Town Hall Square
Raekoja plats is a town square beside Tallinn Town Hall in the center of the Tallinn Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia. It is a venue for numerous small festivals or concerts like Tallinn Old Town Days, and several bars and restaurants are located in the near vicinity.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Square
- Description: square in central Tallinn, Estonia
- Also known as: “Raekoja plats” and “Raekoja plats, Tallinn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Town Hall Pharmacy and St. Nicholas Church.
Town Hall Pharmacy
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Raeapteek is a pharmacy in the center of Tallinn, Estonia. Opposite the Town Hall, at 11 Raekoja plats, it is one of the oldest continuously running pharmacies in Europe, having always been in business in the same house since the early 15th century.
St. Nicholas Church
Museum
Photo: Iifar, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
St. Nicholas Church is a medieval church building in Tallinn, Estonia. It was dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the patron of the fishermen and sailors. Originally built as a Catholic church in the 13th century, it turned Lutheran during the Protestant Reformation in 1520s. St. Nicholas Church is situated 210 metres southwest of Town Hall Square.
Estonian History Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estonian History Museum is a museum about the history of Estonia in Tallinn. It was initially established by the pharmacist Johann Burchart, who ran the town hall pharmacy known as the Raeapteek. Estonian History Museum is situated 110 metres north of Town Hall Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kesklinn and Maakri.
Kesklinn
Suburb
Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kesklinn is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is situated on the Tallinn Bay and bordered to the northwest by the district of Põhja-Tallinn, to the west by Kristiine, to the southwest by Nõmme, to the east by Lasnamäe and Pirita, and to the south by Rae Parish, beyond 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.
Town Hall Square
- Categories: street, tourism, and locality
- Location: Kesklinna linnaosa, Tallinn, Harju, North Estonia, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
59.43735° or 59° 26′ 15″ northLongitude
24.74525° or 24° 44′ 43″ eastOpen location code
9GF6CPPW+W3OpenStreetMap ID
way 4853841OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=squareWikidata ID
Q1070298
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Town Hall Square” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ռատուշայի հրապարակ”
- Belarusian: “Ратушная плошча (Талін)”
- Belarusian: “Ратушная плошча”
- Chinese: “市政厅广场”
- Chinese: “市政廳廣場”
- Dutch: “Raadhuisplein”
- Dutch: “Stadhuisplein”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان دار البلديه”
- Esperanto: “Urbodoma Placo”
- Estonian: “Raekoja plats”
- Estonian: “Tallinna Raekoja plats”
- Finnish: “Raatihuoneentori”
- French: “place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville”
- French: “Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville”
- French: “Raekoja plats”
- German: “Rathausplatz Tallinn”
- German: “Rathausplatz”
- Hebrew: “רקויה פלאץ”
- Italian: “piazza Raekoja”
- Italian: “Piazza Raekoja”
- Japanese: “ラエコヤ広場”
- Japanese: “市庁舎広場”
- Korean: “시청광장”
- Persian: “میدان رائکویا”
- Russian: “Ратушная площадь”
- Spanish: “Plaza del ayuntamiento”
- Spanish: “Raekoja plats”
- Swedish: “Rådhustorget, Tallinn”
- Swedish: “Rådhustorget”
- Turkish: “Belediye Binası Meydanı (Tallinn)”
- Turkish: “Belediye Binası Meydanı”
- Ukrainian: “Ратушна площа”
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