonia. It is bordered by the city of Tallinn. According to official population registration Peetri had 6,502 inhabitants on 1 January 2025. Peetri is situated 2½ km east of Lake Ülemiste.
Kristiine
Suburb
Photo: Liilia Moroz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kristiine is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Kristiine is divided into 3 subdistricts : The name of Kristiine originates from the Swedish Queen Christina, under whose rule in 1653 the area was divided into 46 pieces and sold to businessmen and city officials for 100 riksdaler. Kristiine is situated 3½ km northwest of Lake Ülemiste.
Maakri
Quarter
Maakri is a subdistrict in the district of Kesklinn, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 1,099. In the last decade Maakri has developed into the main business centre of Tallinn. Maakri is situated 4 km north of Lake Ülemiste.
Lake Ülemiste
- Category: body of water
- Location: Tallinn, Harju, North Estonia, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Mari—“Lake Ülemiste” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Liqeni Ülemiste”
- Armenian: “Յուլեմիստե”
- Azerbaijani: “Yulemiste gölü”
- Belarusian: “Возера Юлемістэ”
- Belarusian: “Юлемістэ (возера)”
- Belarusian: “Юлемістэ”
- Bulgarian: “Юлемисте”
- Cebuano: “Ülemiste Järv”
- Chinese: “于萊米斯特湖”
- Chuvash: “Юлемисте”
- Croatian: “Ülemiste”
- Czech: “Horní jezero”
- Czech: “Ülemiste järv”
- Czech: “Ülemiste”
- Czech: “Ülemistské jezero”
- Czech: “Ülemjärv”
- Danish: “Ülemistesøen”
- Dutch: “Ulemiste jarv”
- Dutch: “Ülemiste järv”
- Dutch: “Ulemistemeer”
- Dutch: “Ülemistemeer”
- Eastern Mari: “Юлемисте”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اليميست”
- Esperanto: “Ulemiste”
- Esperanto: “Ülemiste”
- Estonian: “Mõigu järv”
- Estonian: “Ülemiste järv”
- Finnish: “Ülemiste järv”
- Finnish: “Ülemistejärvi”
- French: “Lac Ulemiste”
- French: “lac Ülemiste”
- French: “Lac Ülemiste”
- Georgian: “იულემისტე”
- German: “Ülemist järv”
- German: “Ülemiste järv”
- German: “Ülemiste-See”
- German: “Ülemiste”
- German: “Ülemistesee”
- Greek: “Ούλεμιστε”
- Hebrew: “אגם אולמיסטה”
- Hungarian: “Ülemiste-tó”
- Italian: “Lago Ulemiste”
- Italian: “lago Ülemiste”
- Italian: “Lago Ülemiste”
- Italian: “Ülemiste”
- Kazakh: “Юлемисте (көл)”
- Kazakh: “Юлемисте”
- Latvian: “Ilemistes ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Ilemistė”
- Lithuanian: “Ulemistė”
- Macedonian: “Илемисте”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ülemistesjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ülemistesjøen”
- Norwegian: “Ülemistesjøen”
- Persian: “دریاچه اولمیسته”
- Polish: “Ülemiste”
- Russian: “Озеро Юлемисте”
- Russian: “Юлемисте (озеро)”
- Russian: “Юлемисте”
- Serbian: “Илемисте”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ülemiste”
- Spanish: “Lago Ulemiste”
- Spanish: “Lago Ülemiste”
- Swedish: “Ülemiste järv”
- Swedish: “Ulemiste”
- Swedish: “Ülemiste”
- Swedish: “Ulemistesjön”
- Swedish: “Ülemistesjön”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบอือเลมิสเต”
- Turkish: “Ülemiste Gölü”
- Turkish: “Ülemiste”
- Ukrainian: “Юлемісте”
- Venetian: “lago Ülemiste”
- Western Mari: “Ӱлемисте йӓр”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Luite and Järveküla.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tallinn-Väike Jaam and Tallinn-Väke jaam.
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