PIRITA BEACH Tallinn Estonia | Best walk in Tallinn along the Baltic sea
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2021
- Tallinn, Estonia - August 2020.
Not only is Pirita beach a beautiful place to visit, but the 7km walk to get there along the Pirita Tee promenade is full of amazing things to see. This is a real hidden highlight of Tallinn and a great free day out from central Tallinn.
Along the way we come across some great sights such as -
The artwork and installations of the Reidi Tee Promenaad
Russalka Rand beach
Vibrant life along the Pirita tee promenade
Pirita Rand
15th century Pirita Klooster
The memorial of the victims of communism
And much more! A fantastic Frugal day out in Tallinn.
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I'm from India
Estonia is dream country
Very nice country and the people there are very good and honest
Yes this is so true, Jeehan. Great country, great people. Very safe and crime free. A really nice place to live. 👍
I'm from Lithuania but I gotta say Tallinn is probably the best city in the Baltics. Looks very fun, nice landscapes and beaches :)
We fell in love with Tallinn but also really took to Vilnius as well. It was so cool staying in Uzupis. We both agreed we could live there for a while.
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I disagree. I'm from Estonia myself and I think that Vilnius is the nicest capital city out of the three Baltic states. There's a cute historic town centre (with underground car parks), a river running through the town (unlike Tallinn where the river is on the outskirts), and some hills with lovely viewpoints. Tallinn has a hill (the "upper" old town), Rīga has a river, but Vilnius has both! And there's Użupis! So there!
@@gbrdhvndi Hahhha.. your passion for Vilnius is so endearing! If you've watched our Lithuania videos you'll see how much we love Vilnius! We had such a wonderful time staying in Užupis and walking around the city and its glorious parks... and I love Šaltibarščiai 😁😀 I could so easily live in Vilnius, but I loved Tallinn as well! You guys should embrace your wonderful Baltic States individuality and present a united front to the world! - Mandy
@@gbrdhvndi that is your Opinion and that's o.k.. there is no see in Vilnius!!! That's the minus point for me!🤷♀️
It’s a nice promenade. We loved the installations! A very nice memorial.
Tallinn is wonderful! We recommend it to everyone as it's not just the beautiful Old Town but so many more incredible places! - Mandy
Thank you for sharing! Glad to see people not wearing masks there.
We're so pleased you enjoyed the video. Thank you for taking the time to comment. We were in Estonia in August last year - I'm not sure what the mask requirements are now but we didn't need to wear them then. - Mandy
What a lovely walk
It's a lovely promenade along there to the beach. Estonia astounded us with the quality of its development. First rate!
8:52 This is a monument to Charles Leroux, a US balloonist and skydiver. He died in 1889 while he was doing his demonstration balloon flight in Tallinn. Strong winds carried the balloon to sea, he jumped out with a parachute but unfortunately drowned in the bay. The monument itself was unveiled in 1989 and reads "To brave and energetic people" (not a perfect ranslation).
8:56 this is a monument to Michael Park, a British co-driver to the Estonian rally driver Markko Märtin. He died in a deadly crash during the Wales rally in 2005. It was a fitting addition to the Leroux monument next to it.
Thank you so much for this excellent, if sad, information. Both memorials are lovely - we appreciate you taking the time to let us know who they commemorate. ~ Mandy
I was there and it was amazing!))
What a great place. We loved Perita beach. 😍👍 ~ Lee
Tallinn has been on my list for a long time and almost went a few years ago, but Riga won and we went there. We will get to Tallinn one day. Very beautiful and I must say the memorial made me tear up.
Beautiful video my friends💞
Lovely, thanks for taking us along.
Glad you enjoyed it, Teresita. Tallinn is a very beautiful city.
Amazing video, that intro is a breath of fresh air in otherwise solum times
Thank you, Doc - we're so pleased you enjoyed it. We hope this finds you well.
Guys hello. Thx a lot for nice review, so beatiful sea line and weather! Hope you had fun
Hello Egor! Thank you very much for your lovely comment! We had a wonderful 22 days in Tallinn and made loads of videos... and still have a few more to come. We really loved that amazing city! - Mandy
@@FrugalTravellers looking forward to seeing them
@@egorvelichko2473 That's so lovely! They'll all be in our Estonia playlist 😀🙏 - Mandy
What a lovely day out. Thanks for bringing us along!
Thank you for joining us! Pirita beach is really lovely on a summer's day. 😍👍 ~ Lee
Nice video. Seeing videos of places I have never seen on UA-cam is great. Covering areas that other UA-camrs ignore is a unique experience. I would never have thought that Estonia looked like that. Thanks
Thank you so much for one of the nicest comments we've ever received! That's the beauty of slow travel and doing things on a low budget - it means we spend a lot of time walking around and getting to see different, less touristy sides of places.
We're so pleased you enjoy our videos - it's wonderful to hear that other people also like seeing new, interesting and different things about a country! - Mandy
There are great movies about Estonia in UA-cam: 1.Estonia the Baltic Tiger and 2.Estonia Travel Documentary by Lucas T. Jahn
What a great place for families! Lovely beaches and facilities. Would be happy to spend a few months here. Just added Estonia to our travel plans ✅
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Beaches are better and more in neighbor Latvia. Advise visiting all 3 Baltic countries and their capitals during summer what is easily done by good cheep buses, cars(rental)etc.
Very good choice indeed. We would surely recommend it as a good place to travel and live as a family. Plenty for the kids to see and do.
@@lifeimprovementknowhow3822 We agree that all 3 Baltic countries are great to travel in during summer. We only went to Jūrmala beach in Latvia but really enjoyed it. Lovely place. 😊
Latvia and Lithuania coasts are one long beach. Estonian coast is very different. Lot of islands : look Ruhnu , Kihnu , Saaremaa , Muhu , Hiiumaa, Vormsi , near Tallinn Prangli Aegna ,Naissaar island are very nice , island Piirissaar on lake Peipsi + limestone cliffs all north coast from Paldiski to Narva changes with very different sandy beaches and stone coasts. Best beaches in Estonia are Vääna-Jõesuu , Pirita , after Keila-Joa waterfall is beach to Lohusalu near Tallinn , Pärnu town beach for me there too much people , widest beach is in Narva-Jõesuu near Russian border.
Pikakari beach is small nice new beach in Tallinn and Stroomi is beach is interesting arounded with Soviet Hruschovkas.
I saw excellent doc. movie about Estonia: Estonia Travel Documentary Lucas T. Jahn - in UA-cam.
This Reidi tee you walked at the beginning was hugely controversial before and during its construction. Greens were furiously against it. Nobody complains now that it's finished.
Very nice. Thank you!!! I posted a video of a sandy beach on the shores of the Arctic Ocean. People are sunbathing. Happy viewing
Thank you for that local information. It's a great asset to the city now - such a great link from Tallinn to Pirita Beach. It was busy every time we walked along there.
It was controversial not because of the promenade but because of the 4+ lanes of traffic it brought to the previously quiet seaside.
Guys. Thanks a lot for that video. Back in 90's me and my boys will walk from Rusalka to Pirita every summer night. So much fun it was. Great memories!!!!
BTW. First couple of minutes - must be something got built in last 2 years. Didn't see that in 2019 ))) or... Didn't go there )))))
We're so pleased this brought back happy memories for you! It is such a beautiful walk, with excellent development around that area! - Mandy
mandy, your voice is very nice
That's so lovely to hear.. Thank you for the compliment! ~ Mandy 😀😁
cool vlog
Thank you - that's so lovely :))
Very nice video
Thank you so much.
6:20 Russalka memorial.
Bronze monument sculpted by Amandus Adamson, erected on 7 September 1902 in Kadriorg, Tallinn, to mark the ninth anniversary of the sinking of the Russian warship Rusalka, or "Mermaid", which sank en route to Finland in 1893.
Thank you. Brilliant information. That explains it for us. We couldn't understand the plaque. I didn't realise it was a mermaid and now I know the Russian word, Rusalka.
Looks a lovely place, nice vlog very interesting and its wonderful to see people on the beaches and no masks, are we getting back to normality, i hope so. Thanks.
Glad you liked it. This was shot last August. While Covid was doing a tour of the rest of Europe, it thankfully left the Baltic States to themselves. It was like it didn't exist. Happy days! Estonia really is a fantastic country to visit.
great place...yeah the british liason connection once came in leipzig without preanaouncement to a hotel to see what happens...and they had to knock out 3 rooms with GDR guests to get free 3 rooms because usually they used the sandwich prinziple ...right and left was stasi and in the middle the foreign visitor.....and for camping guests they had to arrange at least one caravan nearby or the police had a station on the camping like slaty piesky in bratislava..the "camping police" is there till today;)
It seems big brother is always watching. Not much different to today only it's all digital now! I have an image in my head of men standing around holding a glass to those 'oh so thin' walls.
We'd love to go to Estonia, but I don't think that it is open to us yet. We're in Antalya, Turkey for a couple of months. Are you in Estonia, or is this a video from the past? You always have great information, and we always enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Christina. Thanks for watching and the kind comment. We're currently in Portugal. This video was made in August, last year, 2020. Thanks for reminding me, i've now included the date in the description! The Baltic countries were relatively unaffected last summer so everything was open and we were free to move around then. Hopefully things improve soon. Estonia is an awesome country to visit. We ended up staying for 25 days so have made a few different videos showcasing some great places to visit. We'll publish them over the next few weeks so keep an eye out for inspiration! Enjoy Turkey for now. Another wonderful country!
I visited Estonia and mainly Tallinn years past during the Obama dictatorship and almost moved there. Old town is great and stayed there. Put an offer on a country house but did get it. My girl there wanted to France where I would go. Do not think I will never be able go now as I was advised I have cancer.
Hi Daniel. So sorry to hear of your condition and really hope you can recover. Tallinn is a lovely city to visit and i'm sure to live in, as would be the Estonian countryside. Best of luck for the future.
great video thanks, what month were you in Estonia?
Thank you, Cindy! We were in Estonia in August last year :)) - Mandy
Cardiff has a mini-golf in a shopping centre. :¬)
Such a strange concept that really caught me off guard. 🤣🤣
Fun fact: Pirita tee (the road that leads from Russalka to the beach, sailing centre, and the convent ruins) was built for the 1980 olympics. Before then all of it was just water! There's a history museum next to the Marjamäe memorial. The base of the stairs that lead up to it is where the coast line used to be.
Wow. I cant imagine how it used to be. They have created a nice space there where many families enjoy walking in the fresh air. We really loved that part of Tallinn. 👍
11:45 that's the beach guard tower. It predates the buildings next to it, which are relatively new.
Ahhh. We assumed this was the case. Great that the beach is guarded. There were so many people bathing there on a warm summer's day.
9:20 take a look at the Pirita hotel on Google Maps. The main bulding, the adjastent structures, and a triangular patch of lawn, together make up a shape of a space rocket!
That's incredible. I'll look on Google earth. I wonder where the idea of a rocket came from? You wouldn't tell from ground level. Great information! Cheers - Lee
How many degrees were there?
I can't remember exactly but it was a lovely, warm summers day. Around 25 maybe.
16:41 this is the continuation of the monument you are standing on. It's not very obvious until you see it from above.
I chuckled at your pronunciation attempt at Maarjamäe. @ 13:34 Converting Estonian to English "a" is a "short a" sound and "ä" is close to in English "long a" sound. Maarja is the Estonian form of name Mary in English. @ 12:40 Yes, very old Church. Has had its roof destroyed by war for hundreds of years already. The first time we walked through years ago (2006), I thought perhaps WW-II was when the roof was lost. Nay! Another war hundreds of years ago... was already roofless when WW-II began. @ 16:45 Those soviet time pieces of concrete are sort of virtual extensions of the piece of concrete you are standing on looking out to them. Just before when you are looking at the warning sign, then to the right there is hands carved in the rock. Those represent a Soviet army person warming hands by fire. There used to be a burning gas fire there. Back @ 2:20 that street / roadway is quite new. Yes, well designed with a bicycle path separate from walking path. We just walked the new path during our visit last year.
Thank you so much for all of that very useful information. It's always great to hear the perspective of a local who will know far more about the history of a place than we do.
We had a fantastic time exploring your wonderful city and always enjoy wandering off the main tourist trail and seeing different sides of a place. We were so often pleasantly surprised by Tallinn and very impressed with its modern development and improvements such as this.
We try our hardest with the language but were guessing at the pronunciation so apologies if we messed that up.
Tallinn has an impressive past, present and also the future looks bright. We'd recommend a visit to anyone. 👍😊 ~ Lee
@@FrugalTravellers Bravo for being willing to attempt pronouncing Estonian words / names. (y) As for "local"... a visitor for now. To me, Tallinn Old Town is Mr. Wonka's city. When I am there occasionally, then I am Charlie getting to explore Mr. Wonka's city.
Check this video out.... "CHINESE KID TRYING ESTONIAN TONGUE TWISTERS!!!" ua-cam.com/video/oqT6l4nFpiA/v-deo.html ;-)
@@pianoman4Jesus And it's a wonderful city indeed! Enjoy every time you're there! ~ Mandy 😁😀
8:30 the "curse" of the Baltic sea: it's either too cold, or it attracts too much toxic algae and begins to smell when it gets warmer.
Such a shame about the toxic algae. The lady in tourist information warned us about it when we told her we wanted to go to Pirita. Luckily it was fine to swim when we were there in August and the weather was warm enough too! 😊
8:20 the memorial for the victims of Communism is next to it, it's a brand new installation with two black walls cutting through the hill. This site also hosts german soldier graves, and in this sense it's quite a controversial place as it memorises people who have fallen on either side of the conflict.
Yes. We walked through the entire memorial on the way back from the beach. We thought it was a very peaceful place and very well constructed. We did see the graves from both sides but didn't include them all as the video was getting quite long. Very interesting indeed.
Nice video!
Reidi tee promenade is absolutely gorgeous. Before they built it the whole area was basically wasteland next to the harbour.
I have some pictures of it on my flickr photostream account. If interested check it out. Pictures nr 62, 52. 54 and 51
Cant post the flickr link, youtube deletes it immediately.
My flickr username is omitrat (search people: omitrat)