The Best Instagram Spots In Tallinn With Map!

Have you ever seen the wall with a catchy quote “the times we had”? This is certainly the best-known spot in Tallinn thanks to Instagram. This place is called Kohtuotsa Viewing Platform, located on the north side of Toompea Hill, offers an epic view of the Old Town with its red roofs. With its view and that pastel pink wall, this platform is a perfect and totally insta-worthy place that attracts visitors at all hours of the day. Best time: This platform is a favourite for amateur and professional photographers so don’t expect to be alone. During the day there are many tourists there especially at sunset so come early in the morning at sunrise.

Town Hall Square, also known as Raekoja Plats, is the heart of the city of Tallinn with its colourful houses and the Gothic town hall as its main building. In this square, there are also many restaurants and an old pharmacy really interesting to visit. You can take pictures in various picturesque corners but our favourite spot is between three/four coloured houses with the Troika restaurant in the centre. Best time: we’ve chosen to visit this square as the first stop very early in the morning. We were in the square at 6:30 am and there was nobody there! It was very nice to see the sunrise with its colors in the Tallinn square. In the summer we recommend visiting this square in the morning for your perfect shot because after 10 am it starts to get crowded.

This palace, located a few kilometres from the centre of Tallinn, now houses an art museum with paintings by western and Russian artists of the 16th and 20th centuries. The interiors are beautiful and worth a visit that it will cost you a few euros. Outside the building, there is a splendid garden, cared for by expert gardeners, with many flowers. If you go to one of the two corners you’ll have a perfect perspective with the palace and a beautiful fountain in front of you, as you can see from our photo. Best time: the area around the palace is large and at midday in July it was not crowded. So, don’t worry, maybe come here at sunset for better light.

If we had to choose a place in Tallinn, this would be definitely one of our favourites. The Patkuli viewing platform is located on Toompea Hill in the Old Town and you can enjoy a fantastic view of the city. We felt like we were in a Disney movie when we saw the castle towers, the church spires and the Gulf of Finland in the backdrop, just breathtaking. To reach this platform we climbed 157 steps from Snelli Park, but it was worth it! Best time: In the summer months this platform is crowded with tourists after 10 am, so our advice is to get here early in the morning when the seagulls fly in the sky and everything is picture-perfect for your Tallinn postcard!

Tallinn’s old town is full of picturesque and colourful streets with typical shops and pretty pastry shops. These streets are Mündi Street, St. Catherine’s Passage, Saiakang, Pikk Street and Rataskaevu Street. The latter is our favourite because above the roofs of the houses stands the town hall in the background. Best time: the early morning is our choice to avoid tourists who stroll.