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As with many other places in central and Eastern Europe, much of the 20th century history was cruel and dark….”eerily cold inside”…Don’t know about you but I believe those prisons are literally haunted by ghosts. Seems like you were the only visitor at that time, even more eerie….Beautiful editing…very informative…I forever feel sad when seeing before and after pics/ videos of places that have been destroyed as a consequence of war. Thanks again Matt. ZZ
Thanks for watching, glad you found the video interesting. I know what you mean about the feeling of past atrocities haunting those buildings - such a dark history, you can't help but to feel bad for all the people affected. Fascinating day, I learnt so much myself.
Very good information and video as usual from you Matt, I haven't been to Tallinn , great to see the first time places there thank you , have a lovely day ❤☕🍰😊
@@MattWhitingsEurope thank you Matt for your lovely reply,so nice to read from you 🥰yes there are ferries, but I don't travel much , sad I don't have friends who would be interested in traveling much ..alone not so great..have a happy day 🤗🥰☕
Whole old town (and the city center) buildings along with the prison and cultural palace is built of limestone not concrete. Estonia is located on an ancient seabed, so the, at least northern part, has many limestone quarries. the white tiles on cultural center are from a quarry that today is Lasnamäe part of town (eastern Tallinn). concrete that was and is used beside the tiles also have limestone in it. So you partly right about the concrete. Just wanted to mention that blocks and tiles are pure limestone. btw, that´s why they erode in this specific layered way (as you saw on the steps)
A very interesting video. I spent a couple of days in Tallinn in early 2017. The only time I ventured out of Old Town was an evening walk in the snow to the Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport.
In Linnahall (City Hall near the sea) 17:22 was not the ordinary theatre, it was more concert hall - musical hall and the ice rink too. The main entrance was upstairs from the city side.😊
Some things about Linnahall or the V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sports as it was originally called. When the building was built, it was special as it allowed the people to access the sea, all the rest of the coast was fenced up as "port area". The port has shrunk considerably as all the cargo has been moved to a different port, hence why there is so much empty space in the coastal areas still, that are now slowly being developed. Linnahall crossed a railway line that went to the port, that is why there is a "hole" under the building. It primarily acted as a concert hall / auditorium sorts, where also some Estonian Communist Party events were held for example. The main entrance to the concert hall is from the rooftop on the city side. Also from the roof, you have some stairs that lead down to an ice rink, that was located in the frontal bit. The seaside entrance, the glass one, was a some kind of sleezy restaurant/pub in the 1990s, that had some arson attacks and whatnot. There was also a bowling alley inside the building.
Hello Sprilly, thanks very much for the information - very interesting to read. I hadn't realised that the coast was fenced off and used as a 'port area'. I really enjoyed visiting and found this particular building quite fascinating. Thanks again!
Great video Matt 😊 i agree that all the communist history in Estonia is really interesting. Did you go into the KGB Prison cells to have a look around? I did when I went in January and found it it fascinating, but very disturbing. It seems maybe a little bit odd to build flats on top of it, I couldn't imagine wanting to live over a building with such a grisly past, but thats just me 🤔 what do you think? Hope you're well and having a good May so far, too! 😊
Thank you! I didn’t get inside the KGB prison cells unfortunately, the day flew by and I only managed to get to about half the places in my list. Next time I need to spend 2 days on communist Tallinn. Sounds interesting from your comment, I agree about building flats there - I wonder if they mentioned it during the sale?! All good with me thanks, hope all is well with you.
Always love the Communist tours. Good luck on the prison being open. That's quite a place. Too bad you couldn't get in and see the ice skating rink. Good idea landing your helicopter at a different spot. Hopefully that hotel is no longer bugged!
@@MattWhitingsEurope You do. Starting from Linnahall going west along the coast: 1) New Tram under Linnahall, 2) hole dug for new Nordic hotel 3) new Apartment complex / city park (12 buildings), 4) Patarei re-construction begun, 5) construction ongoing for new Natural History museum, 6) Doubling of existing Noblessner apartment complex (5 new buildings). You caught the area right before it blew up.
@@eddyengelman5125 Wow, it certainly sounds like there's been a lot of redevelopment since my visit! I'm not surprised, I would have thought it was expensive real estate down there by the water. Thanks for the info, I would love to return at some point - thought it was a wonderful city!
Omg that prison there looks so scrary place ...believe i would not go there visit😃 ..did you pay that 5euros, or you just walked inside that prison? You doing great information....take care Matt 😊❤
Hi Mariam, when I arrived in Tallinn is was closed but opened up as a museum a few days later. It was a surreal experience to walk around part of it and learn about its history - I'm glad I had the opportunity. From memory I had to pay to get in so 5 Euros sounds about right.
Patarei wasn't closed after collapse of soviet union. Everything you see is from Estonian era when it was finally closed in 2002. It's pretty strange that it is used to display horrors of communism, when in fact it's a prison operational in democratic market economy in 2000s.
its true what you say however it was open only because during this time the new prisons were not finished yet. It was closed as soon as it was possible. On top it was operated as a normal prison not like in the soviet era where the russians put there innocent people just because they excersized free speech.
You did`nt mention the British German Pact of 1938 in which Nevill Chamberlain the British Prime Minister as well as the French President met Hitler at Munich and told him to take the Sudetenland from Chezchoslovakia including the Huge arms Factorys.
I'm not sure that story would be all that relevant to a video about communism in Tallinn/Estonia. I have however told that story before in another video, if memory serves me right is was one of my videos in Prague. PS I'm not sure that 'told him' is entirely accurate.
Tell us about the Estonian auxiliary forces who assisted the German Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units) in the mass killing of Jews and others during World War II
Cool video of the various Soviet Structures. The 1980 Olympic Regatta in Tallinn has construction pictures along with the various stages of completion and views of the structure and people using it's amenities after completion during the Olympics. Some are Black/White and some color. There's a photo album with over 800 photos. Every time I try to share the web address it disappears because of the UA-cam algorithm restriction I guess. But if you do an image search for the 1980 Olympic Regatta in Tallinn you may be able to find what I found😎.
Very interesting, thanks for the info. I love looking at old photographs and comparing the location to how things look now. I will see if I can find them, thanks again!
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As with many other places in central and Eastern Europe, much of the 20th century history was cruel and dark….”eerily cold inside”…Don’t know about you but I believe those prisons are literally haunted by ghosts. Seems like you were the only visitor at that time, even more eerie….Beautiful editing…very informative…I forever feel sad when seeing before and after pics/ videos of places that have been destroyed as a consequence of war. Thanks again Matt. ZZ
Thanks for watching, glad you found the video interesting. I know what you mean about the feeling of past atrocities haunting those buildings - such a dark history, you can't help but to feel bad for all the people affected. Fascinating day, I learnt so much myself.
Very interesting and also very timely with all that is going on there in Eastern Europe right now!
Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! Yes a very difficult time but they are doing us proud. Thanks for watching.
You taught the history of Estonia very well, Englishman! 👍
Thanks! 😃
Great video - both informative and entertaining! Keep it up!
Much appreciated! Thank you 😀
Very good information and video as usual from you Matt, I haven't been to Tallinn , great to see the first time places there thank you , have a lovely day ❤☕🍰😊
I'd recommend it! You can get the ferry over from Tallinn, saw plenty of them come and go when I was in both Tallinn and Helsinki.
@@MattWhitingsEurope thank you Matt for your lovely reply,so nice to read from you 🥰yes there are ferries, but I don't travel much , sad I don't have friends who would be interested in traveling much ..alone not so great..have a happy day 🤗🥰☕
Whole old town (and the city center) buildings along with the prison and cultural palace is built of limestone not concrete. Estonia is located on an ancient seabed, so the, at least northern part, has many limestone quarries. the white tiles on cultural center are from a quarry that today is Lasnamäe part of town (eastern Tallinn). concrete that was and is used beside the tiles also have limestone in it. So you partly right about the concrete. Just wanted to mention that blocks and tiles are pure limestone. btw, that´s why they erode in this specific layered way (as you saw on the steps)
Thanks for the information, very interesting to read. 👍
A very interesting video. I spent a couple of days in Tallinn in early 2017. The only time I ventured out of Old Town was an evening walk in the snow to the Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport.
Thank you, it’s a fascinating subject and there’s plenty to learn. That evening stroll sounds good, bet Tallinn looked amazing in the snow!
In Linnahall (City Hall near the sea) 17:22 was not the ordinary theatre, it was more concert hall - musical hall and the ice rink too. The main entrance was upstairs from the city side.😊
Ah thanks for the information, very useful.
Some things about Linnahall or the V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sports as it was originally called. When the building was built, it was special as it allowed the people to access the sea, all the rest of the coast was fenced up as "port area". The port has shrunk considerably as all the cargo has been moved to a different port, hence why there is so much empty space in the coastal areas still, that are now slowly being developed. Linnahall crossed a railway line that went to the port, that is why there is a "hole" under the building. It primarily acted as a concert hall / auditorium sorts, where also some Estonian Communist Party events were held for example. The main entrance to the concert hall is from the rooftop on the city side. Also from the roof, you have some stairs that lead down to an ice rink, that was located in the frontal bit. The seaside entrance, the glass one, was a some kind of sleezy restaurant/pub in the 1990s, that had some arson attacks and whatnot. There was also a bowling alley inside the building.
Hello Sprilly, thanks very much for the information - very interesting to read. I hadn't realised that the coast was fenced off and used as a 'port area'. I really enjoyed visiting and found this particular building quite fascinating. Thanks again!
Great video Matt 😊 i agree that all the communist history in Estonia is really interesting. Did you go into the KGB Prison cells to have a look around? I did when I went in January and found it it fascinating, but very disturbing. It seems maybe a little bit odd to build flats on top of it, I couldn't imagine wanting to live over a building with such a grisly past, but thats just me 🤔 what do you think? Hope you're well and having a good May so far, too! 😊
Thank you! I didn’t get inside the KGB prison cells unfortunately, the day flew by and I only managed to get to about half the places in my list. Next time I need to spend 2 days on communist Tallinn. Sounds interesting from your comment, I agree about building flats there - I wonder if they mentioned it during the sale?! All good with me thanks, hope all is well with you.
How many years ago was this filmed?
The whlle of the Tallinn waterfront from Linnahall to Patarei is developed 😅😅
A couple of years ago! Maybe I need to go back and see what’s changed!
Always love the Communist tours. Good luck on the prison being open. That's quite a place. Too bad you couldn't get in and see the ice skating rink. Good idea landing your helicopter at a different spot. Hopefully that hotel is no longer bugged!
I would love to go inside and take a look around - that would have been spectacular. Maybe one day they'll open it up for tours!
Cool video 🙏🙏🙏🏴🏴🏴🏴
Thank you!
Хорошее видео, это стоит показать всем русским в Балтии.
Спасибо, было приятно узнать немного об истории этого района.
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You visited Estonia a while back?, the construction of Port Tramline that passes under Linnahall hasn't started on the video lol
Well I will have to go back and see what's changed! Thanks for the info.
@@MattWhitingsEurope You do. Starting from Linnahall going west along the coast: 1) New Tram under Linnahall, 2) hole dug for new Nordic hotel 3) new Apartment complex / city park (12 buildings), 4) Patarei re-construction begun, 5) construction ongoing for new Natural History museum, 6) Doubling of existing Noblessner apartment complex (5 new buildings). You caught the area right before it blew up.
@@eddyengelman5125 Wow, it certainly sounds like there's been a lot of redevelopment since my visit! I'm not surprised, I would have thought it was expensive real estate down there by the water. Thanks for the info, I would love to return at some point - thought it was a wonderful city!
Omg that prison there looks so scrary place ...believe i would not go there visit😃 ..did you pay that 5euros, or you just walked inside that prison? You doing great information....take care Matt 😊❤
Hi Mariam, when I arrived in Tallinn is was closed but opened up as a museum a few days later. It was a surreal experience to walk around part of it and learn about its history - I'm glad I had the opportunity. From memory I had to pay to get in so 5 Euros sounds about right.
I'm astonished that the red army had 200 aircraft, from where? who built it? how did the pilots know what to do?
Patarei wasn't closed after collapse of soviet union. Everything you see is from Estonian era when it was finally closed in 2002. It's pretty strange that it is used to display horrors of communism, when in fact it's a prison operational in democratic market economy in 2000s.
its true what you say however it was open only because during this time the new prisons were not finished yet. It was closed as soon as it was possible. On top it was operated as a normal prison not like in the soviet era where the russians put there innocent people just because they excersized free speech.
@@jurgenkoks9142 Did you read what I actually wrote?
You did`nt mention the British German Pact of 1938 in which Nevill Chamberlain the British Prime Minister as well as the French President met Hitler at Munich and told him to take the Sudetenland from Chezchoslovakia including the Huge arms Factorys.
I'm not sure that story would be all that relevant to a video about communism in Tallinn/Estonia. I have however told that story before in another video, if memory serves me right is was one of my videos in Prague. PS I'm not sure that 'told him' is entirely accurate.
Tell us about the Estonian auxiliary forces who assisted the German Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units) in the mass killing of Jews and others during World War II
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Cool video of the various Soviet Structures.
The 1980 Olympic Regatta in Tallinn has construction pictures along with the various stages of completion and views of the structure and people using it's amenities after completion during the Olympics. Some are Black/White and some color. There's a photo album with over 800 photos. Every time I try to share the web address it disappears because of the UA-cam algorithm restriction I guess.
But if you do an image search for the 1980 Olympic Regatta in Tallinn you may be able to find what I found😎.
Very interesting, thanks for the info. I love looking at old photographs and comparing the location to how things look now. I will see if I can find them, thanks again!
We didn't live in communism we were bizzy building it, never finished though.😂😂
That's like someone went to Warsaw with a Nazi obsession.
I beg to differ. As the sign in the museum said 'Remembering helps to prevent atrocities from happening again'.
@@MattWhitingsEurope talking about your video title and premise.
I see. Thanks for the feedback, I thought Soviet Ghosts would tell the story?