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#Vibu (Vibu)
Bow. New street leading onto #Küti. One of a mini target-practice group.
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
#Sport #Spordid
#Military #Sõjaline
February 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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#Sihi (Siht)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe #Nõmme #Hiiu #Kivimäe
Aim, objective, direction. Part of a mini game-name area. See #Kurni.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Sport #Spordid
#Game #Mäng
July 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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#Oda (Oda)
Spear or lance (also #bishop in #chess). One of a mini target-practice group, odd choice of weapon, but hey... See #Vibu.
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
#Sport #Spordid
#Military #Sõjaline
March 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#Süsta (Süst)
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kopli
Kayak or canoe, folding-boat. #Süst:süsti is injection. There’s a difference.
#Maritime #Merendus
#Sport #Spordid
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Süsta. Two-storey house in Süsta, Tallinn. Docks at the end of Süsta, Tallinn. And when you least expect it, a coffee machine in Süsta, Tallinn.
June 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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#Jalgpalli (Jalgpall)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kitseküla
Despite a gentleman’s natural repugnance for the game, one must include it: football. Historically (1958-92), more of a footpath connecting #Mäekalda and #Vesivärava and running past the old ‘#Dünamo’, now #Kadrioru, stadium,
#Sports #Spordid
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Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Jalgpalli (football) on it. Underpass with grafitti beneath Pärnu maantee in Jalgpalli (football) street, Tallinn Random alley with Soviet era lockups in Jalgpalli (football) street, Tallinn Selection of spare wheels belonging to the enterprising young bicycle company, Vokitööd, in Jalgpalli (football) street, Tallinn.
April 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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#Hipodroomi (Hipodroom)
Hippodrome, or race-track, to which – if they ever get round to tarmacing it – it will be near. The last race was held in 2022, 99 years after opening, and the property will be redeveloped as commercial and domestic real-estate.
#Tallinn#PõhjaTallinn#Pelgulinn
#Sport#Spordid
April 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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#Sõudebaasi (Sõudebaas)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Pikaliiva #Viki
#RowingBase. Road leading to same on #Harku järv (lake).
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#Sport #Spordid
#Leisure #VabaAeg
September 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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#Reketi (Reket)
Racquet, racket. From a former nearby ski and racket factory.
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#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kitseküla
#Industry #Tööstus
#Sport #Spordid
March 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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#Võidujooksu (Võidujooks)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Pae #Sikupilli #Kurepõllu
#Footrace, race. Odd, usually for humans, but named after the #TallinnaRatsaspordiSelts, Tallinn Equestrian Club. First race: 1884.

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#Sport #Spordid
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Садовая ул. (1926-59), with 2 temporary renamings as ~~Ploomi (1940-41) and #Ale (1959-60), see #Alemaa.
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#Sport #Spordid
#Leisure #VabaAeg
#FolkCulture #RahvaKultuur
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August 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Named after rifle-range the military used to practice on. Anagram of #Tüki. One of a mini target-practice group. See #Noole.
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#Sport #Spordid
#Military #Sõjaline
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February 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#Regati (Regatt)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Pirita
Regatta. Home of the #Olümpiapurjespordikeskus, Olympic (or Pirita) yachting center (see #Jahimehe), aka TOP: #TallinnaOlümpiaPurjespordikeskus, built for the 1980 Summer #Olympics. See also #Rummu.
#Maritime #Merendus
#Sport #Spordid
#Leisure #VabaAeg
July 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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#Staadioni (Staadion)
Stadium. After the once Komsomol now Kalevi Staadion or Keskstaadion. First known as Neue Kirchhofstraße (new churchyard, 1913), Новая Кладбищенская ул. (new cemetery, 1916), Surnuaia (death garden, 1921) (see Kalmistu),#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Juhkentali
#Sport #Spordid
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March 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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#Purje (Puri)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Pirita
Sail. In the Pirita sailing section. See also #Regati.
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#Maritime #Merendus
#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Sport #Spordid
#Ships #Laevad
#Wind #Tuul
July 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Suusa (Suusk)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
Ski. Close to the Alpine slopes of #Mustamäe.
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#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Sport #Spordid
#Transport
July 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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#Ujula (Ujula)
(#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn)
Public swimming pool or baths, after the one at the end of the street. #SovietOccupation renaming (1958-1987) of #Aia.
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#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#NõukogudeOkupatsioon
#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Sport #Spordid
July 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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#UusKirikuaia (new churchyard, 1923-1936), #Friedhofstraße (graveyard street, 1942) then Kalmistu again (1938-1955) after the #SiselinnaKalmistu close to #Toonela.
#Sport #Spordid
#Health #Tervis
#Death #Surm
#Cemeteries #Kalmistud
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Overview of the Kalev Stadium (Kalevi staadioni) in Staadioni, Tallinn, facing north. View of the western straight of the Kalev Stadium (Kalevi staadioni) in Staadioni, Tallinn, with young people training. Statue of Aleksander Tšikin (1915-2006), much loved track and field athlete and coach, in the Kalev Stadium (Kalevi staadioni) in Staadioni, Tallinn. View up the stairs to the tribune in the Kalev Stadium (Kalevi staadioni) in Staadioni, Tallinn.
June 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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#Tuisu (Tuisk)
Usually snowstorm or blizzard. But located on a former sandy area close to lake #Järve, probably minor ‘sandstorms’, perhaps in memory of those whipped up by #Estonia’s first track and field team, the Dune Boys, or #Düünapoisid (1910-14), who trained there.
#Tallinn #Sport #Spordid
February 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM