List of streets in Tallinn

This is a list of major streets in Tallinn, Estonia. Estonian name English translation Other information ImageAkadeemia teeAcademy StreetNamed in reference to the campus of Tallinn University of Technology, which is located on the road Estonia puiestee Estonia Avenue Named after the Estonia Theater Harju tänav Harju Street Named after Harju County Karu tänav Bear Street Named after the local landowner Pyotr Medvedev, whose surname means 'bear' Katariina käik St. Catherine's Passage Named after Saint Catherine's Monastery in Tallinn Komandandi tee Commander Street Named after the Kopli liinid Kopli Lines Five streets in Tallinn's Kopli subdistrict, named after the similarly laid out lines of Vasilyevsky IslandKopli tänavKopli StreetThe trunk road through the district of Põhja-Tallinn, connecting the main train station to the site of the former Russo-Baltic Shipyard Liivalaia tänav Wide Sand Street A continuation of the historical German name Breite Sandstraße 'Wide Sand Street' Magasini tänav Magazine Street Named after the artillery magazine that the street led toNarva maanteeNarva RoadNamed after the town of NarvaPaldiski maanteePaldiski RoadNamed after the town of Paldiski Pärnu maantee Pärnu Road Named after the town of Pärnu Peterburi teePetersburg RoadNamed after the Russian city of Saint Petersburg Rataskaevu tänav Draw-Well Street Named after a well on the street first mentioned in the Tallinn Land Register in 1375 Suur-Karja tänav Big Drove Street Named after its use as a drove to take cattle to pasture until 1768 Telliskivi tänavBrick StreetHome to the Telliskivi Creative City Tõnismägi Tõnismäe Street Named after Tallinn's subdistrict, literally 'St. Anthony's Hill', named for a ToompuiesteeCathedral AvenueNamed after the Toompea hill in the old town, which the road partially encircles Torupilli ots Torupilli Street Named after the former Torupilli (literally 'bagpipe') tavern Vana turg Old Market Street Named after Tallinn's medieval marketplace Vabaduse väljak Freedom Square Named after the independence of Estonia from the Russian Empire in 1918 Vana-Lõuna tänav Old South Street Named after its location south of the city center. The street bore another name during the communist era, and when the old name was restored in 1991 the epithet old was added to distinguish it from another street that had been named 'South Street' in the meantime. Vana-Viru tänav Old Viru Street Named after the Viru region; the street provided access to the old city gate and the road to Viru Vene tänav Russian Street Named after a trading yard of Russian (Novgorodian) merchants and an associated former Russian Orthodox church on the street

List of streets in Tallinn

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