List of streets in Tallinn


This is a list of major streets in Tallinn, Estonia.
Estonian nameEnglish translationOther informationImage
Akadeemia teeAcademy StreetNamed in reference to the campus of Tallinn University of Technology, which is located on the road
Estonia puiesteeEstonia AvenueNamed after the Estonia Theater
Harju tänavHarju StreetNamed after Harju County
Karu tänavBear StreetNamed after the local landowner Pyotr Medvedev, whose surname means 'bear'
Katariina käikSt. Catherine's PassageNamed after Saint Catherine's Monastery in Tallinn
Komandandi teeCommander StreetNamed after the
Kopli liinidKopli LinesFive streets in Tallinn's Kopli subdistrict, named after the similarly laid out lines of Vasilyevsky Island
Kopli 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 tänavWide Sand StreetA continuation of the historical German name Breite Sandstraße 'Wide Sand Street'
Magasini tänavMagazine StreetNamed after the artillery magazine that the street led to
Narva maanteeNarva RoadNamed after the town of Narva
Paldiski maanteePaldiski RoadNamed after the town of Paldiski
Pärnu maanteePärnu RoadNamed after the town of Pärnu
Peterburi teePetersburg RoadNamed after the Russian city of Saint Petersburg
Rataskaevu tänavDraw-Well StreetNamed after a well on the street first mentioned in the Tallinn Land Register in 1375
Suur-Karja tänavBig Drove StreetNamed after its use as a drove to take cattle to pasture until 1768
Telliskivi tänavBrick StreetHome to the Telliskivi Creative City
TõnismägiTõnismäe StreetNamed 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 otsTorupilli StreetNamed after the former Torupilli tavern
Vana turgOld Market StreetNamed after Tallinn's medieval marketplace
Vabaduse väljakFreedom SquareNamed after the independence of Estonia from the Russian Empire in 1918
Vana-Lõuna tänavOld South StreetNamed 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 tänavOld Viru StreetNamed after the Viru region; the street provided access to the old city gate and the road to Viru
Vene tänavRussian StreetNamed after a trading yard of Russian merchants and an associated former Russian Orthodox church on the street